20250AB__198595AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-13 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-16 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-04-09 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-04-23 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-06-18 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Members Irwin and Pacheco (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis and Harabedian) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Irwin LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Pacheco COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Alanis COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Harabedian

An act to add

Section to the Education Code, relating to student health. student health Student health: athletic coaches and trainers: mental health training. Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in the state.

This bill, which would be known as Sarah Shulze’s Law, would require each campus of the California State University, each community college of a community college district, and each private postsecondary educational institution and independent institution of higher education that receives state financial assistance, and would request each campus of the University of California, to require a person who serves as a coach or trainer in an athletic program, as a condition of the person’s employment or volunteer service, to complete a student mental health training on or before July 1, 2028, and every years thereafter.

The bill would require the training, at minimum, to cover suicide prevention education and would authorize the training to be provided by an entity that offers free, online, or other types of training courses. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. MAJORITY NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section is added to the Education Code , immediately following

Section 67386 , to read: 67387. (

a) This

section shall be known, and may be cited, as Sarah Shulze’s Law. (b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>On or before July 1, 2028, the California State University, the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and each private postsecondary educational institution and independent institution of higher education that receives state financial assistance shall, and the University of California is requested to, identify and compile a list of mental health training programs that can be used to train athletic coaches. All trainings shall, at a minimum, cover suicide prevention education.

Trainings may also cover mental health first aid education if suicide prevention education is included.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(c)</xhtml:p>"?> (

b) On or before July 1, 2028, and every two years thereafter, each campus of the California State University, each community college of a community college district, and each private postsecondary educational institution and independent institution of higher education that receives state financial assistance shall, and each campus of the University of California is requested to, require a person who serves as a coach, including an assistant coach, or trainer in an athletic program, as a condition of the person’s employment or volunteer service, to complete a student mental health training that, at minimum, covers suicide prevention education.

The student mental health training may cover mental health first aid education and may be provided by an entity that offers free, online, or other types of training courses.

SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to

Part 7 (commencing with

Section 17500) of Division of Title of the Government Code.