AB 1569: Pupil safety: electric bicycle parking: safety program.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district having jurisdiction over elementary, intermediate, junior high, or high school to provide time and facilities to local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the school of the district for bicycle, scooter, electric bicycle, motorized bicycle, or motorized scooter safety instruction. Existing law prohibits a person from driving or parking a vehicle or animal upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or grounds of specific public entities, including a public school or an educational institution exempted, in whole or in part, from taxation, except with the permission of, and subject to any condition or regulation that may be imposed by, the governing body of the specified public entity. Existing law authorizes a public agency to adopt rules or regulations to restrict, or specify the conditions for, the use of bicycles, motorized bicycles, electric bicycles, skateboards, electrically motorized boards, and roller skates on public property under the jurisdiction of that agency.

This bill would require each school that allows pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to park a class 1, 2, or 3 electric bicycle, as defined, on campus during regular school hours to require pupils to complete the electric bicycle safety and training program developed by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as provided, or a related safety course, as specified, as a condition for parking on campus. The bill would also require a pupil to submit proof of completion of the above-described course to their school before parking their class 1, 2, or 3 electric bicycle on the school campus during school hours. The bill would exempt schools that adopted a policy related to electric bicycle safety, on or before January 1, 2027, from the above-described requirements.