Bill Text: CA SB1241 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Safety and Violence Education for (SAVE) Students Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - May 16 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1241 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1241-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
April 11, 2024 |
Introduced by Senator Padilla |
February 15, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This
bill would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school, commencing July 1, 2027, to establish a threat assessment team, as specified, for each of its schools serving any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, and would require, upon the initial establishment of a threat assessment team, and at least once every 3 years thereafter, each member of the threat assessment team to complete a threat assessment training program, as specified, from a list maintained by the Department of Justice. If the Department of Justice does not have an existing list of approved threat assessment training programs, the bill would require the Department of Justice to establish such a list. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill 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 Safety and Violence Education for (SAVE) Students Act.SEC. 2.
Article 6 (commencing with Section 32296) is added to Chapter 2.5 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:Article 6. Safety Training, Instruction, and Teams
32296.
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a)
(b)
32296.1.
(a) (1) The State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Justice and the32296.2.
(a) Commencing July 1, 2027, each local educational agency serving any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, shall annually provide, except as provided pursuant to subdivision (b), at least one hour of, or one standard class period per school year of, evidence-based instruction based upon the trainings approved pursuant to Section 32296.1, on each of the following topics:(a)(1)Commencing July 1, 2027, each local educational agency shall establish a threat assessment team for each of its schools serving any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive.
(2)Upon the initial establishment of a threat assessment team, and at least once every three years thereafter, each member of the threat assessment team shall complete a threat assessment training program from a list maintained by the Department of Justice. If the Department of Justice does not have an existing list of approved threat assessment training programs, the Department of Justice shall establish such a list for purposes of this section.
(3)Each school of a local educational agency shall retain proof of completion of an approved training program by each threat assessment team member. This proof may be maintained as part of a school safety plan pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 32280) or Section 47605, as applicable.
(4)Each threat assessment team shall, to the extent possible, be multidisciplinary, and may include school administrators, school counselors and psychologists, school resource officers, and other appropriate personnel.
(b)(1)If the school of a local educational agency has a similarly constituted safety team as of January 1, 2025, that team may also serve as the threat assessment team, provided that the team and each member of the team comply with the requirements of this section.
(2)If a member of a team described in paragraph (1) has completed a training program that is approved by the Department of Justice pursuant this section, and the team member completed that program anytime between July 1, 2026, and July 1, 2027, inclusive, the team member shall not be required to complete a training program again until July 1, 2029.
(c)A new member who joins a team described in either subdivision (a) or (b) shall complete an approved training program upon their appointment to that team.
(d)(1)A local educational agency, the members of the governing board or body of a local educational agency, and any employee of a local educational agency, including a school threat assessment team member, shall not be liable for damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a team member’s execution of duties pursuant to this section, unless the team member’s
act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
(2)This subdivision does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a local educational agency, the governing board or body of a local educational agency, or any employee of a local educational agency, including a school threat assessment team member, may assert under any other provision of law or under the common law of this state.
32296.4.32296.3.
(a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2027, each local educational agency shall enter into an agreement with an anonymous reporting program of the local educational agency’s choosing, provided that the reporting program satisfies each of the following requirements:(1)
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