AB 1712 – Requires The Chancellor Of The Community Colleges And The Chancellor Of The California State University To Create Trauma Informed Questions For An Online Survey Tool For Campus Safety

AB 1712 requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the Chancellor of the California State University, and requests the President of the University of California to develop questions with trauma-informed language to determine student perspective on campus climate. The questions must be developed in consultation with student organizations and trauma experts. The questions must be submitted to the United States Secretary of Education for review and approval and to be incorporated into the online survey.

One year after the survey is completed and made available, and every two years thereafter, the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the office of the Chancellor of the California State University shall, and the office of the President of the University of California is requested to, submit a report on the published campus-level results from the online survey to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Senate Committee on Education.

(AB 1712 adds Section 66293 to the Education Code.)