Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specialized license plates in accordance with requirements that include, among other things, a distinct license plate design or message that publicizes or promotes the official policy, mission, or work of a state agency and that additional fees charged be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for programs that further that agency's policy, mission, or work. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to design and make available for issuance specialized license plates that contain a message that promotes the policy of the state that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived characteristics and disability, gender, gender identity, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The bill would require that the specialized license plate be known as the "Antibullying License Plate Program." The bill would create the Antibullying Program Account in the Specialized License Plate Fund and moneys in the account would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the program. The bill would require the State Department of Education to transfer sufficient moneys to the Department of Motor Vehicles to initiate the program.
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(1) Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that all California public schools, in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, community leaders, parents, pupils, teachers, administrators, and other persons who may be interested in the prevention of campus crime and violence, develop a comprehensive school safety plan that addresses the safety concerns identified through a systematic planning process and requires a school to adopt a comprehensive school safety plan. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to authorize any organization composed entirely of pupils attending the schools of the district to maintain activities that are approved by the governing board. This bill would require schools to encourage all campus clubs and booster organizations to create and display posters warning pupils of the range of consequences for engaging in behavior that can result in detention by law enforcement. This requirement on schools would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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 these statutory provisions.
This measure would respectfully request Congress and the Department of Defense to remain committed to maintaining the 144th Fighter Wing and the Aerospace Control Alert mission in California in order to prevent any negative impacts to Southwest air defense operations, the California economy, and the ability of first responders to protect the residents of this state.
This measure would designate March 25 through March 31, 2012, as California Tsunami Awareness Week.
This measure would declare the week of March 12, 2012, through March 16, 2012, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
This measure would declare March 2012 to be Campus Safety Month, and would encourage citizens to visit the Internet Web site of the national nonprofit organization Security On Campus, Inc., to view public safety information about public and private colleges and universities.
This measure would recognize January 2012 as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and would encourage prompt access to preventive services and medical care in order to overcome barriers to care and treatment for cervical cancer.