Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post, and annually update, on the State Department of Education's internet website and notify local educational agencies of the availability of a list of statewide resources, including community-based organizations, that provide support to youth, and their families, who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, as provided.
This bill would require the department, on or before June 30, 2026, and in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to develop, post on its internet website, and distribute to each local educational agency, as defined, a model policy on how to address certain acts of cyberbullying occurring outside of school hours and outside of the campus, as specified. The bill would require each local educational agency, on or before July 1, 2027, to adopt the model policy developed by the department, and would require each local educational agency to provide a copy of the adopted model policy to each of its credentialed employees, enrolled pupils, and the parents or guardians of its enrolled pupils. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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.