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AB-1721 • 2026

Pupil safety: comprehensive school safety plans.

Pupil safety: comprehensive school safety plans.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Muratsuchi
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details on the composition, duties, or operational procedures of the workgroup.

Student Safety: School Safety Plans

This law requires the state education department to form a group that will review school safety plans and suggest improvements.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the State Board of Education, to convene a statewide stakeholder workgroup by July 1, 2027, to review existing comprehensive school safety plans and make recommendations on their development and approval process as well as required elements.
  • The Superintendent is required to submit a report on the workgroup's recommendations to the Department of Finance and relevant legislative committees by July 1, 2028.
  • Authorizes the State Department of Education to enter into contracts with nongovernmental entities for implementation.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School districts
  • County offices of education
  • The Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • State Board of Education

Terms To Know

Comprehensive school safety plan
A detailed plan that schools create to keep students safe and follow laws about school safety.
Stakeholder workgroup
A group of people from different backgrounds who come together to discuss and make recommendations on a specific topic, in this case, school safety plans.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the workgroup will be formed or what its exact duties are.
  • It is unclear which nongovernmental entities might be involved in implementing these provisions.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-03-10 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  3. 2026-03-09 California Legislative Information

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

  4. 2026-02-23 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on ED.

  5. 2026-02-06 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.

  6. 2026-02-05 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1721, as amended, Muratsuchi.
Pupil safety: comprehensive school safety plans.
Under existing law, each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in cooperation with certain local entities. Existing law requires that the plan include identification of appropriate strategies and programs that will provide or maintain a high level of school safety and address the school’s procedures for complying with existing laws related to school safety.
This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the
state board,
State Board of Education,
to, on or before July 1, 2027, convene a statewide stakeholder workgroup, as provided, to review existing comprehensive school safety plans and make recommendations on the development and approval process and the required elements of a comprehensive school safety plan, as provided. The bill would require the Superintendent to, on or before July 1, 2028, submit a report on the recommendations of the workgroup to the Department of Finance and appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would authorize the
State
Department of Education to enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, as provided, with nongovernmental entities to implement these provisions.

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