School safety: mandatory interagency cross-reporting.

The Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1985 establishes the School/Law Enforcement Partnership, composed of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Attorney General, and requires the partnership to establish a statewide school safety cadre for the purpose of facilitating interagency coordination and collaboration to reduce, among other things, school crime. This bill would require the partnership to develop a process and framework that would require mandatory interagency cross-reporting between school districts, county offices of education, and law enforcement agencies of threats of serious school crimes, including, but not necessarily limited to, school shootings, hate crimes, vandalism, drug and alcohol use, gang membership, and gang violence, that would trigger immediate intervention. By requiring additional reporting by local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.