Pupil safety: child abuse prevention: training.

Existing law requires the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the State Department of Social Services, to take certain actions relating to the detection and reporting of child abuse, including, among other things, developing and disseminating information to local educational agencies, as specified, and state special schools and diagnostic centers regarding the detection and reporting of child abuse. This bill would require the State Department of Education to establish best practices for school personnel to prevent abuse, including sexual abuse, of children on school grounds, by school personnel, or in school-sponsored programs, and to post on its Internet Web site links to existing training resources. The bill would encourage local educational agencies, as specified, and state special schools and diagnostic centers to participate in training on the prevention of abuse, including sexual abuse, of children on school grounds, by school personnel, or in school-sponsored programs, and also encourage them to provide school employees with that training at least once every 3 years.