Amended  IN  Assembly  April 01, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2565

Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty

February 14, 2024

An act to add Section 17586 to the Education Code, relating to school facilities.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2565, as amended, McCarty. School facilities: interior locks.
Existing law requires all new construction projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 to include locks that allow doors to classrooms and rooms with an occupancy of 5 or more persons to be locked from the inside, except as specified.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, if the governing board of the school district elects to seek state funding pursuant to the act for a school modernization project for a school facility constructed before January 1, 2012, to include, as part of the modernization project, locks that allow doors to classrooms and any room with an occupancy of 5 or more persons to be locked from the inside of the room, except as provided.
Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to furnish, repair, insure against fire, and in its discretion rent, the school property of its school district.
This bill would require a charter school, school district, or county office of education serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that undertakes a project to build a new school facility or building, or to renovate, repair, modernize, or otherwise alter an existing school facility or building for any purpose, including, but not limited to, for purposes of usability or accessibility, an addition, alteration, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or retrofit of a school building, to install interior locks on each door in that school facility or of any room with an occupancy of 5 or more persons in that school building, except as provided. By placing a new requirement on local educational agencies, the bill would constitute 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.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

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


SECTION 1.Section 17586 is added to the Education Code, to read:
17586.

(a)A local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that undertakes a project to build a new school facility or building, or to renovate, repair, modernize, or otherwise alter an existing school facility or building for any purpose, including, but not limited to, for purposes of usability or accessibility, shall install interior locks on each door in that school facility or building.

(b)The requirement in subdivision (a) does not apply to doors that are locked from the outside at all times, doors with locks that lock from the inside, and pupil restrooms.

(c)As used in this section, “local educational agency” means a charter school, school district, or county office of education.

SECTION 1.

 Section 17586 is added to the Education Code, to read:

17586.
 (a) A school district, county office of education, or charter school serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that undertakes an addition, alteration, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or retrofit of a school building, shall install interior locks on each door of any room with an occupancy of five or more persons in that school building.
(b) The requirement in subdivision (a) does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Doors that are locked from the outside at all times, doors with locks that lock from the inside, and pupil restrooms.
(2) The maintenance of a school facility for individual projects or tasks under twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
(3) Projects applying for funding pursuant to Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 17070.10) of Part 10 of Division 1 for a school modernization project, before January 1, 2025, and that were initially submitted to the Division of the State Architect for approval before January 1, 2025.
(c) The locks required by subdivision (a) shall conform to the specifications and requirements set forth in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
(d) For purposes of this section, “addition,” “alteration,” “reconstruction,” “rehabilitation,” “retrofit,” “school building,” and “maintenance” have the same meaning as specified in Section 4-314 of Part 1 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.

SEC. 2.

 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.