SB 1378

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law requires a public school, including a charter school, or a private school, that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards, and a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards, to have printed on the identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and authorizes those schools to have printed on the identification cards certain other suicide-prevention and emergency-response telephone numbers. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2025, require a public school, including a charter school, or a private school, as applicable, that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards to additionally have printed on the identification cards the telephone number for the Title IX Coordinator for the public school or, for a private school, the appropriate contact, and would authorize those public and private schools to have printed on the identification cards certain other telephone numbers of resources for Title IX assistance. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2025, require a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to additionally have printed on the identification cards the telephone number for the Title IX Coordinator for the institution of higher education or, for a community college, the Title IX Coordinator for the community college or the community college district, and would authorize those public and private institutions of higher education to have printed on the identification cards certain other telephone numbers of resources for Title IX assistance.