Pupil safety: sextortion informational poster.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement or penalties for non-compliance with the bill's requirements.

Sextortion Information Poster in Schools

This law requires schools with grades 7 to 12 to display posters about sextortion in restrooms and locker rooms by the start of the 2027-28 school year.

What This Bill Does

• Requires public schools, school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools maintaining any combination of grades 7 to 12 to display a poster about sextortion in at least one men's restroom, women's restroom, and all-gender restroom used by pupils.
• The poster must be printed in English and the primary language other than English spoken by at least 15% of students at the school site.
• Schools must put up these posters before the start of the 2027-28 school year.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public schools with grades 7 to 12
• School districts serving students in grades 7 to 12
• County offices of education that serve students in grades 7 to 12

Terms To Know

Sextortion

A type of online bullying where someone threatens to share private or embarrassing photos unless the victim does what the bully wants.

State-mandated local program

A program that requires local schools and districts to follow rules set by the state government.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money will be given to help schools pay for these posters.
• It is unclear if all schools have restrooms or locker rooms where they can put up these posters.
• Schools must follow the rules set by the state, but it's not clear what happens if a school doesn't comply.

Official Summary Text

AB 2242, as amended, Davies.
Pupil safety: sextortion informational poster.
Existing law requires each educational institution in the state to have a written policy on sexual harassment and to display that policy in a prominent location, as defined, in the main administrative building or other area of the educational institution’s campus or schoolsite. Existing law requires each schoolsite in a school district, county office of education, or charter school, serving pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to create a poster that notifies pupils of that policy and to prominently and conspicuously display the poster in each bathroom and locker room at the schoolsite, as specified.
This bill would require each
public school
school district, county office
of education, and charter school
maintaining any combination of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, on or before the start of the 2027–28 school year, to
display
display, at each schoolsite, as defined,
in at least one men’s
restroom and
restroom,
one women’s
restroom
restroom, and one all-gender restroom
used by pupils a legible poster printed in both English and
Spanish
a primary language other than English spoken by at least 15% of pupils enrolled at the schoolsite,
that contains specified information relating to sextortion, including, among other information, an age-appropriate description of sextortion, as defined, and contact information for local, state, and federal law enforcement for purposes of reporting or seeking assistance relating to sextortion.
The bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2027, to develop and post on its internet website a model template of the poster for use by those local educational agencies.
By imposing additional duties on
public schools,
local educational agencies,
the bill would impose 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.

Current Bill Text

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