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AB-2816 School safety: School Mapping Data Grant Program.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Article 5.4 (commencing with Section 32293) is added to Chapter 2.5 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:

Article  5.4. School Mapping Data Grant Program Act
32293.
 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the School Mapping Data Grant Program Act.
32293.1.
 As used in this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(b) “Grant program” means the School Mapping Data Grant Program established pursuant to Section 32293.2.
(c) “Public safety agency” means a local, state, or federal agency that provides emergency public safety services to participating schools.
(d) “School mapping data” or “data” means information provided to assist public safety agencies in efficiently responding to on-campus emergencies at participating schools.
(e) “School” means a school maintained by a local educational agency.
32293.2.
 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the grant funding provided pursuant to this article is used to establish a single and verified source of school mapping data, for each participating school, that is standardized, accurate, and accessible to public safety agencies for purposes of ensuring efficient responses to on-campus emergencies at the school.
(2) The School Mapping Data Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the Office of Emergency Services. The Office of Emergency Services shall provide one-time grants to participating local educational agencies to enter into contracts with qualified vendors providing school mapping data.
(3) The Office of Emergency Services shall determine the data requirements of a school mapping data program that is eligible to receive grant funding under the grant program.
(b) A local educational agency that receives grant funding under the grant program shall select, in collaboration with local public safety agencies, including, but not limited to, those providing law enforcement, firefighting, or other emergency services, a school mapping data program that meets the criteria established by the Office of Emergency Services pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), and that meets the needs of public safety agencies and participating schools.
32293.3.
 (a) The Office of Emergency Services may expend, up to 5 percent of any appropriation made for purposes of this article, on its administrative costs to implement and administer the grant program.
(b) This article shall only be implemented upon appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.