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CA Educ Code § 231.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 4 - Sex Equity in Education Act|Section 231.5.

231.5.  (a) It is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to Section 200, that all persons, regardless of their sex, should enjoy freedom from discrimination of any kind in the educational institutions of the state. The purpose of this section is to provide notification of the prohibition against sexual harassment as a form of sexual discrimination and to provide notification of available remedies.(b) Each educational institution in the State of California shall have a written policy on sexual harassment. It is the intent of the Legislature that each educational institution in this state include this policy in its regular policy statement rather than distribute an additional written document.(c) The educational institution’s written policy on sexual harassment shall include information on where to obtain the specific rules and procedures for reporting charges of sexual harassment and for pursuing available remedies.(d) A copy of the educational institution’s written policy on sexual harassment shall be displayed in a prominent location in the main administrative building or other area of the campus or schoolsite. “Prominent location” means that location, or those locations, in the main administrative building or other area where notices regarding the institution’s rules, regulations, procedures, and standards of conduct are posted. (e) A copy of the educational institution’s written policy on sexual harassment, as it pertains to pupils, shall be provided as part of any orientation program conducted for new and continuing pupils at the beginning of each quarter, semester, or summer session, as applicable.(f) A copy of the educational institution’s written policy on sexual harassment shall be provided for each faculty member, all members of the administrative staff, and all members of the support staff at the beginning of the first quarter or semester of the school year, or at the time that there is a new employee hired.(g) A copy of the educational institution’s written policy on sexual harassment shall appear in any publication of the institution that sets forth the comprehensive rules, regulations, procedures, and standards of conduct for the institution.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. (AB 543) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Educ Code § 231.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 4 - Sex Equity in Education Act|Section 231.6.

231.6.  (a) Each schoolsite in a school district, county office of education, or charter school, serving pupils in any of grades 9 through 12, inclusive, shall create a poster that notifies pupils of the applicable written policy on sexual harassment described in Section 231.5.(b) The schoolsite may partner with local, state, or federal agencies, or nonprofit organizations, for purposes of the design and content of the poster.(c) The language in the poster shall be age appropriate and culturally relevant, and the schoolsite may partner with local, state, or federal agencies, or nonprofit organizations, for these purposes.(d) The poster shall be displayed in English and any primary language spoken by 15 percent or more of the pupils enrolled at the schoolsite as determined pursuant to Section 48985.(e) The poster shall be no smaller than 8.5 by 11 inches and use at least 12-point type.(f) The poster shall display, at a minimum, all of the following:(1) The rules and procedures for reporting a charge of sexual harassment.(2) The name, phone number, and email address of an appropriate schoolsite official to contact to report a charge of sexual harassment.(3) The rights of the reporting pupil, the complainant, and the respondent, and the responsibilities of the schoolsite in accordance with the applicable written policy on sexual harassment.(g) (1) The poster shall be prominently and conspicuously displayed in each bathroom and locker room at the schoolsite.(2) (A) The poster may be prominently and conspicuously displayed in public areas at the schoolsite that are accessible to, and commonly frequented by, pupils, including, but not limited to, classrooms, classroom hallways, gymnasiums, auditoriums, and cafeterias.(B) The governing board of a school district, governing body of a charter school, and county board of education shall have full discretion to select the appropriate public areas to display the poster at the schoolsite.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 44. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Educ Code § 232 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 4.5 - Single Gender Schools and Classes|Section 232.

232.  The Legislature finds and declares that there are existing single gender schools and classes in California that may assist the state in evaluating whether or not single gender education aligned with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.) is beneficial to pupils.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 654, Sec. 1. (AB 23) Effective October 11, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, pursuant to Section 232.6.)
CA Educ Code § 232.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 4.5 - Single Gender Schools and Classes|Section 232.4.

232.4.  (a) A school district that maintains an existing single gender school or classes or a charter school that is an existing single gender school or that continues existing single gender classes, pursuant to Section 232.2, shall conduct the following evaluations at least once every two years:(1) An evaluation of whether the single gender aspect of the school or classes is based upon genuine justifications and does not rely on overly broad generalizations about the different talents, capacities, or preferences of either gender and that the single gender nature of the school or classes is substantially related to the achievement of the important objective for the school or classes.(2) An evaluation that examines whether the single gender school or class has been effective as compared to coeducational schools.(3) An evaluation of the impact of the single gender school or class on pupils who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or gender nonconforming.(b) The metrics that the school district or charter school will use to evaluate the single gender school or class shall be included in the policy adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 232.2, and the evidence in the evaluation shall include, but need not be limited to, the evidence described in the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights “Questions and Answers on Title IX and Single-Sex Elementary and Secondary Classes and Extracurricular Activities” of December 1, 2014.(c) The school district or charter school shall submit the findings of the evaluations required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Senate Committee on Education, the Assembly Committee on Education, the Assembly Committee on Judiciary, the Senate Committee on Judiciary, and the department. In the event that the department finds that one or more of the single gender schools or single gender classes fail to comply with the requirements of Title IX regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 106), as they read on October 25, 2006, the department shall order corrective action up to and including requiring that the school or classes become coeducational.(d) Except as otherwise provided in this article and subdivision (b) of Section 221.5, no public elementary or secondary school, including a charter school, shall operate as a single gender school or with single gender classes. This subdivision does not prohibit the operation of single gender classes of the kinds described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 106.34 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 654, Sec. 1. (AB 23) Effective October 11, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, pursuant to Section 232.6.)
CA Educ Code § 232.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 4.5 - Single Gender Schools and Classes|Section 232.6.

232.6.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 654, Sec. 1. (AB 23) Effective October 11, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 4.5, commencing with Section 232.)
CA Educ Code § 233.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 5 - Hate Violence Prevention Act|Section 233.5.

233.5.  (a) Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the principles of morality, truth, justice, patriotism, and a true comprehension of the rights, duties, and dignity of American citizenship, and the meaning of equality and human dignity, including the promotion of harmonious relations, kindness toward domestic pets and the humane treatment of living creatures, to teach them to avoid idleness, profanity, and falsehood, and to instruct them in manners and morals and the principles of a free government.(b) Each teacher is also encouraged to create and foster an environment that encourages pupils to realize their full potential and that is free from discriminatory attitudes, practices, events, or activities, in order to prevent acts of hate violence, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 233.(Added by renumbering Section 44806 by Stats. 1998, Ch. 914, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 233.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 5 - Hate Violence Prevention Act|Section 233.8.

233.8.  (a) The State Department of Education shall provide regional training to assist school district personnel in the identification and determination of hate violence on school campuses.(b) (1) A grant program for school districts shall be established by the department for the purpose of enabling pupils and teachers to participate in educational programs focused on fostering ethnic sensitivity, overcoming racism and prejudice, and countering hatred and intolerance. It is the intent of the Legislature that the grants be awarded on a competitive basis with similar sized school districts and county offices of education competing against each other for grant funds. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish grant competition bands as follows:(A) Districts with less than 2,501 average daily attendance.(B) Districts with more than 2,500 average daily attendance but less than 5,001.(C) Districts with more than 5,000 average daily attendance but less than 15,001.(D) Districts with more than 15,000 average daily attendance but less than 30,001.(E) Districts with more than 30,000 average daily attendance.(F) County offices of education.(2) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate the appropriated funds for competitive grants to each of the competitive bands based on the amount of average daily attendance in all districts in the competitive range compared to the statewide average daily attendance in all school districts and county offices of education.The grant program is not required to be implemented under this section unless funds are appropriated for that purpose.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 959, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Educ Code § 234 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 5.5 - Safe Place to Learn Act|Section 234.

234.  (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Safe Place to Learn Act.(b) It is the policy of the State of California to ensure that all local educational agencies continue to work to reduce discrimination, harassment, violence, intimidation, and bullying. It is further the policy of the state to improve pupil safety at schools and the connections between pupils and supportive adults, schools, and communities.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 723, Sec. 1. (AB 9) Effective January 1, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 8 of Ch. 723.)
CA Educ Code § 234.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 5.5 - Safe Place to Learn Act|Section 234.2.

234.2.  (a) The department shall display current information, and periodically update information, on curricula and other resources that specifically address bias-related discrimination, harassment, intimidation, cyber sexual bullying, as defined in Section 48900, and bullying based on any of the actual or perceived characteristics set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code and Section 220 on the California Healthy Kids Resource Center Internet Web site and other appropriate department Internet Web sites where information about discrimination, harassment, intimidation, cyber sexual bullying, and bullying is posted.(b) The department shall annually inform school districts of the information on the California Healthy Kids Resource Center Internet Web site and other appropriate department Internet Web sites where information about cyber sexual bullying is posted pursuant to subdivision (a). The department may use electronic mail to inform school districts of this information.(c) School districts are encouraged to inform pupils regarding the available information and resources on the department’s Internet Web sites regarding the dangers and consequences of cyber sexual bullying to help reduce the instances of cyber sexual bullying.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. (AB 2536) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Educ Code § 234.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 5.5 - Safe Place to Learn Act|Section 234.3.

234.3.  The department shall develop a model handout describing the rights and obligations set forth in Sections 200, 201, and 220 and the policies addressing bias-related discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying in schools. This model handout shall be posted on appropriate department Internet Web sites.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 723, Sec. 4. (AB 9) Effective January 1, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 8 of Ch. 723.)
CA Educ Code § 234.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 5.5 - Safe Place to Learn Act|Section 234.4.

234.4.  (a) A local educational agency shall adopt, on or before December 31, 2019, procedures for preventing acts of bullying, including cyberbullying.(b) For purposes of this section, a “local educational agency” means a school district, a county office of education, or a charter school.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 491, Sec. 1. (AB 2291) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Educ Code § 234.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 5.5 - Safe Place to Learn Act|Section 234.5.

234.5.  (a) The Superintendent shall post, and annually update, on the department’s Internet Web site and provide to each school district a list of statewide resources, including community-based organizations, that provide support to youth, and their families, who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, including school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying on the basis of religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity, or perceived religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity.(b) The department’s Internet Web site shall also include a list of statewide resources for youth who have been affected by gangs, gun violence, and psychological trauma caused by violence at home, at school, and in the community.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 621, Sec. 3. (AB 2845) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Educ Code § 234.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 5.6 - Bullying and Harassment Prevention Information|Section 234.6.

234.6.  (a) For purposes of this article, “local educational agency” means a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school.(b) Commencing with the 2020–21 academic year, each local educational agency shall ensure that all of the following information is readily accessible in a prominent location on the local educational agency’s existing internet website in a manner that is easily accessible to parents or guardians and pupils:(1) The local educational agency’s policy on pupil suicide prevention in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, adopted pursuant to Section 215.(2) The local educational agency’s policy on pupil suicide prevention in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, adopted pursuant to Section 215, including reference to the age appropriateness of that policy.(3) The definition of discrimination and harassment based on sex as described in Section 230. This shall include the rights set forth in Section 221.8.(4) The Title IX information included on a local educational agency’s internet website pursuant to Section 221.61.(5) A link to the Title IX information included on the department’s internet website pursuant to Section 221.6.(6) The local educational agency’s written policy on sexual harassment, as it pertains to pupils, prepared pursuant to Section 231.5.(7) The local educational agency’s policy, if it exists, on preventing and responding to hate violence as described in Section 233.(8) The local educational agency’s anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, anti-intimidation, and anti-bullying policies as described in Section 234.1.(9) The local educational agency’s anti-cyberbullying procedures adopted pursuant to Section 234.4.(10) A section on social media bullying that includes all of the following references to possible forums for social media bullying:(A) Internet websites with free registration and ease of registration.(B) Internet websites offering peer-to-peer instant messaging.(C) Internet websites offering comment forums or sections.(D) Internet websites offering image or video posting platforms.(11) A link to statewide resources, including community-based organizations, compiled by the department pursuant to Section 234.5.(12) Any additional information a local educational agency deems important for preventing bullying and harassment.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 282, Sec. 2.5. (AB 34) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Educ Code § 235 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 6 - Alternative Schools, Charter Schools, and School Choice|Section 235.

235.  There shall be no discrimination on the basis of the characteristics listed in Section 220 in any aspect of the operation of alternative schools or charter schools.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 569, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Educ Code § 240 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Materials|Section 240.

240.  Governing boards of school districts shall adopt instructional materials in accordance with the provisions of Section 60040.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1117, Sec. 1.)
CA Educ Code § 241 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 7 - Instructional Materials|Section 241.

241.  Nothing in the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 requires the inclusion of any curriculum, textbook, presentation, or other material in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution or postsecondary educational institution; the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 shall not be deemed to be violated by the omission of any curriculum, textbook, presentation, or other material in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution or postsecondary educational institution.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 587, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Educ Code § 250 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 8 - Compliance|Section 250.

250.  Prior to receipt of any state financial assistance or state student financial aid, an educational institution shall provide assurance to the agency administering the funds, in the manner required by the funding agency, that each program or activity conducted by the educational institution will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable provisions of state law prohibiting discrimination. A single assurance, not more than one page in length and signed by an appropriate responsible official of the educational institution, may be provided for all the programs and activities conducted by an educational institution.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 914, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 251 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Educational Equity|ARTICLE 8 - Compliance|Section 251.

251.  (a) A school district shall submit timely, complete, and accurate compliance reports to the State Department of Education as that entity may require.(b) All reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be made available by the educational institution for public inspection during regular business hours.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 914, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1999.)