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AB-2814 Local educational agencies: emergency planning grants.(2021-2022)



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AB2814:v98#DOCUMENT

Enrolled  August 25, 2022
Passed  IN  Senate  August 23, 2022
Passed  IN  Assembly  May 23, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2814

Introduced by Assembly Members Wood and Calderon

February 18, 2022

An act to add and repeal Article 6 (commencing with Section 32254.5) of Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to school emergencies.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2814, Wood. Local educational agencies: emergency planning grants.
Existing law requires school districts and county offices of education to be responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires the schoolsite council of a school to write and develop the comprehensive school safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school, in consultation with a representative from a law enforcement agency, a fire department, and other first responder entities. Existing law requires a petition to establish a charter school to include, among other things, a reasonably comprehensive description of the procedures that the charter school will follow to ensure the health and safety of pupils and staff, including requiring the development and annual update of a school safety plan that includes certain safety topics and procedures.
This bill would establish the Emergency Planning Grant Program, under the administration of the State Department of Education, and would require the department, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to award $1,000,000 in competitive grants to local educational agencies, as defined, to support emergency planning activities, including coordination with local emergency management systems and assessment of climate threats to the geographic area of the local educational agency. The bill would require the department, among other things, to prioritize grant awards for local educational agencies that face the greatest risk of, or have less capacity to prepare and respond to, climate threats without state assistance and to award grants by January 1, 2024. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on January 1, 2027.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Article 6 (commencing with Section 32254.5) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
Article  6. Emergency Planning Grant Program

32254.5.
 (a) The Emergency Planning Grant Program is hereby established, under the administration of the department. Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall award one million dollars ($1,000,000) in competitive grants to local educational agencies to support emergency planning activities. Emergency planning activities shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Coordination with local emergency management systems.
(2) Assessment of climate threats to the geographic area of the local educational agency.
(3) Organization of local educational agency emergency response procedures.
(4) Development of an emergency plan that complies with the standardized emergency management system established pursuant to Section 8607 of the Government Code.
(b) Prospective grantees shall demonstrate all of the following:
(1) A willingness and ability to collaborate with local city and county emergency response departments, as applicable.
(2) An intention to align the planning activities of this grant with school safety plans, as described in Sections 32280 to 32289.5, inclusive, or Section 47605, as applicable.
(3) An intention to develop an emergency plan that complies with the standardized emergency management system established pursuant to Section 8607 of the Government Code.
(c) In administering the program, the department shall do all of the following:
(1) Develop criteria to determine if a local educational agency faces a significant risk of, or has less capacity to prepare and respond to, climate threats without state assistance.
(2) Prioritize grant awards for local educational agencies that face the greatest risk of, or have less capacity to prepare and respond to, climate threats without state assistance. Climate threats may include, but are not limited to, temperature increase and extreme heat, drought, flood, wildfire, and sea-level rise.
(3) Award grants to local educational agencies by January 1, 2024.
(4) Modify grant award amounts based on grant applications and available funds.
(5) Monitor the emergency planning activities of grantees.
(6) Submit a report to the Legislature no later than November 1, 2026, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. The report shall include a summary of the emergency planning activities of grantees, and recommendations for the future.
(d) Grant funds shall be used by grantees by June 30, 2026.
(e) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(f) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.