School safety: City of Fresno and the Fresno Unified School District: active shooter and mass emergency coordinated response program.

Existing law requires school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education to be responsible for the overall development of comprehensive school safety plans for its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires the school safety plan to include, among other things, procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents, including procedures related to individuals with guns on school campuses and at school-related functions based on the specific needs and context of each school and community. This bill would require the City of Fresno and the Fresno Unified School District, in collaboration with the California College and University Police Chiefs Association, to establish a pilot real-time active shooter and mass emergency coordinated response program for specified educational entities within the City of Fresno to provide a real-time cross-agency communication solution environment that, among other things, allows for the deploying of a secure, multimedia data communications system that enables a user base to communicate with one another, as specified, and allows for identifying system users' identity, location, and operational status during an incident. The bill would require the City of Fresno and the Fresno Unified School District, in collaboration with the California College and University Police Chiefs Association, to administer funds to enable local educational agencies, community colleges, and the California State University and their cognizant public safety, fire, and emergency response agencies to acquire, install, and maintain the solutions upon application made to the City of Fresno and the Fresno Unified School District. The bill would require the City of Fresno and the Fresno Unified School District, in collaboration with the California College and University Police Chiefs Association to make an effort to ensure the systems are deployed as soon as practicable, but not later than August 1, 2023. The bill would require the City of Fresno and the Fresno Unified School District, in collaboration with the California College and University Police Chiefs Association to, not later than August 1, 2024, submit a report to the Legislature regarding implementation of the program, and the efficacy of the systems deployed. By imposing new duties on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Fresno and the Fresno Unified School District. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to the City of Fresno, a charter city. This bill would appropriate $4,800,000 from the General Fund to the City of Fresno and the Fresno Unified School District to pay for implementation of the real-time active shooter and mass emergency coordinated response program described above. 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 it makes an appropriation that is intended to reimburse the city and school district for those costs. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains additional costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.