CA SB525

Requires the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to establish a policy addressing mental health effects of school closures on pupils within 6 months of the bill's effective date.

Mandates local educational agencies to adopt the established mental health policy, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act.

Applies to school closures resulting from state or local emergency declarations.

Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute due to widespread school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.