A Special Webinar with Assemblymember Christopher M. Ward

This live webinar will be held March 19, 2025 and is for CASP members only. Please note: this webinar will not be recorded.

CASP is excited to welcome Assemblymember Christopher M. Ward to a special webinar for members on March 19 at noon. Assemblymember Ward was instrumental in multiple legislative initiatives protecting students and their families and is the current Chair of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus. He will discuss and take questions about his recent key legislation successes and other initiatives including:

• AB 1955 (SAFETY Act): Strengthens existing California protections against forced outings of LGBTQ+ students in schools, and provides critical resources for parents and families of LGBTQ+ students to support them in working towards family acceptance on their own terms.
• AB 1858 (School Shooter Drills): Standardizes the guidance for how school shooter drills are done at the K-12 education levels. This new guidance will add clarity, require parental notification, forbid simulated gunfire, and require age-appropriate practices.
• AB 322 is proposed legislation by Ward. The bill would require the department to encourage school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to participate in programs that offer reimbursement for school-based health services and school-based mental health services, as provided.