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SB-612 School safety plans.(2021-2022)

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Date Published: 06/13/2022 09:00 PM
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Amended  IN  Assembly  June 13, 2022
Amended  IN  Senate  May 20, 2021
Amended  IN  Senate  May 04, 2021
Amended  IN  Senate  April 13, 2021
Amended  IN  Senate  March 09, 2021

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 612

Introduced by Senator Portantino
(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Becker, Limón, McGuire, Skinner, Stern, and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Chiu, Kalra, Lee, Levine, Low, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Robert Rivas, Stone, Ting, Villapudua, and Wood)

February 18, 2021

An act to add Section 366.4 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity. amend Section 32282 of the Education Code, relating to school safety.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 612, as amended, Portantino. Electrical corporations and other load-serving entities: allocation of legacy resources. School safety plans.
Existing law provides that school districts and county offices of education are responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools, as provided. Existing law requires the schoolsite council of a school, except as provided for a small school district, to write and develop the comprehensive school safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school. Existing law requires this comprehensive school safety plan to include specified information.
This bill would additionally require the comprehensive school safety plan to identify any areas of the school property that could be easily accessed by members of the public, as specified. By expanding the responsibility of local educational agencies with respect to the development of a comprehensive school safety plan, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable.

Existing law requires the commission to authorize and facilitate direct transactions between electric service providers and retail end-use customers, but suspends direct transactions except as expressly authorized. Existing law expressly requires the commission to authorize direct transactions for nonresidential end-use customers, subject to an annual maximum allowable total kilowatthour limit established, as specified, for each electrical corporation, to be achieved following a now-completed 3-to-5-year phase-in period. Existing law requires the commission, on or before June 1, 2019, to issue an order specifying, among other things, an increase in the annual maximum allowable total kilowatthour limit by 4,000 gigawatthours and to apportion that increase among the service territories of the electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission, by June 1, 2020, to provide the Legislature with recommendations on the adoption and implementation of a 2nd direct transactions reopening schedule and requires that the commission make specified findings with respect to those recommendations, including that the recommendations do not cause undue shifting of costs to bundled service customers of an electrical corporation or to direct transaction customers.

Existing law authorizes a community choice aggregator to aggregate the electrical load of interested electricity consumers within its boundaries and requires a community choice aggregator to file an implementation plan with the commission in order for the commission to determine a cost-recovery mechanism to be imposed on the community choice aggregator to prevent a shifting of costs to an electrical corporation’s bundled customers. Existing law requires that the bundled retail customers of an electrical corporation not experience any cost increase as a result of the implementation of a community choice aggregator program and requires the commission to ensure that the departing load does not experience any cost increases as a result of an allocation of costs that were not incurred on behalf of the departing load.

Pursuant to existing law, the commission has adopted decisions and orders imposing certain costs that are collected as a nonbypassable charge on distribution from customers of an electrical corporation that depart from receiving bundled electrical service from an electrical corporation to instead receive electric service from an electric service provider or a community choice aggregator.

This bill would require an electrical corporation, by July 1, 2022, and not less than once every 3 years thereafter, to offer an allocation of certain electrical resources to its bundled customers and to other load-serving entities, including electric service providers and community choice aggregators, that serve departing load customers who bear cost responsibility for those resources. The bill would authorize a load-serving entity within the service territory of the electrical corporation to elect to receive all or a portion of the vintaged proportional share of those legacy resources allocated to its end-use customers and, if it so elects, would require it to pay to the electrical corporation the commission-established market price benchmark for the vintage proportional share of the resources received. The bill would require the commission to recognize and account for the value of all products in the electrical corporation’s legacy resource portfolio in determining the nonbypassable charge to be paid by bundled and departing load customers to recover the costs of legacy resources.

Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.

Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of a commission action implementing its requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 32282 of the Education Code is amended to read:

32282.
 (a) The comprehensive school safety plan shall include, but not be limited to, both all of the following:
(1) Assessing the current status of school crime committed on school campuses and at school-related functions.
(2) Identifying any areas of the school property that could be easily accessed by members of the public, including, but not limited to, areas that lack fencing and that are not actively supervised by school staff while pupils are on any part of the school property.

(2)

(3) Identifying appropriate strategies and programs that will provide or maintain a high level of school safety and address the school’s procedures for complying with existing laws related to school safety, which shall include the development of all of the following:
(A) Child abuse reporting procedures consistent with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 11164) of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code.
(B) Disaster procedures, routine and emergency, including adaptations for pupils with disabilities in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.). The disaster procedures shall also include, but not be limited to, both of the following:
(i) Establishing an earthquake emergency procedure system in every public school building having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or more than one classroom. A school district or county office of education may work with the Office of Emergency Services and the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission to develop and establish the earthquake emergency procedure system. The system shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(I) A school building disaster plan, ready for implementation at any time, for maintaining the safety and care of pupils and staff. The department shall provide general direction to school districts and county offices of education on what to include in the school building disaster plan.
(II) A drop procedure whereby each pupil and staff member takes cover under a table or desk, dropping to his or her the pupil’s or staff member’s knees, with the head protected by the arms, and the back to the windows. A drop procedure practice shall be held at least once each school quarter in elementary schools and at least once a semester in secondary schools.
(III) Protective measures to be taken before, during, and following an earthquake.
(IV) A program to ensure that pupils and both the certificated and classified staff are aware of, and properly trained in, the earthquake emergency procedure system.
(ii) Establishing a procedure to allow a public agency, including the American Red Cross, to use school buildings, grounds, and equipment for mass care and welfare shelters during disasters or other emergencies affecting the public health and welfare. The school district or county office of education shall cooperate with the public agency in furnishing and maintaining the services as the school district or county office of education may deem necessary to meet the needs of the community.
(C) Policies pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 48915 for pupils who committed an act listed in subdivision (c) of Section 48915 and other school-designated serious acts that would lead to suspension, expulsion, or mandatory expulsion recommendations pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 48900) of Chapter 6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2.
(D) Procedures to notify teachers of dangerous pupils pursuant to Section 49079.
(E) A discrimination and harassment policy consistent with the prohibition against discrimination contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Part 1.
(F) The provisions of any schoolwide dress code, pursuant to Section 35183, that prohibits pupils from wearing “gang-related apparel,” if the school has adopted that type of a dress code. For those purposes, the comprehensive school safety plan shall define “gang-related apparel.” The definition shall be limited to apparel that, if worn or displayed on a school campus, reasonably could be determined to threaten the health and safety of the school environment. A schoolwide dress code established pursuant to this section and Section 35183 shall be enforced on the school campus and at any school-sponsored activity by the principal of the school or the person designated by the principal. For purposes of this paragraph, “gang-related apparel” shall not be considered a protected form of speech pursuant to Section 48950.
(G) Procedures for safe ingress and egress of pupils, parents, and school employees to and from school.
(H) A safe and orderly environment conducive to learning at the school.
(I) The rules and procedures on school discipline adopted pursuant to Sections 35291, 35291.5, 47605, and 47605.6.
(J) Procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents, including procedures related to individuals with guns on school campuses and at school-related functions. The procedures to prepare for active shooters or other armed assailants shall be based on the specific needs and context of each school and community.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools develop comprehensive school safety plans using existing resources, including the materials and services of the partnership, pursuant to this chapter. It is also the intent of the Legislature that schools use the handbook developed and distributed by the School/Law Enforcement Partnership Program entitled “Safe Schools: A Planning Guide for Action” in conjunction with developing their plan for school safety.
(c) Each schoolsite council or school safety planning committee, in developing and updating a comprehensive school safety plan, shall, where practical, consult, cooperate, and coordinate with other schoolsite councils or school safety planning committees.
(d) The comprehensive school safety plan may be evaluated and amended, as needed, by the school safety planning committee, but shall be evaluated at least once a year, to ensure that the comprehensive school safety plan is properly implemented. An updated file of all safety-related plans and materials shall be readily available for inspection by the public.
(e) As comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and updated, the Legislature encourages all plans, to the extent that resources are available, to include policies and procedures aimed at the prevention of bullying.
(f) The comprehensive school safety plan, as written and updated by the schoolsite council or school safety planning committee, shall be submitted for approval pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 32288.
(g) The department shall maintain and conspicuously post on its Internet Web site internet website a compliance checklist for developing a comprehensive school safety plan, and shall update the checklist when necessary.

SEC. 2.

 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.
SECTION 1.Section 366.4 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:
366.4.

(a)For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1)“Departing Load customer” means a customer of an electrical corporation that departs from receiving electric service from an electrical corporation to instead receive electric service from another load-serving entity.

(2)“Legacy resource” means any generation resource or agreement to purchase electricity for delivery to end-use customers in California that was procured by an electrical corporation solely on behalf of the electrical corporation’s end-use customers it served at the time of procurement and that is eligible for recovery to prevent cost shifting among the customers of load-serving entities.

(3)“Load-serving entity” has the same meaning as defined in Section 380.

(4)“Product” means electrical resources procured to meet the resource adequacy requirements of Section 380, electrical resources procured to meet the requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11)), and electrical resources that do not emit greenhouse gases.

(5)“Vintage” means the cost responsibility allocated by the commission, for purposes of legacy resource cost responsibility, to departing load customers, which the commission allocates to those departing load customers corresponding to the year the customer departs from receiving electric service from the electrical corporation.

(b)(1)By July 1, 2022, and not less than once every three years thereafter, the commission shall require an electrical corporation to offer an allocation of each product arising from legacy resources to its bundled customers and to other load-serving entities serving departing load customers who bear cost responsibility for those resources.

(2)The electrical corporation shall offer this allocation in an amount up to each customer’s proportional share of legacy resources in the customer’s vintage, as determined by the commission.

(3)The electrical corporation shall offer the products for a term and in a manner that maximizes the value of the legacy resources and promotes stable long-term resource and reliability planning.

(c)(1)A load-serving entity within the service territory of the electrical corporation may elect to receive all or a portion of the vintaged proportional share of products allocated to its end-use customers and shall pay to the electrical corporation the commission-established market price benchmark for the vintage proportional share of products received.

(2)The electrical corporation shall offer an allocation of eligible renewable energy resources with a remaining contract or ownership term of at least 10 years to load-serving entities for a duration equal to the remaining term. A load-serving entity may apply these allocated resources to its long-term procurement requirement pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 399.13.

(d)The commission shall recognize and account for the value of all products in the electrical corporation’s legacy resource portfolio in determining the nonbypassable charge to be paid by the bundled and departing load customers to recover the costs of legacy resources.

SEC. 2.

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.