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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 8 - Pupil Safety › ARTICLE 3 - Injurious Objects › Section 49332.

49332. The parent or guardian of a pupil from whom an injurious object has been taken pursuant to this section may be notified by school personnel of the taking.
School personnel may retain protective possession of any injurious object taken pursuant to this section until the risk of its use as a weapon has dissipated, unless prior to dissipation of the risk, the parent or guardian requests that the school personnel retain the object, in which case, the school personnel shall retain the object until the parent or guardian or another adult with the written consent of the parent or guardian appears personally to take possession of the injurious object from the school personnel.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 210.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 8 - Pupil Safety › ARTICLE 3 - Injurious Objects › Section 49333.

49333. Notwithstanding Section 49332, a pupil who brings an injurious object to school, and who presents the object to a certificated or classified employee, may have the object returned to him or her at the conclusion of the school day, provided such injurious object may be lawfully possessed off school grounds.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 210.)
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49334. If a school employee initially notifies a law enforcement agency regarding a student or adult who possesses an injurious object while upon school premises or while under the authority of school personnel, the employee may not be subject to any civil or administrative proceeding, including any disciplinary action, for violation of any local policy or procedure relating to the notification of a law enforcement agency. The employee shall conform to locally adopted procedures after exercising his or her personal option to notify a law enforcement agency.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 469, Sec. 1.)
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49335. On or before April 1, 2001, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt a system that will shield the identity and provide protection to pupils who report the presence of injurious objects on school campuses that offer instruction in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 265, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 8 - Pupil Safety › ARTICLE 4 - Hazardous Materials Education › Section 49340.

49340. This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Hazardous Materials Education Act of 1982.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 785, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 8 - Pupil Safety › ARTICLE 4 - Hazardous Materials Education › Section 49341.

49341. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:
(a) Because school science laboratories pose a potentially serious threat to the health and safety of school pupils and school personnel due to the use and storage of hazardous materials in these laboratories, educational efforts are needed to increase the awareness of persons dealing with these materials in these settings so that possible losses of life, injuries, losses of property, and social disruption, which could result from the improper and unsafe use of hazardous materials, will be minimized.
(b) Effective safety in school laboratories requires informed judgment, decisionmaking, and operating procedures by those responsible for laboratory and related instruction. It is desirable that each high school and junior high, middle, or elementary school offering laboratory work have a trained member of the professional staff who is designated as the building laboratory consultant and who is responsible for the review, updating, and carrying out of the school’s adopted procedures for laboratory safety.
(c) Efforts by state and local agencies to implement training programs designed to provide qualified individuals with the necessary information, organizational skills, and materials to assist schools and teachers in the development of their laboratory safety policies and procedures are nonexistent or inadequate, and it is necessary that this situation be remedied. The state should assume leadership through the policy and guidance of the State Department of Education in the development, support, and implementation of a statewide training program.
(d) The Legislature requests that the State Department of Education consider making this program a part of the department’s energy and environmental education program that is conducted pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 8700) of Part 6.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 8 - Pupil Safety › ARTICLE 6 - Reporting of Missing Children › Section 49370.

49370. The Legislature hereby declares its intent in enacting this article to require that specified persons, including school teachers, school administrators, school aides, school playground workers, and school bus drivers, report missing children to a law enforcement agency in a timely manner, in order to provide those children a necessary level of protection when they are at serious risk.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1013, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 8 - Pupil Safety › ARTICLE 7 - Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking Prevention › Section 49380.

49380. (a) A school district is encouraged to collaborate with outside consultants, including law enforcement, with expertise in sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention education in order to create a school safety plan to address the threat of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
(b) A school district is encouraged to collaborate with law enforcement on a referral protocol for high-risk pupils and minors.
(c) In-service training may be conducted periodically to enable school district personnel to learn about new developments in the understanding of sexual abuse and sex trafficking, and to receive instruction on current prevention efforts and methods. A school district is encouraged to include training on early identification of sexual abuse and sex trafficking of pupils and minors.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 713, Sec. 2. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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49381. (a) The governing board of a school district and the governing body of a charter school shall work with their schools that maintain any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, to identify the most appropriate methods of informing parents and guardians of pupils in those grades of human trafficking prevention resources.
(b) The governing board of a school district and the governing body of a charter school shall implement the methods identified pursuant to subdivision (a) in their schools that maintain any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, by January 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 848, Sec. 1. (SB 1104) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 8 - Pupil Safety › ARTICLE 8 - Threats of Homicide at School › Section 49390.

49390. For purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Law enforcement” means any of the following:
(1) A peace officer employed or contracted by a school, school district, or local educational agency for school safety purposes.
(2) A police or security department of a local educational agency.
(3) A local law enforcement agency or agencies with geographic jurisdiction over a local educational agency.
(b) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school serving pupils in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, as part of a middle school or high school.
(c) “Reasonable suspicion” means articulable facts, together with rational inferences from those facts, warranting an objective suspicion.
(d) “School official” means any certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or member of the school district governing board, county board of education, or governing body of a charter school whose official duties bring the individual in contact with pupils in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, as part of a middle school or high school, on a regular basis.
(e) “Threat or perceived threat” means any writing or action of a pupil that creates a reasonable suspicion that the pupil is preparing to commit a homicidal act related to school or a school activity. This may include possession, use, or depictions of firearms, ammunition, shootings, or targets in association with infliction of physical harm, destruction, or death in a social media post, journal, class note, or other media associated with the pupil. It may also include a warning by a parent, pupil, or other individual.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 144, Sec. 1. (SB 906) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 8 - Pupil Safety › ARTICLE 8 - Threats of Homicide at School › Section 49391.

49391. (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2023, the department shall develop model content, in consultation with relevant local educational agencies, civil rights groups, and the Department of Justice.
(2) The model content developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, content that informs parents or guardians of California’s child access prevention laws and laws relating to the safe storage of firearms, including, but not limited to, Division 4 (commencing with Section 25000) of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code.
(b)  The department shall update the model content on a yearly basis as necessary to reflect any changes in law.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 144, Sec. 1. (SB 906) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49392. (a) Commencing with the 2023–24 school year, and each school year thereafter, a local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall, informed by the model content developed by the department pursuant to Section 49391, include in the annual notification pursuant to Section 48980, to the parents or guardians of pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, information related to the safe storage of firearms.
(b) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 144, Sec. 1. (SB 906) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49393. (a) A school official who is alerted to or observes any threat or perceived threat, as described in subdivision (e) of Section 49390, shall immediately report the threat or perceived threat to law enforcement. The report shall include copies of any documentary or other evidence associated with the threat or perceived threat.
(b) When two or more school officials jointly have an obligation to report pursuant to subdivision (a), and when there is agreement among them, the report required by this section may be made by any of them in a single report. A school official who has knowledge that the designated reporting school official has failed to make the single report shall thereafter make the report.
(c) Law enforcement shall keep a record of any report received pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 144, Sec. 1. (SB 906) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49394. (a) Upon the notification described in Section 49393, the local law enforcement agency or the schoolsite police, as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 49390, as appropriate, with the support of the local educational agency, shall immediately conduct an investigation and assessment of any threat or perceived threat described in subdivision (e) of Section 49390.
(b) The investigation and threat assessment under subdivision (a) shall include a review of the firearm registry of the Department of Justice.
(c) The investigation and threat assessment under subdivision (a) shall include a search conducted at the schoolsite, only if the search is justified by a reasonable suspicion that it would produce evidence related to the threat or perceived threat.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 144, Sec. 1. (SB 906) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49395. A local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and a school of a local educational agency, is immune from civil liability for any damages allegedly caused by, arising out of, or relating to the requirements of this article.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 144, Sec. 1. (SB 906) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49400. The governing board of any school district shall give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils, and may employ properly certified persons for the work.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 1 - General Powers School Boards › Section 49401.5.

49401.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to express its concern for the health and safety of school pupils and school personnel at schools where hazardous materials are stored on the school premises, and to encourage school districts to take steps to ensure hazardous materials are properly used and stored.
(b) The governing board of any school district may request consultation services from the California Occupational Safety and Health Consultation Service to ensure hazardous materials are being used and stored safely in school laboratories.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 785, Sec. 2.)
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49402. Contracts between any city, county, or local health district and the governing board of any school district located wholly or partially within such city, county, or local health district for the performance by the health officers or other employees of the health department of such city, county, or local health district of any or all of the functions and duties set forth in this chapter, Section 49404, and in Article 1 (commencing with Section 49300) of Chapter 8 of this part relating to health supervision of school buildings and pupils are hereby authorized.
In any such contracts the consideration shall be such as may be agreed upon by the governing board and the city, county, or local health district and shall be paid by the governing board at such times as shall be specified in the contract. This section shall not apply to any district which is under the control of a governing board which has under its control a district or districts having a total average daily attendance of 100,000 or more pupils.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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49405. The control of smallpox is under the direction of the State Department of Health Services, and no rule or regulation on the subject of vaccination shall be adopted by school or local health authorities.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 93.)
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49407. Notwithstanding any provision of any law, no school district, officer of any school district, school principal, physician, or hospital treating any child enrolled in any school in any district shall be held liable for the reasonable treatment of a child without the consent of a parent or guardian of the child when the child is ill or injured during regular school hours, requires reasonable medical treatment, and the parent or guardian cannot be reached, unless the parent or guardian has previously filed with the school district a written objection to any medical treatment other than first aid.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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49408. For the protection of a pupil’s health and welfare, the governing board of a school district may require the parent or legal guardian of a pupil to keep current at the pupil’s school of attendance, emergency information including the home address and telephone number, business address and telephone number of the parents or guardian, and the name, address and telephone number of a relative or friend who is authorized to care for the pupil in any emergency situation if the parent or legal guardian cannot be reached.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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49409. Notwithstanding any provision of any law, no physician and surgeon who in good faith and without compensation renders voluntary emergency medical assistance to a participant in a school athletic event or contest at the site thereof, or during transportation to a health care facility, for an injury suffered in the course of the event or contest, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by the physician and surgeon in rendering the emergency medical care. The immunity granted by this paragraph shall not apply in the event of an act or omission constituting gross negligence.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 547.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 1 - General Powers School Boards › Section 49410.

49410. (a) The Legislature finds that:
(1) There is substantial scientific and medical evidence that human exposure to asbestos fibers significantly increases the likelihood of contracting cancer and other debilitating or fatal diseases such as asbestosis.
(2) Medical and epidemiological evidence suggests that children exposed to asbestos fibers may be especially susceptible to the environmentally induced diseases associated with the exposure.
(3) Substantial amounts of asbestos materials were used in school construction during the period from 1946 through 1973 for fireproofing, soundproofing, decoration, and other purposes.
(4) When these materials age, deteriorate, or become damaged or friable, they release asbestos fibers into the ambient air. This can result in the exposure of school children and school employees to potentially dangerous levels of asbestos fibers.
(5) The presence of asbestos in the air in concentrations far exceeding the normal ambient levels has been found in schools, especially where the asbestos materials have reached a damaged, deteriorated, or disturbed state as a result of abuse, abrasion, water leakage, or forced air circulation.
(6) In view of the fact that the State of California has compulsory attendance laws for children of school age, and these children must be educated in a safe and healthy environment, the hazard presented by asbestos materials in the schools is of special concern to the Legislature.
(b) As a result of the findings in subdivision (a), it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the safe and expeditious containment or removal of asbestos materials posing a hazard to health in schools.
(c) As used in this section and Sections 49410.2 and 49410.5, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Asbestos” means naturally occurring hydrated mineral silicates separable into commercially used fibers: specifically chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite, anthrophyllite, and actinolite.
(2) “Asbestos materials” means materials formed by mixing asbestos fibers with other products, including, but not limited to, rock wool, plaster, cellulose, clay, vermiculite, perlite, and a variety of adhesives. Some of these materials may be sprayed on surfaces or applied to surfaces in the form of plaster or a textured paint.
(3) “Hazard to health” means that the asbestos material is loose, friable, flaking, or dusting, or is likely to become so within the service life of the material in place.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1751, Sec. 7. Effective September 30, 1984.)
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49410.2. School districts and county offices of education may apply to the State Allocation Board pursuant to Section 39619.6 for funds for the purposes of containment or removal of asbestos materials posing a hazard to health.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1751, Sec. 8. Effective September 30, 1984.)
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49410.5. (a) The State Allocation Board shall retain all information provided by school districts making application for funds pursuant to Sections 39619.6, 39619.7, and 39619.8 regarding the actual or estimated cost of inspection and testing for, and encapsulation or removal of, asbestos.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that:
(1) Federal moneys may be made available to reimburse schools for costs related to asbestos inspection, testing, encapsulation, and removal, and that the distribution of these moneys will be expedited by the early collection of these data.
(2) School districts shall comply with guidelines suggested by the Environmental Protection Agency for the purposes of inspection and testing for asbestos materials, and for the protection and safety of workers and all other individuals during the encapsulation and removal of asbestos.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1751, Sec. 9. Effective September 30, 1984.)
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49411. (a) The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of Industrial Relations, shall formulate a listing of chemical compounds used in school programs that includes the potential hazards and estimated shelf life of each compound.
(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in cooperation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of Industrial Relations, shall develop guidelines for school districts for the regular removal and disposal of all chemicals whose estimated shelf life has elapsed.
(c) The county superintendent of schools may implement a system for disposing of chemicals from schools within the county or may permit school districts to arrange for the disposal of the chemicals.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 840, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 1 - General Powers School Boards › Section 49412.

49412. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), counties and school districts, in the utilization of funds allocated pursuant to any appropriation from any account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund for the provision of health care to school populations, shall give initial consideration to the use of those of credentialed school nurses and school nurse practitioners employed by the school districts, to the extent those services are within the scope of practice of those nurses, and to the extent these purposes are consistent with the Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act of 1988 and Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of 1989.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to funds appropriated from the Health Education Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund, except for purposes of providing health screenings through the Child Health and Disability Prevention Screening program.
(c) Any county which, after the initial consideration regarding the utilization of funds, as required by subdivision (a), elects to utilize funds to which subdivisions (a) and (b) apply for the credentialed school nurses and school nurse practitioners employed by school districts may allocate those funds to the school districts for those purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 51, Sec. 1. Effective April 18, 1990.)
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49413. (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. In enacting this section, it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts and schools, individually or jointly, to develop a program whereby their staff and pupils understand the importance of this training and have an appropriate opportunity to develop these skills.
(b) A school district or school, individually or jointly with another school district or school, may provide a comprehensive program in first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, or both, to pupils and employees. The program shall be developed using the following guidelines:
(1) The school district or school collaborates with existing local resources, including, but not limited to, parent teacher associations, hospitals, school nurses, fire departments, and other local agencies that promote safety, to make first aid or CPR training, or both, available to the pupils and employees of the school district or school.
(2) Each school district that develops a program, or the school district that has jurisdiction over a school that develops a program, compiles a list of resources for first aid or CPR information, to be distributed to all of the schools in the district.
(3) The first aid and CPR training are based on standards that are at least equivalent to the standards currently used by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 750, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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49414.2. (a) The department shall create the California Food Allergy Resource internet web page to provide voluntary guidance to local educational agencies to help protect pupils with food allergies. In creating the internet web page, the department shall ensure all of the following:
(1) The focus of the internet web page is to provide local educational agencies, caregivers, and pupils practical information, planning steps, and strategies for reducing allergic reactions to food within schools and early education centers.
(2) The internet web page includes a link to the most recent version of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Voluntary Guidelines for Managing Food Allergies in Schools and Early Care Education Programs,” as well as other relevant resources, which may include, but are not limited to, best practices fact sheets produced by the Institute of Child Nutrition.
(3) A summary of the specific state laws relevant to the issue of pupils with food allergies in schools are included to serve as a complement to the federal laws and regulations included in the federal guidelines identified in paragraph (2).
(b) The content of the California Food Allergy Resource internet web page shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) A compilation of state and federal resources available for pupils with food allergies.
(2) Methods and qualifications necessary for pupils, or their parents and guardians, to initiate individualized food allergy management and prevention plans.
(3) Potential strategies to minimize the risk of food allergy anaphylaxis in school.
(4) Methods to obtain ingredient lists for foods served to pupils at school from each of the school’s food service providers.
(c) A local educational agency is encouraged to consult the internet web page created pursuant to this section and use it as an equitable resource to ensure the inclusiveness of pupils with food allergies at school and is encouraged to make it available annually to pupils, parents, and guardians.
(d) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 794, Sec. 2. (AB 2640) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49414.4. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, as part of a restorative justice framework, a school use alternatives to a referral of a pupil to a law enforcement agency in response to an incident involving the pupil’s misuse of an opioid, to the extent not in conflict with any other law requiring that referral.
(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the Multi-Tiered System of Supports, which includes restorative justice practices, trauma-informed practices, social and emotional learning, and schoolwide positive behavior interventions and support, may be used to achieve the alternatives described in subdivision (a), in order to help pupils gain critical social and emotional skills, receive support to help transform trauma-related responses, understand the impact of their actions, and develop meaningful methods for repairing harm to the school community.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 856, Sec. 5. (SB 10) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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49415. On or before July 1, 2004, the State Board of Education shall adopt maximum weight standards for textbooks used by pupils in elementary and secondary schools. The weight standards shall take into consideration the health risks to pupils who transport textbooks to and from school each day.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1096, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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49417. (a) A public school may solicit and receive nonstate funds to acquire and maintain an automated external defibrillator (AED). These funds shall only be used to acquire and maintain an AED and to provide training to school employees regarding use of an AED.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (d), if an employee of a school district complies with Section 1714.21 of the Civil Code in rendering emergency care or treatment through the use, attempted use, or nonuse of an AED at the scene of an emergency, the employee shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of the emergency care or treatment.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), if a public school or school district complies with the requirements of Section 1797.196 of the Health and Safety Code, the public school or school district shall be covered by Section 1714.21 of the Civil Code and shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of the emergency care or treatment.
(d) Subdivisions (b) and (c) do not apply in the case of personal injury or wrongful death that results from gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the person who uses, attempts to use, or maliciously fails to use an AED to render emergency care or treatment.
(e) This section does not alter the requirements of Section 1797.196 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 812, Sec. 1. (AB 2217) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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49418. For purposes of this article, “office” means the Office of School-Based Health Programs established within the department that is dedicated to expanding access to school-based health programs pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 44, Sec. 61. (AB 130) Effective July 9, 2021.)
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49420. (a) The department shall by January 1, 2022, appoint a state school nurse consultant to be housed within the office, as established pursuant to Section 49419. The state school nurse consultant shall be a school nurse with a services credential with a specialization in health for a school nurse issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, who has a minimum of five years of experience in school health program management. The state school nurse consultant shall work with local educational agencies and school nurses to promote quality school nursing services and school health programs that address the broad health needs of pupils. The state school nurse consultant, in performing the duties of the position, shall collaborate with the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Health Care Services, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, and the Board of Registered Nursing.
(b) The state school nurse consultant shall be responsible for all of the following:
(1) Serving as a liaison and resource expert in school nursing and school health program areas for local, regional, state, and national school health care providers and policy setting groups.
(2) Monitoring, interpreting, synthesizing, and working to ensure that the office disseminates relevant information associated with changes in health, nursing, and medical care, school nursing practice, legislation, and legal issues that impact schools and the pupils they serve.
(3) Fostering and promoting staff development for school nurses, which may include planning and providing orientation, coordinating or providing educational offerings, and networking with universities and other providers of continuing education to meet identified needs.
(4) Participating in state-level public interagency partnerships and private partnerships with statewide stakeholders to foster a coordinated school health program, representing school nurses in multidisciplinary collaborations.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 44, Sec. 61. (AB 130) Effective July 9, 2021.)
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49423. (a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, any pupil who is required to take, during the regular schoolday, medication prescribed for him or her by a physician and surgeon or ordered for him or her by a physician assistant practicing in compliance with Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, may be assisted by the school nurse or other designated school personnel or may carry and self-administer prescription auto-injectable epinephrine if the school district receives the appropriate written statements identified in subdivision (b).
(b) (1) In order for a pupil to be assisted by a school nurse or other designated school personnel pursuant to subdivision (a), the school district shall obtain both a written statement from the physician and surgeon or physician assistant detailing the name of the medication, method, amount, and time schedules by which the medication is to be taken and a written statement from the parent, foster parent, or guardian of the pupil indicating the desire that the school district assist the pupil in the matters set forth in the statement of the physician and surgeon or physician assistant.
(2) In order for a pupil to carry and self-administer prescription auto-injectable epinephrine pursuant to subdivision (a), the school district shall obtain both a written statement from the physician and surgeon or physician assistant detailing the name of the medication, method, amount, and time schedules by which the medication is to be taken, and confirming that the pupil is able to self-administer auto-injectable epinephrine, and a written statement from the parent, foster parent, or guardian of the pupil consenting to the self-administration, providing a release for the school nurse or other designated school personnel to consult with the health care provider of the pupil regarding any questions that may arise with regard to the medication, and releasing the school district and school personnel from civil liability if the self-administering pupil suffers an adverse reaction as a result of self-administering medication pursuant to this paragraph.
(3) The written statements specified in this subdivision shall be provided at least annually and more frequently if the medication, dosage, frequency of administration, or reason for administration changes.
(c) A pupil may be subject to disciplinary action pursuant to Section 48900 if that pupil uses auto-injectable epinephrine in a manner other than as prescribed.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 512, Sec. 6. (SB 1069) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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49423.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, an individual with exceptional needs who requires specialized physical health care services, during the regular schoolday, may be assisted by any of the following individuals:
(1) Qualified persons who possess an appropriate credential issued pursuant to Section 44267 or 44267.5, or hold a valid certificate of public health nursing issued by the Board of Registered Nursing.
(2) Qualified designated school personnel trained in the administration of specialized physical health care if they perform those services under the supervision, as defined by Section 3051.12 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, of a credentialed school nurse, public health nurse, or licensed physician and surgeon and the services are determined by the credentialed school nurse or licensed physician and surgeon, in consultation with the physician treating the pupil, to be all of the following:
(A) Routine for the pupil.
(B) Pose little potential harm for the pupil.
(C) Performed with predictable outcomes, as defined in the individualized education program of the pupil.
(D) Do not require a nursing assessment, interpretation, or decisionmaking by the designated school personnel.
(b) Specialized health care or other services that require medically related training shall be provided pursuant to the procedures prescribed by Section 49423.
(c) Persons providing specialized physical health care services shall also demonstrate competence in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and shall be knowledgeable of the emergency medical resources available in the community in which the services are performed.
(d) “Specialized physical health care services,” as used in this section, includes catheterization, gastric tube feeding, suctioning, or other services that require medically related training.
(e) Regulations necessary to implement this section shall be developed jointly by the State Department of Education and the State Department of Health Care Services, and adopted by the state board.
(f) This section does not diminish or weaken any federal requirement for serving individuals with exceptional needs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.), and its implementing regulations, and under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794) and its implementing regulations.
(g) This section does not affect current state law or regulation regarding medication administration.
(h) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section not cause individuals with exceptional needs to be placed at schoolsites other than those they would attend but for their needs for specialized physical health care services.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 48. Effective January 1, 2009.)
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49423.5.1. On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of Education shall review and make recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding any needed updates to the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 49423.5.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 281, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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49423.6. (a) On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of Education shall develop and recommend to the State Board of Education, and the board shall adopt regulations, regarding the administration of medication in the public schools pursuant to Section 49423. These regulations shall be developed in consultation with parents, representatives of the medical and nursing professions, and other individuals jointly designated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Advisory Commission on Special Education established pursuant to Section 33590, and the Department of Health Services. The Board of Registered Nursing may designate a liaison to consult with the Board of Education in the adoption of these regulations.
(b) Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be limited to addressing a situation where a pupil’s parent or legal guardian has initiated a request to have a local educational agency dispense medicine to a pupil, based on the written consent of the pupil’s parent or legal guardian, for a specified medicine with a specified dosage, for a specified period of time, as prescribed by a physician or other authorized medical personnel.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 281, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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49424. A school psychologist is a credentialed professional whose primary objective is the application of scientific principles of learning and behavior to ameliorate school-related problems and to facilitate the learning and development of children in the public schools of California.
To accomplish this objective the school psychologist provides services to children, teachers, parents, community agencies, and the school system itself. These services include:
(a) Consultation with school administrators concerning appropriate learning objectives for children, planning of developmental and remedial programs for pupils in regular and special school programs, and the development of educational experimentation and evaluation.
(b) Consultation with teachers in the development and implementation of classroom methods and procedures designed to facilitate pupil learning and to overcome learning and behavior disorders.
(c) Consultation with parents to assist in understanding the learning and adjustment processes of children.
(d) Consultation with community agencies, such as probation departments, mental health clinics, and welfare departments, concerning pupils who are being served by such community agencies.
(e) Consultation and supervision of pupil personnel services workers.
(f) Psychoeducational assessment and diagnosis of specific learning and behavioral disabilities, including, but not limited to, case study evaluation, recommendations for remediation or placement, and periodic reevaluation of such children.
(g) Psychological counseling of and other therapeutic techniques with children and parents, including parent education.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)