Tom Umberg
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 34
Author
(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post, and annually update, on the State Department of Education's internet website and provide to each school district 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, including school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying on the basis of religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity, or perceived religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity. This bill would instead (A) require the Superintendent to additionally post, and annually update, on the department's internet website and notify local educational agencies of the availability of the above-described list of resources that provide support for youth, and their families, who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, (B) add the basis of neurodiversity or perceived neurodiversity to that list of resources, and (C) require those resources related to the basis of neurodiversity or perceived neurodiversity to include those developed by the University of California and California State University Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learning. (2) Existing law requires, commencing with the 2020–21 academic year, each local educational agency, as defined, to ensure that specified information related to pupil safety is readily accessible in a prominent location on the local educational agency's existing internet website in a manner that is easily accessible to parents or guardians and pupils. This bill would require, commencing with the 2025–26 academic year, each local educational agency to additionally ensure that the resources related to neurodiversity developed by the University of California and California State University Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learning are readily accessible in a prominent location on the local educational agency's internet website in a manner that is easily accessible to parents or guardians and pupils. To the extent the bill imposes additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law requires the department to develop and post on its internet website an online training module to assist all school staff, school administrators, parents, pupils, and community members in increasing their knowledge of the dynamics of bullying and cyberbullying. This bill would require the online training module to include information about how to support pupils who are bullied for being or being perceived as neurodivergent and include links to the resources related to neurodiversity developed by the University of California and California State University Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learning. (4) 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.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 907, Statutes of 2024.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5296.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6320.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4177.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3964.) (May 16).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 16.
May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 6.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3659.) (April 17).
Set for hearing April 17.
April 10 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing April 10.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB939 | HTML |
| 01/17/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/11/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/23/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/17/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/23/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/28/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/15/24- Senate Education | |
| 05/03/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/17/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/10/24- Assembly Education | |
| 07/01/24- Assembly Higher Education | |
| 08/05/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/16/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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