BILL NUMBER: SB 1831	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 30, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 22, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 1, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 30, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator  Hughes   Burton 

                        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.   An act relating to
corrections, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1831, as amended,  Hughes   Burton  .
   School safety   Corrections: funding  .

   Existing provisions of the Budget Act of 2000 make various
appropriations for the support of state government.
   This bill would provide that certain funds appropriated by that
act to the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency are
first-year funding for a prescribed 4-year epidemiological treatment
prevention study.  The bill would require the secretary to report
findings and recommendations to the Legislature by August 1, 2005.
The bill would also appropriate $125,000 from the General Fund to the
Department of Corrections for preliminary plans for a new medical
examination facility at the California Medical Facility at Vacaville.

   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.  
   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 Project, to be administered by the Department of
Justice, whereby 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 $825,000 to the Department of Justice
to implement the School Safety Academy Pilot Project for 3 years.

   Vote:   majority   2/3  .
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  
  SECTION 1.  The funds appropriated in Item 0550-001-0001 of the
Budget Act of 2000 (Ch. 52, Stats. 2000) for the support of the
Secretary for Youth and Adult Correctional Agency shall constitute
the first year of funding for a four-year epidemiological treatment
prevention study.  Notwithstanding Provision 1 of Item 0550-001-0001
of the Budget Act of 2000, the secretary shall report to the
Legislature with findings and recommendations related to the study no
later than August 1, 2005.  Notwithstanding Provision 1 of Item
0550-001-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000, the funds appropriated in
Item 0550-001-0001 are appropriated for use and expenditure for the
2000-01 fiscal year.
  SEC. 2.  One hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) is
hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
Corrections for preliminary plans for a new medical examination
facility at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to provide security related improvements at correctional
facilities to preserve the public safety, it is necessary for this
act to take effect immediately.     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 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 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.
   (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.
   (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 .
Funding shall 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.
   32297.8.  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 eight hundred twenty-five thousand dollars
($825,000) is hereby appropriated, from the General Fund to the
Department of Justice 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 state
operations and local assistance.  Of this amount, the sum of seven
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) shall be used for local
assistance beginning in the 2000-01 fiscal year.
   (b) The Department of Justice may reallocate funds that are not
used by a school safety academy to a different school safety academy.
  The Department of Justice may use up to seventy-five thousand
dollars ($75,000) for state operations for the last six months of the
2000-01 fiscal year to implement this project. 
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