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AB 453: Pupil safety: comprehensive school safety plans.
What AB 453 does, verified February 3, 2026
This bill aims to improve pupil safety in California schools. The state will convene a statewide stakeholder workgroup to review existing school safety plans and provide recommendations on their development and approval process. The workgroup's recommendations will be submitted to the Department of Finance and relevant legislative committees by July 1, 2027. The Department of Education will enter into contracts with non-governmental entities to implement these provisions and ensure their effective implementation.
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| Feb. 02, 2026 | From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
| Jan. 31, 2026 | Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. |
| May. 23, 2025 | In committee: Held under submission. |
| May. 07, 2025 | In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. |
| Apr. 22, 2025 | Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
Latest bill textAmended version, April 21, 2025 · 702 words
| Amended IN Assembly April 21, 2025 |
| Amended IN Assembly February 24, 2025 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 453
| Introduced by Assembly Member Muratsuchi |
February 06, 2025 |
An act to add Section 32282.3 to the Education Code, relating to pupil safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 453, as amended, Muratsuchi. Pupil safety: comprehensive school safety plans.
Under existing law, each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in cooperation with certain local entities. Existing law requires that the plan include identification of appropriate strategies and programs that will provide or maintain a high level of school safety and address the school’s procedures for complying with existing laws related to school safety.
This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the state board, to, on or before July 1, 2026, convene a statewide stakeholder workgroup, as provided, to review existing comprehensive school safety plans and make recommendations on the development and approval process and the required elements of a comprehensive school safety plan, as provided. The bill would require the Superintendent to, on or before July 1, 2027, submit a report on the recommendations of the workgroup to the Department of Finance and appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would authorize the Department of Education to enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, as provided, with nongovernmental entities to implement these provisions.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 32282.3 is added to the Education Code, to read:32282.3.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The California Constitution guarantees California children the right to attend public schools that are safe, secure, and peaceful.
(2) The state, school districts, county offices of education, and schools, and their personnel, are responsible for creating learning environments that are safe and secure. First responders, community partners, and families also play essential roles.
(3) Schools must be prepared to respond to emergencies, including natural and man-made hazards, and strive to prevent violence and behaviors that undermine safety and security.
(4) Comprehensive school safety plans include strategies aimed at the prevention of, and education about, potential crime and violence on a school campus and strategies aimed at ensuring social, emotional, and physical safety for both youth and adults.
(5) Since 2002, a school has been required to adopt and, on or before March 1 of each year, update the school’s comprehensive school safety plan.
(6) Schools have been increasingly affected by safety issues that were not addressed when safety plans were first adopted, such as increased incidences of active school shooters, the opioid crisis, and wildfires and other natural disasters.
(7) The Legislature has responded to emerging safety issues by requiring schools to be prepared to respond. These new requirements, while critical, have been imposed without a formal review of the best way to ensure comprehensive school safety plans retain their focus.
(8) Following the addition of these new requirements for a comprehensive school safety plan over the last few years, there is a need to have experts review all the requirements for comprehensive school safety plans, conduct a thorough assessment, and make recommendations to policymakers on how to improve and update the plans while maintaining all critical elements.
(b) (1) The Superintendent, in consultation with the state board, shall, on or before July 1, 2026, appoint and convene a statewide stakeholder workgroup on school safety. The workgroup shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1)
(A)
Two current schoolsite(2)
(B)
Two certificated public school(3)
(C)
Two representatives of a local school employee(4)
(D)
One representative of a parent organization.(5)
(E)
One current high school pupil.(6)
(F)
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