Bill Text: CA AB2925 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Postsecondary education: Equity in Higher Education Act: prohibition on discrimination: training.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 844, Statutes of 2024. [AB2925 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2925-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 11, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 19, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Members Friedman and Lowenthal |
February 15, 2024 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 66252 of the Education Code is amended to read:66252.
(a) All students have the right to participate fully in the educational process, free from discrimination and harassment. Existing law, pursuant to Section 66270, provides that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code, or any other characteristic that is contained in the prohibition of hate crimes set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 422.6 of the Penal Code, including immigration status, in any program or activity conducted by any postsecondary educational institution that receives, or benefits from, state financial assistance or enrolls students who receive state student financial aid.SEC. 2.
Section 66261.3 of the Education Code is amended to read:66261.3.
“Nationality” includes all aspects of citizenship, country of origin, and national origin. “Discrimination on the basis of nationality” includes, but is not limited to, discrimination against persons who are from, perceived to be from, or identify as being from the State of Israel or a Palestinian territory.SEC. 3.
Section 66262 of the Education Code is amended to read:66262.
“Religion” includes all aspects of religious belief, observance, and practice and includes agnosticism and atheism. “Discrimination on the basis of religion” includes, but is not limited to, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.SEC. 4.
Section 66268 is added to the Education Code, immediately preceding Section 66270, to read:66268.
(a) It is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to Section 66251, that all persons, regardless of their race, color, or national origin, should enjoy freedom from discrimination of any kind, including harassment based on a person’s actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, or citizenship or residency in a country with a dominant religion, as described in Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000d, et seq.), in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state.(a)It is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to Section 66251, that all persons, regardless of their race, color, or national origin, should enjoy freedom from discrimination of any kind, including harassment based on their actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, or citizenship or residency in a country with a dominant religion, as described in Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000d, et seq.), in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state. All students, including those who are actually or are perceived to be Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Arab, or Palestinian, and those who come from or are perceived to come from any region of the world, are entitled to
a postsecondary educational environment free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin.
(b)Each postsecondary educational institution shall annually notify students by email of their right to file a complaint with the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights if the student is subjected to discrimination, including anti-Semitic behavior, on campus, and shall include the office’s contact information and how to file a complaint with the office.