Bill Text: CA AB5 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: The Safe and Supportive Schools Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 220, Statutes of 2023. [AB5 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB5-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 23, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Zbur |
December 05, 2022 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to ensure (1) that teachers and other certificated employees of schools operated by a school district or county office of education or charter schools have the tools and training they need to support and meet the needs of LGBTQ+ pupils and (2) that California schools are safe and supportive for all pupils, teachers, and other certificated employees. It is the intent of the legislature to enact subsequent legislation to specify the timeline for implementation of teacher and other certificated employee cultural competency training programs developed by the department.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Safe and Supportive Schools Act.SEC. 2.
Section 218 of the Education Code is amended to read:218.
(a)(2)Schools described in paragraph (1) are encouraged to use the resources developed by the department pursuant to paragraph (1) to provide training at least once every two years to teachers and other certificated employees at those schools that serve pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive.
SEC. 3.
Section 218.3 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 218, to read:218.3.
(a) For purposes of this section, “school” means each school operated by a school district or county office of education and each charter school serving pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive.SEC. 4.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation, that shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Safe and Supportive Schools Program,” to ensure (1) that teachers and other certificated employees of schools operated by a school district or county office of education or charter schools have the tools and training they need to support and meet the needs of LGBTQ+ pupils and (2) that California schools are safe and supportive for all pupils, teachers, and other certificated employees. It is the intent of the legislature to enact subsequent legislation to ensure that the Safe and Supportive Schools Program specifies the timeline for implementation of teacher and other certificated employee
cultural competency training programs developed by the State Department of Education.