Education-Related Legislation
Each year, the California legislature considers thousands of new bills. To assist our community in staying informed about education-related bills currently under discussion in either the Senate or the Assembly, we provide a summary below. These are just a few of the more than 2,000 bills introduced in the 2026 legislative calendar.
Clovis Unified School District's 2026 Legislative Platform
The district’s highest legislative priorities for the 2026-27 fiscal year, include:
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The Clovis Unified School District strongly supports the protection of local control for public schools in California. Locally elected school boards and the district’s governance team are charged with implementing an educational program that serves the unique interests and priorities of the community while abiding by the basic standards that are part of current law. We oppose legislative efforts that erode local control and interfere with the rights of the community and parents to be fully engaged in the policy and fiscal decision-making process at the school district level. In our school district, we firmly believe that decision-making at the level closest to those served by the government is not just important, but critical to ensuring effective and responsive education policies. Fiscal, instructional and operational issues related to local public schools and the interest of our public school students ought to be subject to the governance of local school boards and family-based values should not be compromised.
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Average Daily Attendance (ADA) Loss Protections
The Governor and Legislature have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to base funding for education, particularly in light of the extraordinary efforts made to fund the full COLA for PK-12 education the last several years. Beyond just an inflation allowance, the base of LCFF and other PK-12 programs essentially stand still without allocations above that basic level. Over the past several years, the Governor and Legislature have acknowledged this by ensuring that funding was provided to base funding beyond COLA but is is critical to address the formula as every time the base increases so does the supplemental and concentration dollars that are allocated. The LCFF formula and the annual allocations for TK-12 schools have become increasingly restrictive given that increased dollars continue to be funded for categorical purposes replete with restrictions, reporting requirements and strings attached. Clovis Unified is alternatively interested in supporting funding that builds the base of local school district funding, maximizing local discretion and helping build long-term fiscal stability.
Local educational programs that are comprehensive and equitable cannot exist without the ongoing support of adequate state funds. The school district projects a fiscal cliff in the coming years as State and Federal one-time funds become exhausted and we continue to have challenges with the fiscal impacts due to fluctuations of student enrollment and rapidly growing costs (e.g., pensions, healthcare, special education, transportation, and unemployment insurance). Looking for ways to increase LCFF base funding beyond the COLA augmentation will be essential to sustaining programs that are critical to student success and well-being.
As policy makers consider potential reforms to the LCFF formula, it is important to note an inherent flaw in that the formula that uses student demographic characteristics at a district-wide level rather than school-site level. By modifying the funding formula to look at each school site’s unduplicated percentage of English learners, poverty level, and foster youth student count, the formula will allow funding to be more targeted and provide for equitable distribution of resources. Different schools often have unique needs, and site-level funding ensures that funds are allocated based on those specific requirements. This approach can help address achievement gaps and provide extra support to schools that serve disadvantaged students.
The current year budget clearly had revenue challenges and despite those challenges, the Legislature and Governor respected the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee for schools. Among the serious fiscal difficulties that remain unaddressed is the importance of revisiting the impacts of ADA loss and declining enrollment. While the assistance with ADA loss and changes to declining enrollment funding were adjusted in the aftermath of the COVID crisis, ADA loss and especially declining enrollment have become serious threats to the fiscal stability of local school districts. Clovis Unified School District supports additional state level ADA loss protection.
During the past legislative session, enrollment-based funding has been considered in legislation by the state legislature as an alternative to ADA-based funding. The Clovis Unified School District has not supported this legislation and continues to oppose enrollment-based funding which amounts to simply shifting resources from some districts to others. Our district continues to support the Average Daily Attendance Method as districts have a responsibility to promote positive attendance to ensure the opportunities to educate our students.
Increase Base Funding for Education
The Governor and Legislature have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to base funding for education, particularly in light of the extraordinary efforts made to fund the full COLA for PK-12 education the last several years. Beyond just an inflation allowance, the base of LCFF and other PK-12 programs essentially stand still without allocations above that basic level. Over the past several years, the Governor and Legislature have acknowledged this by ensuring that funding was provided to base funding beyond COLA but is is critical to address the formula as every time the base increases so does the supplemental and concentration dollars that are allocated. The LCFF formula and the annual allocations for TK-12 schools have become increasingly restrictive given that increased dollars continue to be funded for categorical purposes replete with restrictions, reporting requirements and strings attached. Clovis Unified is alternatively interested in supporting funding that builds the base of local school district funding, maximizing local discretion and helping build long-term fiscal stability.
Local educational programs that are comprehensive and equitable cannot exist without the ongoing support of adequate state funds. The school district projects a fiscal cliff in the coming years as State and Federal one-time funds become exhausted and we continue to have challenges with the fiscal impacts due to fluctuations of student enrollment and rapidly growing costs (e.g., pensions, healthcare, special education, transportation, and unemployment insurance). Looking for ways to increase LCFF base funding beyond the COLA augmentation will be essential to sustaining programs that are critical to student success and well-being.
As policy makers consider potential reforms to the LCFF formula, it is important to note an inherent flaw in that the formula that uses student demographic characteristics at a district-wide level rather than school-site level. By modifying the funding formula to look at each school site’s unduplicated percentage of English learners, poverty level, and foster youth student count, the formula will allow funding to be more targeted and provide for equitable distribution of resources. Different schools often have unique needs, and site-level funding ensures that funds are allocated based on those specific requirements. This approach can help address achievement gaps and provide extra support to schools that serve disadvantaged students.
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The huge unfunded mandates in special education, primarily from the Federal government but also state requirements are a serious ongoing issue for Clovis Unified School District. Clovis Unified School District is committed to protecting the civil rights and educational opportunities of students with disabilities, but continued efforts to seek funding support from the state is vitally important. Clovis Unified School District supports full funding of special education programs through state and federal resources, given that local districts currently carry the majority of the costs to ensure all students with disabilities have access to the educational services and opportunities they deserve. The district urges the state to make continued investments in special education.
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We recognize the pivotal role that school facilities play in shaping the educational experiences of our students. We firmly believe that every child deserves access to a safe, modern, and inspiring learning environment that fosters growth, innovation, and academic excellence. We know that investing in school facilities is an investment in the future of our community and our nation. We commit to securing equitable funding for school facilities across Clovis Unified. Regardless of a student's background or circumstances, they should have the same access to state-of-the-art facilities that enhance their learning journey. We support robust and sustainable funding mechanisms that ensure our schools have the resources they need to create environments conducive to learning. Recognizing the rising costs associated with school construction and modernization, we advocate for a forward-thinking funding formula. This formula should accurately address the increasing expenses and complexities of maintaining, renovating, and building new school facilities. By acknowledging the cost escalation, we can allocate funds more effectively and ensure that every dollar invested yields the greatest impact on student learning and development.
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The district supports the long-overdue funding for school transportation programs and advocates for progress in raising the percentage of covered costs from 60 percent to 100 percent phased in over a multi-year period.
Clovis Unified supports funding for cleaner, fuel-efficient buses that are not restricted to electric bus technology. The broad investments in electric school bus technology benefits only some school districts where route distance and topography are a unique fit. The limitations on driving distance on a single charge and the overall technology of electric school buses have not yet achieved a capacity to serve all districts including Clovis Unified. Funding for school bus infrastructure that is increasingly environmentally friendly should not be limited to electric buses. -
Only in recent years has California begun to reverse the nearly decade-long disinvestment in CTE. Clovis Unified School District is implementing ambitious and successful CTE programs but needs the state to increase its commitment to these educational programs that are directly linked to job creation and our regional economic future. Clovis Unified School District supports actions to provide ongoing increased support to career technical education programs.
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The state’s effort to bring solvency to the two large public employee pension systems; the California Public Employees Retirement System and the California Teachers Retirement System placed a huge financial costs on local districts that by itself, outstrips any gains made from the annual inflation adjustments made by the state for schools. Recognizing this unfair burden, the Governor and Legislature allocated funding to assist districts in three consecutive years. Since that time, there has not been any dedicated source of assistance from the State to help school districts shoulder the unfunded burden of pension cost increases. Clovis Unified School District supports protecting the retirement benefits of its employees, past and present, by addressing the unfunded obligation that is generating volatility and strain for the budgets of local educational agencies around the state.
Increasing CalSTRS and CalPERS state mandated pension costs divert resources away from instruction and student supports. Clovis Unified School District supports the state providing additional funding to both pension systems on behalf of school employers to mitigate growing obligations. The district urges the Governor and Legislature to allocate State General Fund resources to mitigate the increased costs of PERS and STRS on public school districts. Clovis Unified believes the rapid debt paydown on pensions should be adjusted before any future reductions to services are considered.
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The Governor and state lawmakers made significant changes to the way independent study is implemented in schools as a result of utilizing the approach as the exclusive method of engaging students in distance learning during the COVID pandemic. The new statutes have extensive requirements and involve different types of obligations for short-term independent study and long-term independent study. Given that impacts to overall student attendance in school has been affected in ways that appear to be ongoing, the use of independent study can be an important method of addressing challenges with serving students who are absent. That said, the changes in statute that happened as a result of COVID are complicated and have additionally had less focus on the original purpose and function of independent study. The Clovis Unified School District supports the greatest possible flexibility to local school agencies in implementing both short-term and long-term independent study in order to maximize services to students and address the impacts to ADA loss that these programs can mitigate.
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Even today, post-pandemic challenges in staffing continue to have long-lasting negative impacts to the certificated and classified staffing of the district. Identifying opportunities to hire highly qualified teachers and classified staff is of the highest importance as it fundamentally impacts the quality of education for students. Clovis Unified School District supports policies that maximize the authority and flexibility of school boards to attract and retain highly qualified staff. The district also supports restoring flexibility in credentialing requirements for the hiring of new teachers and options to retain teaching talent longer, even after retirement, as tools to confront the teacher shortage.
Summary of Bills
Proposed bills among those Clovis Unified is monitoring in the current legislative session are listed below with a brief summary.
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Bill Number and Author Description Status as of May 1 AB2496 (Solache) This bill would require the California Department of Education (CDE), on or before March 1, 2027, to develop a crosswalk that indicates where information comparable to what is required to be included in the school accountability report card can be found on the California School Dashboard or another internet website, web page, or system managed by the CDE, as provided. In Assembly Appropriations SB 1067 (Weber Pierson) This bill would require the State Board of Education, on or before April 30, 2027, to appoint an independent panel of experts for the purpose of creating an approved list of evidence-based, culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate screening instruments for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 to assess pupils for math difficulties.
The bill would require the governing board or body of a local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or grades 1 or 2 to adopt, on or before June 30, 2028, one or more screening instruments from the approved list to identify pupils experiencing math difficulties, as specified, and commencing no later than the 2028-29 school year, would require those local educational agencies to assess each pupil in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 for math difficulties using the screening instrument or instruments adopted by the governing board or body of the local educational agency unless the pupil’s parent or guardian opts out of the screening in writing, as proviSen. Approp. Cmt. -
Bill Number & Author Description Status as of May 1 SB 845 (Perez) Current law requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI) to coordinate the development, on a cyclical basis, of model curriculum standards for required courses of study, including a career technical education (CTE) course of study, for pupils in grades 7-12. Current law requires the SSPI to set forth these standards in terms of a wide range of specific competencies in each academic subject area. Existing law requires the SSPI to seek the advice of classroom teachers, school administrators, parents, postsecondary educators, and representatives of business and industry in developing these standards. This bill would require the SSPI to set forth those standards in terms of a wide range of specific competencies in each CTE subject area. The bill would require the SSPI to seek the advice of CTE classroom teachers, instead of classroom teachers generally, and to also seek the advice of representatives of labor, in developing those CTE standards. Assmb. Ed. Cmt. – 2 year bill AB 347 (Kalra) This bill requires local educational agencies to provide notifications related to the dissection of animals in schools, and also provides that the California Department of Education shall develop a template for students to use to opt-out of dissections. Further, this bill makes compliance with the opt-out subject to the Uniform Complaint Procedures process. Sen. Approp. Cmt. Suspense File, 2 year bill SB 745 (Ochoa Bogh) This bill requires the California Department of Education to develop a curriculum guide for a one-year course in American government and civics. The bill also provides that a student’s completion of the one-year course satisfies the applicable criterion for the State Seal of Civic Engagement. Assmb. Approp. Cmt. Suspense File – 2 year bill -
Bill Number & Author Description Status as of May 1 AB 1822 (Muratsuchi) Existing law authorizes the State Allocation Board, by adoption of rules, to establish priorities for the construction and leasing of projects to schools districts whose pupils will benefit most.
This bill would authorize the board to include, as priorities for projects, an efficient response to extreme heat and climate change.
Recent amendments clarify that if the board adopts such priorities, they would apply only to project applications received after January 1, 2027.Assmb. Approp. Cmt. -
Bill Number & Author Description Status as of May 1 AB 259 (Rubio, Blanco) Open Meetings: Local Agencies: Teleconferences – Until January 1, 2026, existing law allows alternative teleconferencing procedures that permit members to participate remotely under specified circumstances, provided that at least a quorum participates in person from a single public location within the agency's jurisdiction. This bill would extend the sunset date to January 1, 2030. Sen. Judiciary Cmt. -
Bill Number & Author Description Status as of May 1 AB 1871 (Fong) This bill would revise College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) statute to make it easier for high school students to take community college courses. Specifically, the bill would do the following:
- Remove the requirement that CCAP agreements must include a principal recommendation for a high school pupil to enroll in community college courses
- Authorize a pupil to complete one application for the duration of the pupil’s attendance at a community college as a special part-time student participating in a CCAP partnership agreement
- Eliminate the limit on the number of community college courses (currently capped at four per term) that a special part-time CCAP student can take, as long as they do not exceed 15 units per term
-Change annual reporting requirements so that CCAP partners report on outcomes such as the number of pupils who successfully completed at least 12 college units, earned a certificate, or completed an associate degree or transfer requirementsAssmb. Approp. Cmt. -
Bill Number & Author Description Status as of May 1 AB 65 (Aguiar-Curry) This bill would require a K-14 public school employer to provide up to 14 weeks of full pay to certificated and classified employees due to pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or recovery from those conditions. Sen. Ed. Cmt. – 2 year bill AB 1803 (Lowenthal) This bill adds anti-hate speech training to sexual harassment training that employers are required to provide to their employees. Assmb. Flr – Third Reading AB 2365 (Sanchez) This bill would expand the definition of egregious misconduct for those purposes to include additional offenses, including, among other offenses, those relating to human trafficking, child abandonment and neglect, and impermissible contact or communication with a minor.
This bill would require the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (Commission) to include a section in the statewide data system that identifies whether the Commission received any reports of a certificated employee’s possible misconduct submitted to the Commission by a local educational agency (LEA), state special school or diagnostic center operated by the California Department of Education (CDE), or private school. The bill would require the section of the data system to include the name of each LEA, state special school or diagnostic center operated by the CDE, or private school that has submitted a complaint, information, or indictment against the credential holder or applicant. The bill would require the commission,
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within five business days of receiving a request for access to the statewide data system from an LEA, state special school or diagnostic center operated by the CDE, or private school, to provide the requesting entity access to the data system for the purposes of these provisions.
This bill, commencing July 1, 2027, would require an LEA, state special school or diagnostic center operated by the CDE, or private school considering an applicant for a certificated position to instead (A) check the section of the statewide data system maintained by the Commission as to whether the Commission received a copy of a complaint, information, or indictment, or specified report, relating to the applicant being the subject of a credible complaint of, substantiated investigation into, or discipline for, egregious misconduct, (B) identify any reporting entities, and (C) request from each reporting entity a copy of all relevant information within its possession that was reported to the Commission, which would be required to provide a copy of all relevant information within its possession to the inquiring entity.Assmb. Appropriations Cmt. -
Bill Number & Author Description Status as of May 1 AB 2117 (Alvarez) Current law assigns to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI) numerous duties related to the State Board of Education and to the management of the California Department of Education (CDE) relating to the governance of the public elementary and secondary schools in the state.
This bill would assign specified duties of the SSPI to an undesignated Secretary of Education, including, among others, to superintend the schools of this state and to execute the policies that have been decided upon by the state board.
As recently amended, this bill would require the Education Commissioner to create a plan no later than June 30, 2027, to transition the functions and operations of the CDE and other related activities from the SSPI to the Education Commissioner. The bill would require the SSPI to conduct independent evaluations of specified education initiatives.
This bill would prohibit the SSPI and the Education Commissioner from holding positions of outside employment.Assmb. Approp. Cmt. SB 577 (Laird) This bill would shorten the amount of time a victim of childhood sexual assault, that occurred before January 1, 2024, would have to file a specified action to 22 years from the date the plaintiff attains the age of majority or within 3 years of the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that psychological injury or illness occurring after the age of majority was caused by the sexual assault, whichever period expires later.
This bill would, for actions filed on or after April 15, 2025, against a public entity by a plaintiff who is 40 years of age or older, increase the standard of liability to gross negligence.
For all cases against a public entity filed on or after April 15, 2025, this bill would provide factors that courts must consider when reviewing motions for remittitur and would authorize a court to structure judgments against public entities so that they may be paid over time.
This bill would authorize a participating party, as defined, in connection with securing financing, refinancing, or refunding of a public debt obligation, as defined, to elect to provide for funding payments of the public debt obligation using a state or local intercept, or both.
This bill would require the school district to consult the county superintendent of schools and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) in developing the repayment schedule and would require the county superintendent of schools to submit the repayment schedule to the Department of Finance, instead of the superintendent, for approval. The bill would extend the maximum term of a lease or for repayment of an emergency apportionment to 30 years.
Existing law authorizes a person who is sexually assaulted and who proves it was as the result of a cover up to recover up to treble damages against the defendant who is found to have covered up the sexual assault. This bill would prohibit such treble damages from being imposed against a defendant that is a public entity.Assmb. Inactive File – 2 year bill -
Bill Number & Author Description Status as of May 1 AB 2468 (Patel) This bill, contingent upon an appropriation, would require the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE to administer the Supporting Inclusive Practices project and to expand the project and build on its alignment and partnerships with statewide improvement initiatives. The bill would provide that the purposes of the project are, among others, to improve pupil outcomes by increasing opportunities for pupils with disabilities to access education in general education settings and to support the educator workforce to serve pupils with disabilities. The bill would require the project to conduct specified activities, including providing technical assistance to local educational agencies and charter schools focused on supporting evidence-based practices to increase access by pupils with disabilities to education in general education settings, and supporting progress toward a high school diploma for children and pupils with disabilities.
While stated as legislative intent, the bill envisions a minimum of $30 million over five years for this purpose.Assm. Approp. Cmt. AB 2526 (Muratsuchi) As completely rewritten, Assembly Bill (AB) 2526 no longer would add funding within the Local Control Funding Formula based on students with severe disabilities. Instead, if there is a State Budget appropriation for this new eligibility, the entitlement of the low incidence disability fund that currently goes to Special Education Local Plan Areas would be based on the sum of the number of pupils with low incidence disabilities (Fall 1 CALPADS of prior fiscal year) and the number of pupils eligible to take the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) multiplied by a per-pupil amount. As in current law, the per-pupil amount of AB 2526 would be determined by State Budget language.
A student with a low incidence disability who qualifies for the CAAs would be counted twice and generate funding accordingly, reflecting a student with greater needs. Funding would be used to provide special education and related services as required under the Individualized Education Program of the eligible pupils, and no additional requirements for the funds are defined.Assm. Approp. Cmt. -
Bill Number & Author Description Status as of May 1 AB 1644 (Muratsuchi) Existing law requires the governing board, no later than July 1, 2026, develop and adopt, and update every five years, a policy to limit or prohibit the use by its pupils of smartphones while the pupils are at a school site or while the pupils are under the supervision and control of an employee or employees of that local educational agency. This bill, commencing July 1, 2027, would require this policy to continue to apply only to pupils in any of grades 9 to 12.
The bill would require the governing board that serves TK-8 pupils to, no later than July 1, 2027, develop and adopt, and update at least every five years, a policy that prohibits the use of smartphones by those pupils while the pupils are at a school site or while the pupils are under the supervision and control of an employee or employees of that local educational agency. The bill would prohibit instruction provided to TK-8 pupils from requiring the use of a smartphone by a pupil.
The bill would require a pupil in any grade to also be allowed to possess or use a smartphone when the possession or use of a smartphone is required in a pupil’s plan developed pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
This bill would require the California Department of Education, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a report that contains recommended best practices for future local educational agency pupil smartphone use policies.Assmb. Approp. Cmt. -
Bill Number & Author Description Status as of May 1 AB 1851 (Gipson) This bill would require the California Department of Education to select lead local educational agencies (LEAs) to make available guidance, resources, and technical assistance to LEAs to expand the statewide implementation of integrated, universal social-emotional learning, behavioral health, and restorative practices. Assmb. Approp. Cmt. AB 2 (Lowenthal) This bill would provide for statutory penalties available in a negligence cause of action brought on behalf of a child-user of a social media platform for harm caused by the platform. Sen. Rules Cmt. AB 708 (Valencia) Existing law, the California Youth Football Act, requires a youth sports organization that conducts a tackle football program to comply with certain health and safety requirements.
This bill would require a youth tackle football league or youth sports organization to “allow youth tackle football participants to use safety equipment, including soft-shelled add-ons on football helmets.”Sen. Approp. Cmt. – 2 year bill AB 327 (Ta) This bill would Increase the punishment for a second or subsequent offense of “swatting” which results in an unnecessary emergency response, from a misdemeanor to an alternate felony-misdemeanor. However, the increased penalties for a second or subsequent offense for swatting does not apply to a person who was under 18 years of age at the time they committed the prior offense or offenses.
SSC Comment:Sen. Approp. Cmt. Suspense File – 2 year bill AB 437 (Lackey) Existing law requires the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), on or before January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 every seven years thereafter, to report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken as well as its goals and objectives relating to specific issue areas.
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As one of those issue areas, current law requires the CIF to report on the “health and safety of pupils, coaches, officials, and spectators, including, but not limited to, racial discrimination, harassment, or hazing.” This bill would add “sports-related head injuries, including concussions, and other sports-related injuries and medical problems, requiring medical clearance to resume full athletic participation, including injuries sustained during competitions, practices, and training camps,” to that requirement.Sen. Inactive File – 2 year bill AB 767 (Alanis) Existing law establishes a procedure by which a person committed as a sexually violent predator may petition for conditional release and requires the court, if it makes a specified determination, to place the person on conditional release. Existing law prohibits a person being released under these provisions from being placed within one-fourth mile of any public or private school if the person has previously been convicted of specified sexual misconduct of a child or if the court finds that the person has a history of improper sexual conduct with children.
This bill would additionally prohibit a person being released under the above-described provisions from being placed within one-fourth mile of a child daycare facility. The bill would define private school to mean a facility or home that has filed a private school affidavit with the California Department of Education (CDE) and provides private school instruction to any student between 6 to 18 years of age, inclusive, and is publicly listed on the directory maintained by the CDE.Sen. Rules Cmt. ab 1569 (Davies) As completely rewritten, this bill no longer requires each school that allows pupils to park an electric bicycle on campus to require pupils to complete the electric bicycle safety and training program. The bill now would require, on or before March 1, 2028, the California Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, to develop a standardized electric bicycle safety and training program for pupils in grades 7 to 12. The bill would encourage local educational agencies and parent organizations to offer training demonstrations to pupils and parents on electric bicycle operations in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies or local governments. Assmb. Approp. Cmt. aB 1586 (Ramos) This bill would no longer require local educational agencies (LEAs) to ensure that every school resource officer assigned to a school site carry on their person an opioid overdose reversal medication. Instead, the bill states that a school resource officer may volunteer to administer an opioid antagonist to a person who appears to be experiencing an opioid overdose.
Further, it would require that each school resource officer, upon assignment to a school site and every two years, must complete an opioid overdose recognition and response training that is approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). The Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with POST, shall provide guidance to LEAs and law enforcement agencies on how to access opioid overdose reversal medication at low or no cost and how to integrate overdose response into school safety planning.
Finally, the bill would require a school resource officer to annually report the number of units of opioid antagonists received, the number of times the school resource officer administered an opioid antagonist while serving at a school site, and the number of times the school resource officer needed an opioid antagonist but did not have one available.Assmb. Approp. Cmt. SB 1181 (Hurtado) Requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish the Central Valley School Safety Coordination Pilot Program to study and evaluate improved communication pathways between local educational agencies and regional fusion centers regarding credible safety threats affecting school communities, with a focus on addressing chronic absenteeism, youth mental health, and emerging digital or hybrid threats in Senate District 16 and similar regions. The pilot program shall be implemented in selected counties within the Central Valley, including, but not limited to, the counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, prioritizing areas with high chronic absenteeism and mental health challenges as identified in district-specific data. Sen. Approp. Cmt.