2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 7 - Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools › Section 13862.

13862. Law enforcement agencies and school districts receiving funds under this chapter shall concentrate enhanced apprehension, prevention, and education efforts and resources on drug abuse and drug trafficking in and around school campuses.
(a)  These enhanced apprehension, prevention, and education efforts shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Drug traffic intervention programs.
(2) School and classroom-oriented programs, using tested drug abuse education curriculum that provides indepth and accurate information on drugs, which may include the participation of local law enforcement agencies and qualified drug abuse prevention specialists and which are designed to increase teachers’ and students’ awareness of drugs and their effects.
(3) Family oriented programs aimed at preventing drug abuse which may include the participation of community-based organizations experienced in the successful operation of such programs.
(4) The establishment of a Local Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Advisory Committee. The committee shall be established and appointed by the board of supervisors of each county and city and county. However, if the agency receiving funds under this chapter is a city agency and the program does not involve any county agency, or if a county agency is involved and the county board of supervisors consents, the committee shall be established and appointed by the city council. The committee may be a newly created committee or an existing local drug abuse committee as designated by the board or city council. The committee shall be composed of, at a minimum, the following:
(A) Local law enforcement executives.
(B) School district executives.
(C) Schoolsite staff, which includes administrators, teachers, or other credentialed personnel.
(D) Parents.
(E) Students.
(F) School peace officers.
(G) County drug program administrators designated pursuant to Section 11962 of the Health and Safety Code.
(H) Drug prevention program executives.
(5) Development and distribution of appropriate written and audio-visual aids for training of school and law enforcement staff for handling drug-related problems and offenses. Appropriate existing aids may be utilized in lieu of development of new materials.
(6) Development of prevention and intervention programs for elementary school teachers and students, including utilization of existing prevention and intervention programs.
(7) Development of a coordinated intervention system that identifies students with chronic drug abuse problems and facilitates their referral to a drug abuse treatment program.
(b) Enhanced apprehension, prevention, and education efforts commenced under this section shall be a joint effort between local law enforcement and local school districts in cooperation with county drug program offices. These efforts shall include, but not be limited to, the concentration of apprehension efforts in “problem” areas identified by local school authorities.
(c) Funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter may be used in part to support state-level development and statewide distribution of appropriate written and audio-visual aids for public awareness and training of school and law enforcement staff for handling drug-related problems and offenses. When existing aids can be identified, these aids may be utilized in lieu of the development of new aids.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 935, Sec. 2.)