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Existing law requires the State Department of Education to identify an evidence-based online training program that a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, can use to train school staff and pupils as part of their policy on pupil suicide prevention. Existing law requires the department, subject to an appropriation for these purposes, to provide a grant to a county office of education to acquire a training program identified by the department and disseminate that training program at no cost to specified educational entities, as specified. This bill would revise and recast these provisions by (1) deleting the requirement to provide the above-described grant, (2) deleting the requirement of the department to identify the above-described evidence-based online training program, (3) instead requiring the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to develop an online training program to train school staff, pupils who are 13 years of age or older, and parents, guardians, or caregivers of pupils as part of the policy on pupil suicide prevention adopted by county offices of education, school districts, state special schools, and charter schools that serve pupils in kindergarten or in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, as specified. The bill would require those educational entities that elect to conduct suicide risk screenings to report, on or before June 30, 2027, and June 30 annually thereafter, the number of pupils screened, and which screening instruments were used, for the reporting year, to the department, as provided, and would require the department to compile and post statewide aggregate data on these screenings on its internet website, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

• Berman Democratic · author

1. Feb 17, 2026 Read first time. To print. · lower
2. Feb 18, 2026 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20. · lower
3. Mar 9, 2026 Referred to Com. on ED. · lower
4. Mar 25, 2026 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). · lower
5. Mar 26, 2026 Read second time and amended. · lower
6. Apr 6, 2026 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · lower
7. May 6, 2026 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. · lower
8. May 14, 2026 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 14). · lower
9. May 18, 2026 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. · lower
10. May 19, 2026 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. · lower
11. May 26, 2026 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). · lower
12. May 27, 2026 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. · upper
13. Jun 3, 2026 Referred to Com. on ED. · upper
14. Jun 17, 2026 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · upper
15. Jun 29, 2026 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. · upper
16. Jun 30, 2026 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. · upper
17. Jul 2, 2026 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). · upper
18. Jul 2, 2026 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. · lower
19. Jul 15, 2026 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m. · legislature
20. Jul 16, 2026 Approved by the Governor. · legislature
21. Jul 16, 2026 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 92, Statutes of 2026. · legislature