BILL NUMBER: SB 581	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 49310) to
Chapter 8 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
relating to pupil safety.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 581, as introduced, Liu. Pupil safety: walking schoolbus.
   Existing law makes each school district and county office of
education responsible for the overall development of all
comprehensive school safety plans for its schools operating
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law
requires that a comprehensive school safety plan include specified
elements, including, but not limited to, development of procedures
for safe ingress and egress of pupils, parents, and school employees
to and from school.
   This bill would authorize the governing board of any school
district to establish and maintain a walking schoolbus, defined as a
group of pupils walking to or from school with one or more
supervising adults, for the purpose of ensuring the safe passage of
pupils to and from school.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 49310) is added to
Chapter 8 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 1.5.  Walking Schoolbus


   49310.  (a) For purposes of this article, a "walking schoolbus"
means a group of pupils walking to or from school with one or more
supervising adults. For purposes of this section, "adults" include
parents, guardians, or teachers of a pupil who is participating in
the walking schoolbus.
   (b) The governing board of any school district may establish and
maintain a walking schoolbus in any of the schools of the district
for the purpose of ensuring the safe passage of pupils to and from
school.