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AB-1071 Teen dating violence prevention education: online information and resources.(2023-2024)

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Date Published: 07/13/2023 09:00 PM
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Assembly Bill No. 1071
CHAPTER 65

An act to add Section 231.7 to the Education Code, relating to pupil safety.

[ Approved by Governor  July 13, 2023. Filed with Secretary of State  July 13, 2023. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1071, Hoover. Teen dating violence prevention education: online information and resources.
Existing law requires each educational institution in the state to have a written policy on sexual harassment and to display that policy in a prominent location, as defined, in the main administrative building or other area of the educational institution’s campus or schoolsite. Existing law requires a copy of that policy, as it pertains to pupils, to be provided as part of any orientation program conducted for new and continuing pupils at the beginning of each quarter, semester, or summer session, as applicable. Existing law requires each schoolsite in a school district, county office of education, or charter school, serving pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to create a poster that notifies pupils of that policy and to prominently and conspicuously display the poster in each bathroom and locker room at the schoolsite, as provided.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post, and annually update, on the State Department of Education’s internet website, and provide to each school district, a list of statewide resources, including community-based organizations, that provide support to youth and their families who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, including school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying on the basis of religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity, or perceived religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity. Existing law requires the department’s internet website to also include a list of statewide resources for youth who have been affected by gangs, gun violence, and psychological trauma caused by violence at home, at school, and in the community.
This bill would require the department to make (1) resources on abuse, including sexual, emotional, and physical abuse, and teen dating violence prevention for professional learning purposes, (2) information about local and national hotlines and services for youth experiencing teen dating violence, and (3) other relevant materials for parents, guardians, and other caretakers of pupils, available on its internet website.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 231.7 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 231.6, to read:

231.7.
 The department shall make all of the following available on the department’s internet website:
(a) Resources on abuse, including sexual, emotional, and physical abuse, and teen dating violence prevention for professional learning purposes.
(b) Information about local and national hotlines and services for youth experiencing teen dating violence.
(c) Other relevant materials for parents, guardians, and other caretakers of pupils.