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 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly
 02/13/25 - Introduced

 AB-598 School safety: School Mapping Data Grant Program.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 07/09/2025 09:00 PM

AB598:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 July 09, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 17, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 598

Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson
(Coauthor: Senator Archuleta)

February 13, 2025

An act to add Article 5.4 (commencing with Section 32293) to Chapter 2.5 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to school safety. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 598, as amended, Gipson.
 School safety: School Mapping Data Grant Program.

Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that all public schools, in kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by school districts, in cooperation with specified entities and individuals, develop a comprehensive school safety plan, as provided. Existing law provides that school districts and county offices of education are responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools, as provided.

Existing law, the Charter Schools Act of 1992, provides for the establishment and operation of charter schools, including countywide charter schools, and requires a petition for the establishment of a charter school to contain comprehensive descriptions of various matters and procedures, including procedures that the charter school will follow to ensure the health and safety of
 pupils and staff. The act requires those procedures to also require the development of a school safety plan, as provided.

Existing law encourages, on or before July 1, 2030, each public school, including charter schools, with an enrollment of 100 pupils or more to implement a web-based or app-based school safety program that includes certain program parameters. If a school implements a web-based or app-based school safety program, existing law requires the school to ensure that the program developers ensure that best practices are implemented to protect the security and data of all pupils and staff listed within the program, as provided.

This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the School Mapping Data Grant Program under the administration of the Office of Emergency Services to provide
 one-time grants to participating school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to enter into contracts with qualified vendors providing school mapping data, as provided, for purposes of assisting public safety agencies in efficiently responding to on-campus emergencies at schools. The bill would require a school mapping data program, to be eligible to receive funding under the grant program, to include the same program parameters as, and to have the program developers implement the same best practices to protect the security and data of all pupils and staff as, a web-based or app-based school safety program, as described above.

Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public
 bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.

This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Article 5.4 (commencing with Section 32293) is added to Chapter 2.5 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:

 Article
 5.4. School Mapping Data Grant Program Act

32293.

 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the School Mapping Data Grant Program Act.

32293.1.

 As used in this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

(b) “Grant program” means the School Mapping Data Grant Program established pursuant to Section 32293.2.

(c) “Public safety agency” means a local, state, or federal agency that provides emergency public safety services to