Postsecondary education: safety: credible threats.

Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district, the Trustees of the California State University, the Board of Directors of the College of the Law, San Francisco, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing boards of postsecondary educational institutions receiving public funds for student financial assistance to require the appropriate officials at each campus to compile records of specified crimes and noncriminal acts reported to campus police, campus security personnel, campus safety authorities, or designated campus authorities. This bill would require each campus of the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and request each campus of the University of California, to take action after receiving a credible threat to student, faculty, or staff safety. The bill would require each campus after receiving a threat to student, faculty or staff safety to determine, through a third-party risk assessment, whether the threat is credible, as specified. The bill would require the campus, if the campus determines the threat is credible, to determine whether the individual poses an immediate threat to the physical health or safety of any student, or other individual on campus, which justifies their removal from campus. The bill would authorize a campus to impose interim measures to ensure school and student safety, as specified. By imposing new duties on community college districts the bill would create 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.