The School Law Enforcement Partnership, established pursuant to Section 32262, shall provide information to school districts and county offices of education about teen or peer court programs. A teen or peer court program shall include, but not be limited to, any program in which juvenile court judges preside over a court in which the defendant is a pupil with no prior criminal record, who is charged with a nonviolent crime and in which the jurors are also pupils.
Article 5.5Teen Court Program
Section § 32295.5
This law requires the School Law Enforcement Partnership to inform schools and county education offices about teen or peer court programs. These programs involve students who act as jurors for nonviolent offenses committed by their peers, who have no prior criminal record, with a juvenile court judge overseeing the process.
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