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TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-64100›DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 35000-45500›PART 23. SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES 38000-38139›CHAPTER 1. Security Departments 38000-38005

§ 38004.5

California Education Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The governing board of a school district that establishes a school police department shall not permit the school police department to receive surplus military equipment pursuant to Section 2576a of Title 10 of the United States Code, unless the governing board of the school district does all of the following:

(a) Votes to approve the acquisition of surplus military equipment at a regularly scheduled public board meeting.

(b) Provides parents or guardians of pupils, and other members of the public, a chance to comment at a regularly scheduled public board meeting on the proposed acquisition of surplus military equipment, and, clearly and in a manner recognizable to the general public, identify in the agenda the topic to be discussed at the meeting.

(c) Provides a detailed description of the function and purpose of the surplus military equipment to be received.

(d) Identifies safe and secure storage for surplus military equipment to be received by a school police department.

(e) Ensures that peace officers employed by a school police department possess adequate training in the safe use and handling of the surplus military equipment to be received.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 79, Sec. 1. (SB 242) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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