Report 2016-136 Recommendation Responses
Report 2016-136: School Violence Prevention: School Districts, County Offices of Education, and the State Must Do More to Ensure That School Safety Plans Help Protect Students and Staff During Emergencies (Release Date: August 2017)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that districts and county offices are complying with state law each year, the Legislature should require CDE to conduct an annual statewide survey to determine whether schools have submitted plans and whether those plans have been reviewed and approved by their respective district or county office. The Legislature should also require CDE to issue an annual report detailing the survey's results.
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature did not take action in the 2021-2022 legislative session to address this specific recommendation.
However, SB 541 (Chapter 786, Statutes of 2019) requires CDE to collect, and local educational agencies to provide, data pertaining to lockdown or multioption response drills conducted at school sites within school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools, and to conduct a study that identifies best practices for age-appropriate drills. This statute requires CDE to submit the data and the study to the Governor and relevant policy committees of the Legislature on or before November 1, 2021.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: November 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of August 31, 2020, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation. However, SB 541 (Chapter 786, Statutes of 2019) requires CDE to collect, and local educational agencies to provide, data pertaining to lockdown or multioption response drills conducted at schoolsites within school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools, and conduct a study that identifies best practices for age-appropriate drills. This statute requires CDE to submit the data and the study to the Governor and relevant policy committees of the Legislature on or before November 1, 2021.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: September 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: September 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
Assembly Bill 1747 (Rodriguez) would require the California Department of Education (CDE), on or before January 1, 2020, and every other year thereafter, to conduct a statewide survey to determine whether schools have forwarded their comprehensive school safety plans and whether those plans have been reviewed and approved by either the school district or county office of education. On or before November 1, 2020, and every other year thereafter, CDE would be required to submit a report to the Legislature detailing the results of the survey.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: March 2018