CA AB 2441

Title: School safety: mandatory notifications.
Author: Isaac Bryan

Summary
AB 2441, as amended, Kalra. School safety: mandatory notifications. (1) Existing law provides that any person who willfully disturbs any public school or any public school meeting is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $500.The bill would exempt from those misdemeanor and fine provisions a person who, at the time of the disturbance, is a pupil of the school district.(2) Existing law requires, if any employee of a school district or county superintendent of schools is attacked, assaulted, or physically threatened by any pupil, the employee and any person under whose direction or supervision the employee is employed who has knowledge of the incident are required to promptly report the incident to specified law enforcement authorities. Under existing law, failure to make the report is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.This bill would authorize, instead of require, the employee who was the target of the incident to report it, would eliminate the duty of a person supervising or directing the employee to report it, and would make conforming changes.(3) Existing state law requires the principal of a school or the principal’s designee to notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county or city in which the school is situated of certain acts committed by a pupil that may be unlawful, including, among others, the selling or possession of narcotics or other designated controlled or regulated substances, and acts of assault, as specified.This bill instead would eliminate the requirement that the principal or principal’s designee notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of possession of designated controlled or regulated substances by a pupil. The bill would require that the principal or principal’s designee notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities if a pupil’s act requires notification pursuant to the federal Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994, which conditions certain federal funding on a criminal or juvenile delinquency referral policy for a student who brings a firearm or weapon to a school.

Status
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Bill Documents
CA AB 2441 - 04/30/24 - Amended Assembly
04/30/24 - CA AB 2441 (04/30/24 - Amended Assembly)