California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 6 - California Community Colleges › Chapter 2.5 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the California Community Colleges › Section 51201 - Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the California Community Colleges

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				With the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity of all students,
				the California Community Colleges embrace diversity among students, faculty,
				staff and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a
				recognition of the complexity of our present state, and a call to action for a
				better future.
(b) Embracing
				diversity means that we must intentionally practice acceptance, anti-racism,
				and respect towards one another and understand that racism, discrimination, and
				prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining
				disadvantages for others.
(c) In
				order to embrace diversity, we also acknowledge that institutional racism,
				discrimination, and biases exist and that our goal is to eradicate these from
				our system. Our commitment to diversity requires that we strive to eliminate
				those barriers to equity and that we act deliberately to create a safe,
				inclusive, and anti-racist environment where individual and group differences
				are valued and leveraged for our growth and understanding as an educational
				community.
(d) To advance our goals
				of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice for the success of students
				and employees, we must honor that each individual is unique and that our
				individual differences contribute to the ability of the colleges to prepare
				students on their educational journeys. This requires that we develop and
				implement policies and procedures, encourage individual and systemic change,
				continually reflect on our efforts, and hold ourselves accountable for the
				results of our efforts in accomplishing our goals. In service of these goals,
				the California Community Colleges are committed to fostering an anti-racist
				environment that offers equal opportunity for all.
(e) As a collective community of individual
				colleges, we are invested in cultivating and maintaining a climate where
				equity, anti-racism, and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by
				valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds, demographics, and
				experiences. Individual and group differences can include, but are not limited
				to the following dimensions: race, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry,
				citizenship, immigration status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical or
				mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status,
				registered domestic partner status, age, political beliefs, religion, creed,
				military or veteran status, socioeconomic status, and any other basis protected
				by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.
1. New section
				  filed 11-6-2020; operative 12-6-2020. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing
				  only pursuant to Education Code section
				  70901.5
				  (Register 2020, No. 51).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 66271.1,
					 70901,
					 70901.5 and
					 87105,
					 Education Code. Reference: Sections
					 66251,
					 66252,
					 66270 and
					 87100,
					 Education Code.