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AB-1135 • 2026

Pupil safety: teen dating violence.

Pupil safety: teen dating violence.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Macedo
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about reimbursement procedures or cost determinations, leaving these aspects uncertain.

Safe Place to Learn Act: Teen Dating Violence Prevention

This act requires California's Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop and post online guidance and resources for preventing teen dating violence, which must be shared by schools.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop and post on their website guidelines and a list of statewide resources for preventing teen dating violence by July 1, 2026.
  • Requires county offices of education, school districts, and charter schools with grades 7 through 12 to post these guidelines and resources on their websites by January 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • County offices of education, school districts, and charter schools with grades 7 through 12

Terms To Know

state-mandated local program
A program where the state requires local agencies to perform certain duties or provide services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what types of resources and guidance will be provided for preventing teen dating violence.
  • It is unclear how much funding will be needed for schools to comply with posting these guidelines and resources on their websites.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-03-18 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  4. 2025-03-17 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

  5. 2025-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on ED.

  6. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  7. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1135, as amended, Macedo.
School safety: Safe Place to Learn Act.
Pupil safety: teen dating violence.
The Safe Place to Learn Act declares that it is the policy of the State of California to improve pupil safety at schools and the connections between pupils and supportive adults, schools, and communities.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post, and annually update, on the State Department of Education’s internet website, and notify school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools of the availability of, a list of statewide resources that provide support to youth, and their families, who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
This bill would
make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
require the Superintendent, by July 1, 2026, to develop and post on the department’s internet website guidance and a list of statewide resources for the purpose of preventing teen dating violence. The bill would also require, by January 1, 2027, each county office of education, school district, and charter school maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to post the guidance and list of statewide resources developed by the Superintendent on their respective internet website. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, 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.

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