Bill > AB1943

This bill aims to enhance pupil safety by updating requirements for schools regarding firearm safety notifications and other safety measures. Specifically, it mandates that local educational agencies (school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools) must annually inform parents and guardians about the importance of secure firearm storage, detailing the risks of children accessing unsecured firearms and summarizing California's child access prevention laws. This notification, titled "Secure Firearm Storage Notification," must also be posted on the agency's website if they maintain one. The bill also requires the State Department of Education to provide formatting and content options for these online postings and encourages schools to distribute this notification when informing parents about disciplinary actions or supports related to threats or self-harm. Furthermore, best practices for school shooter drills will now include a recommendation to distribute this secure firearm storage notice, and a notice encouraging suicide prevention training for school counselors will also include this information as an example of reducing access to lethal means. The bill repeals existing, less detailed firearm storage notification laws and makes conforming changes to other sections of the Education Code, while also acknowledging that any new state-mandated costs for local agencies will be reimbursed according to established procedures.

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