A new law is now out in California, which allows the expulsion of a student if he or she was caught “sexting” anywhere in the school’s premise. This bill was first introduced in Feb. 19 and it is warning students statewide to watch their manners in handling their mobile devices.
According to the LA Times, this law is for all students who will be found “sexting” during school events related or when they are on the way or from a school related event. It is called the Assembly Bill 2536, which gives all schools in California the right to kick a student out or suspend them should they be caught sending nude photos and sexually charged text and video messages using their mobile devices and other computers “with the purpose or effect of humiliating or harassing a pupil.”
Students can no longer send these kinds of messages to anyone working and studying in the school, unless they want to be suspended or expelled from the institution. Assemblyman Ed Chau presented this bill and it is also linked to 20 states that have anti-sexting laws.
Beware California students, you could be expelled for “sexting” on campus https://t.co/f8lAikFfKf by @cfarivar
— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) March 5, 2016
This bill is more specific than other sexual harassment law done electronically or any kind of cyber bullying laws in California. This one permits schools to give sanction to any student who would violate this law if they send any sexual messages to their fellow students or even teacher. Although it may be a law, this bill won’t exactly be a criminal case for offenders.
FOX LA also got a hold of this news and said that the Assembly Bill 2536 also includes a rule that schools should have health classes that would give out information to students about this bill. Health teachers are required to teach their students what would happen to them if they break it and still send inappropriate sexual messages when they are at school.
