加州总检察长宣布圣贝纳迪诺县学生罚单退款通道：CleanSWEEP违规罚单可申请退费与撤销 索赔截止2027年4月18日
加州总检察长 Rob Bonta 10月27日在加利福尼亚州圣贝纳迪诺县宣布：依据加州司法部与 San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department 近期达成的和解，曾在未满18岁时因学生罚单计划 CleanSWEEP 被该县警局开罚单的人，可申请退还已缴罚款与费用并撤销罚单，申请须在2027年4月18日前送达县警局（地址 655 East 3rd St., San Bernardino, CA 92415，电话 909-387-3406）。
CleanSWEEP 是县警局与多家执法机构、学校合作的学生罚单计划，1997年至2022年在圣贝纳迪诺县多个学区运行，由受训的学校人员对10至17岁学生在校园内的低级别违规进行调查并开单，学生与家长随后被要求到成人交通法庭出庭，部分单次违规罚款超过1,000美元。加州司法部2022年启动调查后，县警局暂停该计划，并于2024年1月在全县终止。司法部调查认定，该计划开出的部分罚单于法无据，且对受保护学生群体造成不利影响；2016年至2022年间，全县最常见的两类罚单是持有一盎司以下大麻（占35%）与白天在校园游荡（占34%）。
符合条件的情况包括：在校内白天游荡（罚单须于2002年12月20日或之后开出）、烟草相关违规（2016年6月9日或之后开出）、在校园打架或扰乱秩序，以及被开单时未满12岁的任何违规（2019年1月1日或之后开出）。申请人需提供罚单、缴费或未决事项的证明；无法提供证明的，县警局将协助核实。
总检察长 Rob Bonta 表示，所有学生都应享有以学习为中心校园环境，而不是把青少年当作罪犯对待的环境；和解已使 CleanSWEEP 被永久终止，他鼓励可能符合条件的人在2027年4月18日前向县警局提出申请。上月，加州司法部已分别与县警局及 Chaffey Joint Union High School District 达成和解，两方均同意修订培训与政策并接受合规监督；该学区已改以创伤知情策略、修复式司法培训与心理健康支持替代惩罚性罚单做法。
来源：GSM·美国
California Attorney General Announces Reimbursement for Youth Cited Under San Bernardino County CleanSWEEP Program: Claims Due by April 18, 2027
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in San Bernardino County, California, on October 27 that, under the California Department of Justice's recent settlement with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, individuals who were cited by the Sheriff's Department when they were under the age of 18 for certain offenses under the student citation program CleanSWEEP may be eligible for reimbursement of any related fines and fees and dismissal of the citation. Claims must be received by April 18, 2027, and can be sent to the Sheriff's Department at 655 East 3rd St., San Bernardino, CA 92415, by phone at 909-387-3406, or by email.
CleanSWEEP, a youth-ticketing program run by the Sheriff's Department with schools and other law enforcement agencies from 1997 until 2022, trained school staff to investigate and cite students ages 10 through 17 for low-level offenses on school campuses; students and parents were then required to appear in adult traffic court, in some cases facing fines in excess of $1,000 for a single violation. The Sheriff's Department suspended the program after the DOJ investigation began in 2022 and terminated it countywide in January 2024. The DOJ found the program had issued citations not authorized by law and harmed protected student groups; from 2016 to 2022, the two most common violations countywide were possession of under an ounce of marijuana (35%) and daytime loitering (34%).
Eligible offenses include daytime loitering on school grounds (citations issued on or after December 20, 2002), tobacco-related offenses (on or after June 9, 2016), fighting or disturbing the peace on school grounds, and any offense committed by a child under 12 (on or after January 1, 2019). Claimants should provide proof of the citation and any fines or fees paid; the Sheriff's Department will work with those who cannot provide proof to verify the information.
"All students deserve school environments centered on their learning, not environments that criminalize youth," Attorney General Bonta said, encouraging eligible people to submit a claim by April 18, 2027. Last month, the DOJ entered into separate settlements with the Sheriff's Department and the Chaffey Joint Union High School District, which include revised training and policy and compliance monitoring; the district has replaced punitive citation practices with trauma-informed strategies, restorative justice training, and mental health support.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：Chaffey Joint Union High School District 的校车（资料图，该学区为本案和解一方）。Leon13639摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons / Photo: A Chaffey Joint Union High School District school bus (file photo; the district is a party to the settlement). Photo by Leon13639, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
