Section 49390 - DefinitionsFor purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(a)"Law enforcement" means any of the following: (1)A peace officer employed or contracted by a school, school district, or local educational agency for school safety purposes.(2)A police or security department of a local educational agency.(3)A local law enforcement agency or agencies with geographic jurisdiction over a local educational agency.(b)"Local educational agency" means a school district, county office of education, or charter school serving pupils in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, as part of a middle school or high school.(c)"Reasonable suspicion" means articulable facts, together with rational inferences from those facts, warranting an objective suspicion.(d)"School official" means any certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or member of the school district governing board, county board of education, or governing body of a charter school whose official duties bring the individual in contact with pupils in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, as part of a middle school or high school, on a regular basis.(e)"Threat or perceived threat" means any writing or action of a pupil that creates a reasonable suspicion that the pupil is preparing to commit a homicidal act related to school or a school activity. This may include possession, use, or depictions of firearms, ammunition, shootings, or targets in association with infliction of physical harm, destruction, or death in a social media post, journal, class note, or other media associated with the pupil. It may also include a warning by a parent, pupil, or other individual. Added by Stats 2022 ch 144 (SB 906),s 1, eff. 1/1/2023.