BILL NUMBER: SB 1831 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 13, 2000
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 30, 2000
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hughes
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
An act to add and repeal Article 7 (commencing with Section
32297.1) of Chapter 2.5 of Part 19 of the Education Code, relating to
school safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1831, as amended, Hughes. School safety.
Existing law, the School Community Policing Partnership Act of
1998, administered by the State Department of Education, provides for
the award of grants on a competitive basis to school districts,
county offices of education, or a consortium of school districts and
county offices of education to develop and implement a plan that
demonstrates a collaborative and integrated approach between the
grant recipients and local law enforcement agencies for implementing
a system of providing safe and secure environments.
This bill would, until January 1, 2006, establish the School
Safety Academy Pilot Program Project ,
to be administered by the Department of Justice, whereby
regional community policing institutes in the Counties of Sacramento,
Los Angeles, and San Diego, defined as school safety
academies, as defined, would receive funding from the
Department of Justice to develop and implement integrated,
comprehensive school safety training for those responsible for school
safety and school community violence prevention for a period of 3
years. The bill would require the Department of Justice to contract
with an independent evaluator to develop and deliver an evaluation
report to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 31,
2005.
The bill would appropriate $4,836,000
$2,250,000 to the Department of Justice for allocation
to the school safety academies in the project pursuant to a
prescribed schedule and for the administrative costs of the project
to implement the School Safety Academy Pilot Project
for 3 years .
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article 7 (commencing with Section 32297.1) is added to
Chapter 2.5 of Part 19 of the Education Code, to read:
ARTICLE 7. SCHOOL SAFETY ACADEMY PILOT PROJECT
32297.1. There is hereby established the School Safety Academy
Pilot Project, to be administered by the Department of Justice ,
through the Crime and Violence Prevention Center, from funds
appropriated therefor.
32297.2. For purposes of this article, "school safety academies"
means the current regional community policing institutes in
the Counties of Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego
training facilities selected by the Department of Justice through
the competitive process specified in Section 32297.3 . Each
academy shall provide training to juvenile specialists, school
district police officers, school resource officers, school security
officers, school administrators, campus supervisors and monitors,
parent volunteers, and others responsible for school safety and
school community violence prevention. Training topics shall include,
but not be limited to, those listed in Section 32297.4 and other
topics as identified by representatives from the field.
32297.3. (a) The Department of Justice shall provide
funding to the school safety academies to develop and implement
integrated, comprehensive school safety training for those
responsible for school safety and school community violence
prevention.
(b) The Department of Justice shall establish minimum standards,
funding schedules, and procedures for awarding grants, that shall
include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Demonstrated ability to administer a comprehensive
multidiscipline training program.
(2) Demonstrated ability to develop and implement a training plan
that provides comprehensive school safety training to law
enforcement, education, social service agencies, youth organizations,
probation, community, and other school safety personnel.
(3) Demonstrated knowledge of law enforcement and education
statutes, policies and procedures, the juvenile justice system, and
school safety issues and strategies.
(c) Based upon the competitive selection process, the department
shall fund applicants that propose to establish an academy in
southern California, in northern California, or in central
California, or any combination of the three.
(d) The Department of Justice shall convene a workshop comprised
of school safety experts representing each funded academy, education,
probation, law enforcement, school police, social services, mental
health, school security, school administrators, and parents, and
shall include an evaluator. The workgroup shall do all of the
following:
(1) Provide direction and technical assistance for the development
of the academy curriculum and the delivery of training.
(2) Ensure that all current training systems will be included and
that existing training will not be duplicated.
(3) Assist with the development of an official school safety
certification for the project.
(4) Provide technical assistance regarding obtaining training
credits, individual discipline certification, and a reimbursement for
expenses.
(5) Provide ongoing technical assistance to the School Safety
Academy Pilot Project for the three year pilot period.
32297.4. (a) (1) The Department of Justice, in
cooperation consultation with the Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training, shall establish a three-year
School Safety Academy Pilot Project utilizing the school safety
academies. The School Safety Academy Pilot Project shall be
administered by the Department of Justice for the purpose of
providing comprehensive school safety training for those responsible
for school safety and school community violence prevention that
accomplishes the purposes set forth in this article.
(2) The school safety academies funded pursuant to the School
Safety Academy Pilot Project may include, but are not limited to,
training on all of the following:
(A) Role of school police officers.
(B) Role of school administrators.
(C) Role of campus security and safety personnel.
(D) School and community relations.
(E) School crime reporting.
(F) Conflict resolution and youth mediation.
(G) Crisis intervention and response.
(H) Juvenile justice system.
(I) Diversity training.
(J) Role of probation and parole officers.
(K) Effective school safety strategies and planning.
(L) Role of law enforcement on school campuses.
(M) Role of child protective services workers.
(N) Hate crimes.
(b) Each safe school academy shall conduct between four and six
sessions each year to consist of a maximum of 30 participants in each
session.
(b)
(c) Upon request, the school safety academies shall provide
technical assistance, training, and support to grant recipients under
the School Community Policing Partnership Grant Program, as
established pursuant to Section 32296.1.
(c)
(d) In addition to the basic training set forth in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (a), each school safety academy shall develop a
specialty that will advance school community policing practices.
32297.5. The Department of Justice shall provide funding to
implement the training developed pursuant to Section 32297.3 for a
period of three years. Funding shall not be used
for the development and the delivery of school safety training.
32297.6. After two years of operation and every year
thereafter, the Department of Justice shall provide the Governor and
the Legislature with an annual report describing the progress and
effectiveness of the school safety academies.
32297.7. The Department of Justice shall evaluate the
effectiveness of the School Safety Academy Pilot Project by
contracting with an independent evaluator to develop and deliver a
final evaluation report to the Legislature and the Governor on or
before January 31, 2005.
32297.7.
32297.8. This article shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later
enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or
extends that date.
SEC. 2. (a) The sum of four million eight hundred
thirty-six thousand dollars ($4,836,000) two million
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($2,250,000) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Justice
for allocation in accordance with the following schedule
to implement the School Safety Academy Pilot Project, as
established by Article 7 (commencing with Section 32297.1) of Chapter
2.5 of Part 19 of the Education Code for a period of three years for
state operations and local assistance : .
(1) The sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars
($1,500,000) to be allocated to the Sacramento Regional Community
Policing Institute.
(2) The sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars
($1,500,000) to be allocated to the Los Angeles Regional Community
Policing Institute.
(3) The sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars
($1,500,000) to be allocated to the San Diego Regional Community
Policing Institute.
(b) The Department of Justice may reallocate funds that are not
used by a regional policing institute to a different regional
policing institute. The Department of Justice may use up to
7 5 percent of the total amount appropriated
each year for administration of this project.