California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 6 - California Community Colleges › Chapter 10 - Community College Administration › Subchapter 5 - Nondiscrimination in Programs Receiving State Financial Assistance Through the Chancellor or Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges › Article 1 - General › Section 59300 - Purpose

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The purpose of this subchapter is to implement provisions
						of state and federal law which together prohibit discrimination or retaliation
						against persons or groups, or those associated with them on the basis of an
						actual or perceived characteristic related to ethnic group identification,
						national origin, immigration status, religion, age, sex, gender, gender
						identification, gender expression, military and veteran status, marital status,
						medical condition, race, color, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical or
						mental disability, or any other characteristic protected under applicable
						federal or state law. These laws require that protected persons and groups, or
						those associated with them, shall neither be denied full and equal access to
						the benefits of, nor be subjected to discrimination under, any program or
						activity that is administered by, funded directly by, or that receives any
						financial assistance from, the Chancellor or Board of Governors of the
						California Community Colleges, based upon an actual or perceived characteristic
						listed in this section.
1. New
						Chapter 5 (Articles 1-4, Sections
						59300-59362, not consecutive) filed
						4-17-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 16). For prior
						history, see Registers 79, No. 46; and 78, No. 39).
2. Amendment of
						section and NOTE filed 5-31-96; operative 6-30-96. Submitted to OAL for
						printing only (Register 96, No. 23).
3. Amendment of section and
						NOTE filed 2-7-2001; operative 3-9-2001. Submitted to OAL for printing only
						(Register 2001, No. 6).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
						3-20-2002; operative 4-19-2002. Submitted to OAL for printing only (Register
						2002, No. 13).
5. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 3-15-2006;
						operative 4-14-2006. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Education
						Code section
						70901.5
						(Register 2006, No. 17).
6. Amendment filed 8-5-2008; operative
						9-4-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Education Code section
						70901.5
						(Register 2008, No. 34).
7. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
						8-19-2020; operative 9-18-2020. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only
						pursuant to Education Code section
						70901.5
						(Register 2020, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  66271.1,
						  66700 and
						  70901,
						  Education Code. Reference: Sections
						  66250,
						  66251,
						  66252,
						  66270 and
						  72011,
						  Education Code; Sections
						  11135,
						  11136,
						  11137,
						  11139 and
						  11139.8,
						  Government Code; Sections
						  422.6 and
						  422.55, Penal
						  Code; Title 20, United State Code, Section
						  1681; Title 29, United States Code,
						  Section 794; and Title 42, United States
						  Code, Sections
						  2000 d, 6101, 12101, 12112 and
						  12132.