CA AB312

Establishes the School Safety Division within the State Department of Education to administer the Safe-To-Tell Program, administered by a Director of School Safety appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Requires the program to operate a 24-hour crisis call center, website, mobile app, and email address staffed by individuals with crisis intervention training to receive anonymous reports of dangerous, violent, or unlawful activity on school property or at school-sponsored events.

Mandates each local educational agency establish school-based teams of at least 3 administrative staff members to receive notice of reports concerning their respective schools and requires the School Safety Division to provide training on appropriate responses.

Requires all information reported to the program be strictly confidential, with procedures to immediately remove false reports from pupil records and notify law enforcement agencies to remove information unless part of an active criminal investigation.

Creates the Safe-To-Tell Account in the General Fund for program implementation and requires the Safe-To-Tell Program Advisory Committee to annually report tip statistics to the Governor and Legislature by December 31.