Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends education code by prohibiting discrimination in higher education in California.

Highlights:

• Specifies that California’s postsecondary educational institutions have an affirmative obligation to combat discrimination on the basis of disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality or national identity, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and other specified characteristics, and a responsibility to provide equal educational opportunity (Sec. 1). 

• Defines “nationality” or “national identity” to include a person’s actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, citizenship, or residency in a country with a dominant religion or distinct religious identity, as provided (Sec. 1). 

• Defines “discrimination on the basis of religion” to include, but not be limited to, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia (Sec. 1).

• Requires the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and independent institutions of higher education and private postsecondary educational institutions that receive state financial assistance, and would request the University of California, to include training to address discrimination against the 5 most targeted groups in the state, as provided, as part of any general antidiscrimination training or diversity, equity, and inclusion training that is offered by the institution (Sec. 1).

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