{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-49390","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 49390","heading":"","body":"For purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:\n(a) “Law enforcement” means any of the following:\n(1) A peace officer employed or contracted by a school, school district, or local educational agency for school safety purposes.\n(2) A police or security department of a local educational agency.\n(3) A local law enforcement agency or agencies with geographic jurisdiction over a local educational agency.\n(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.\n(c) “Reasonable suspicion” means articulable facts, together with rational inferences from those facts, warranting an objective suspicion.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","PART 27. PUPILS [48000. - 49703.]","CHAPTER 8. Pupil Safety [49300. - 49395.]","ARTICLE 8. Threats of Homicide at School [49390. - 49395.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"cb278e7474bacc05aa00587bd9ff336b78dd87d4a337eef7310940147b9de6af","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-49381","next":"us-ca/edc-49391"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}