The 26-person committee was created through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 and passed in the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo.
School districts would get a small cost-of-living increase and $500 million to train math and literacy coaches; UC and CSU would face as much as an 8% cut.
In addition to the required instruction about alcohol, narcotics and other dangerous drugs, this bill would require additional education about the short- and long-term harms of excessive drinking.