The California State Senate has passed a bill that ends a mandatory requirement for law enforcement officials to be notified if students threaten any violent behavior.
Before the bill, SB 1273, was passed, existing law stated that whenever any school official is “attacked, assaulted, or physically threatened by any pupil—the employee and any person under whose direction or supervision the employee is employed who has knowledge of the incident are required to promptly report the incident to specified law enforcement authorities.”
In addition, anyone who failed to report a suspected threat could face a fine “of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000.”…