Student Input

Solida Nguon from Lincoln High School, Wichhica Nhim from Downtown Business Magnet, and Gracielle Sajor from Belmont High School

Adoption of Regular Calendar - Regular Meeting of November 18, 2003

1. Board of Education Report Revised No. 125 - 03/04 ADOPTED AS AMENDED
Office of the Superintendent (via Facilities Committee)

(Proposed March 2004 Local Bond Resolution) Approves placing a facilities bond measure on ballot and lists specific projects to be funded from proceeds.

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District has the responsibility to provide basic safety for all students in order to enhance their educational achievement;

Whereas, The Superintendent's Strategic Plan states, "All students have a right to attend campuses that are safe, secure, and conducive to learning";

Whereas, Numerous studies demonstrate the correlation between a safe learning environment and overall student performance;

Whereas, The intent of the School Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 is to protect students from discrimination or any form of illegal bias, including harassment, on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender, ethnic group identification, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, color, or mental or physical disability;

Whereas, The Los Angeles School Police Department and Los Angeles Police Department Cadre (LASPD/LAPD Cadre) have been meeting regularly to assess and discuss existing District anti bias and hate-crime prevention training programs; and

Whereas, The number of hate-based incidents and hate-based crimes on District campuses is severely underreported and inconsistent with City, County, and State statistics regarding hate-based incidents and crimes; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles direct the Superintendent to declare the identification, prevention, and proper resolution of hate-based incidents and crimes to be a priority of the staff and administration of all District schools and Local Districts;

Resolved, further That the Board direct the Superintendent to utilize the LASPD/LAPD Cadre in developing an anti-bias and hate-crime prevention training program for all appropriate school personnel, including but not limited to deans, counselors, campus aides, safety officers, teachers, and administrators, as well as age-appropriate training programs for all school-aged children; and be it finally

Resolved, That this training program shall include, but not be limited to, such content as teaching school personnel how to accurately report hate crimes and related student disciplinary infractions; how to effectively respond to acts of hate-violence and bias-related incidents; teaching pupils techniques for resolving conflicts without violence (including, but not limited to, anger management, conflict resolution, and peer mediation); and training all appropriate school personnel to support and promote peaceful methods for resolving conflicts among pupils.

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