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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title>An act to add Article 5.4 (commencing with Section 32293) to Chapter 2.5 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to school safety. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>School safety: School Mapping Data Grant Program.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that all public schools, in kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by school districts, in cooperation with specified entities and individuals, develop a comprehensive school safety plan, as provided. 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.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing law, the Charter Schools Act of 1992, provides for the establishment and operation of charter schools, including countywide charter schools, and requires a petition for the establishment of a charter school to contain comprehensive descriptions of various matters and procedures, including procedures that the charter school will follow to ensure the health and safety of
pupils and staff. The act requires those procedures to also require the development of a school safety plan, as provided.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing law encourages, on or before July 1, 2030, each public school, including charter schools, with an enrollment of 100 pupils or more to implement a web-based or app-based school safety program that includes certain program parameters. If a school implements a web-based or app-based school safety program, existing law requires the school to ensure that the program developers ensure that best practices are implemented to protect the security and data of all pupils and staff listed within the program, as provided.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the School Mapping Data Grant Program under the administration of the Office of Emergency Services to provide
one-time grants to participating school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to enter into contracts with qualified vendors providing school mapping data, as provided, for purposes of assisting public safety agencies in efficiently responding to on-campus emergencies at schools. The bill would require a school mapping data program, to be eligible to receive funding under the grant program, to include the same program parameters as, and to have the program developers implement the same best practices to protect the security and data of all pupils and staff as, a web-based or app-based school safety program, as described above.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public
bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Article 5.4 (commencing with Section 32293) is added to Chapter 2.5 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the
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<html:p>This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the School Mapping Data Grant Program Act.</html:p>
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<html:p>As used in this article, the following definitions apply:</html:p>
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(a)
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“Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
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(b)
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“Grant program” means the School Mapping Data Grant Program established pursuant to Section 32293.2.
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(c)
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“Public safety agency” means a local, state, or federal agency that provides emergency public safety services to participating schools.
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(d)
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“School mapping data” or “data” means information provided to assist public safety agencies in
efficiently responding to on-campus emergencies at participating schools.
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(e)
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“School” means a school maintained by a local educational agency.
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(a)
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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.
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(b)
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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.
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(c)
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(1)
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The Office of Emergency
Services, in consultation with the State 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall determine the data requirements of a school mapping data program that is eligible to receive funding under the grant program. The data requirements shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following:
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(A)
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The school mapping data program shall include the same program parameters as a web-based or app-based school safety program encouraged by Section 32280.5.
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(B)
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The
school mapping data program developers shall implement the same best practices to protect the security and data of all pupils and staff as a web-based or app-based school safety program encouraged by Section 32280.5.
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(2)
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Paragraphs (1) and (2) of, and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of, subdivision (a) of Section 32280.5, contain sensitive and tactical response information that is critical to the safety and well-being of public schools and their pupils. Therefore, the information in paragraphs (1) and (2) of, and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of, subdivision (a) of Section 32280.5 shall be kept confidential, except as otherwise required for purposes of implementing this section, and shall be exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government
Code).
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(d)
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A local educational agency that receives 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
(1) of subdivision
(c).
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(a)
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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.
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(b)
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This article shall only be implemented upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
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<html:p>The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 32293.2 to the Education Code, imposes a limitation on the public’s right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:</html:p>
<html:p>In order to protect sensitive and tactical
response information that is critical to the safety and well-being of public schools and their pupils, it is necessary that the information described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of, and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of, subdivision (a) of Section 32280.5 of the Education Code, which is incorporated by reference in Section 1 of this act, be kept confidential.</html:p>
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Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that all public schools, in kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by school districts, in cooperation with specified entities and individuals, develop a comprehensive school safety plan, as provided. 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, the Charter Schools Act of 1992, provides for the establishment and operation of charter schools, including countywide charter schools, and requires a petition for the establishment of a charter school to contain comprehensive descriptions of various matters and procedures, including procedures that the charter school will follow to ensure the health and safety of pupils and staff. The act requires those procedures to also require the development of a school safety plan, as provided. Existing law encourages, on or before July 1, 2030, each public school, including charter schools, with an enrollment of 100 pupils or more to implement a web-based or app-based school safety program that includes certain program parameters. If a school implements a web-based or app-based school safety program, existing law requires the school to ensure that the program developers ensure that best practices are implemented to protect the security and data of all pupils and staff listed within the program, as provided. This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the School Mapping Data Grant Program under the administration of the Office of Emergency Services to provide one-time grants to participating school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to enter into contracts with qualified vendors providing school mapping data, as provided, for purposes of assisting public safety agencies in efficiently responding to on-campus emergencies at schools. The bill would require a school mapping data program, to be eligible to receive funding under the grant program, to include the same program parameters as, and to have the program developers implement the same best practices to protect the security and data of all pupils and staff as, a web-based or app-based school safety program, as described above. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. |