AB 5 — The Safe and Supportive Schools Act.

Summary

Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for the establishment of local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. Existing law requires, no later than July 1, 2021, the State Department of Education to develop resources or, as appropriate, update existing resources for in-service training on schoolsite and community resources for the support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) pupils, and strategies to increase support for LGBTQ pupils, as specified. Existing law encourages schools operated by a school district or county office of education and charter schools to use those resources to provide training at least once every 2 years to teachers and other certificated employees of those schools that serve pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive. This bill would require the State Department of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to finalize the development of an online training delivery platform and an online training curriculum to support LGBTQ cultural competency training for teachers and other certificated employees, as specified. The bill would delete the above-described encouragement and instead would require, commencing with the 2025–26 school year and ending with the completion of the 2029–30 school year, each local educational agency, as defined, serving pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to use the online training delivery platform and curriculum, or an in-service alternative, to provide at least one hour of required training annually to teachers and other certificated employees at those schools, as provided. The bill would require each local educational agency to maintain records documenting the training, as provided. The bill would require the department to monitor compliance with the training requirement as part of the department's annual compliance monitoring of state and federal programs. The bill would require the department, within 9 months of the completion of the 5-year training period, to report data from that compliance monitoring to the Legislature, and post the report on the department's internet website, as provided. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require these provisions to be known as the Safe and Supportive Schools Act. This bill would make these requirements inoperative on July 1, 2031, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2032. 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.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/23/23 - Chaptered Current pdf September 23, 2023
• Enrolled 09/12/23 - Enrolled pdf September 12, 2023
• Amended 09/01/23 - Amended Senate pdf September 01, 2023
• Amended 05/02/23 - Amended Assembly pdf May 02, 2023
• Amended 04/17/23 - Amended Assembly pdf April 17, 2023
• Amended 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly pdf March 23, 2023
• Introduced 12/05/22 - Introduced pdf December 05, 2022
• AB5 View text html

Action History

1. September 23, 2023

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 220, Statutes of 2023.

2. September 23, 2023

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 15, 2023

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

4. September 11, 2023

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 3184.).

5. September 07, 2023

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. September 07, 2023

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 2455.).

7. September 05, 2023

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. September 01, 2023

   Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

9. September 01, 2023

   From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1).

10. August 14, 2023

    In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file.

11. July 13, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. May 31, 2023

    Referred to Com. on ED.

13. May 23, 2023

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

14. May 22, 2023

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 4. Page 1702.)

15. May 18, 2023

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

16. May 18, 2023

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 18).

17. May 18, 2023

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)

18. May 17, 2023

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

19. May 03, 2023

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

20. May 02, 2023

    Read second time and amended.

21. May 01, 2023

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 26).

22. April 18, 2023

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

23. April 17, 2023

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

24. March 27, 2023

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

25. March 23, 2023

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

26. March 23, 2023

    Referred to Com. on ED.

27. December 06, 2022

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.

28. December 05, 2022

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Rick Chavez Zbur · Primary
• Sabrina Cervantes · Cosponsor
• Matt Haney · Cosponsor
• Ash Kalra · Cosponsor
• Alex Lee · Cosponsor
• Low · Cosponsor
• Al Muratsuchi · Cosponsor
• Pilar Schiavo · Cosponsor
• Christopher M. Ward · Cosponsor
• Lori D. Wilson · Cosponsor
• Eggman · Cosponsor
• John Laird · Cosponsor
• Caroline Menjivar · Cosponsor
• Stephen C. Padilla · Cosponsor
• Scott D. Wiener · Cosponsor

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