BILL NUMBER: AB 884	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend the heading of Article 10 (commencing with Section
270) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the
Education Code, relating to educational equity.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 884, as introduced, Calderon. Educational equity: gender equity
in education.
   Existing law, the Sex Equity in Education Act, states the policy
of the state that elementary and secondary school classes and
courses, including nonacademic and elective classes and courses, be
conducted without regard to the sex of the pupil enrolled in these
classes or courses. Existing federal law, known as Title IX,
prohibits a person, on the basis of sex, from being excluded from
participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subject to,
discrimination under any education program or activity receiving
federal financial assistance.
   An article of existing law, entitled "Athletes' Bill of Rights,"
requires the State Department of Education to post on its Internet
Web site, in both English and Spanish and at a reading level that may
be comprehended by pupils in high school, the information set forth
in the federal regulations implementing Title IX. This existing
article also enumerates the rights available to a pupil relating to
gender equity in athletics.
   This bill would change the title of the existing article
referenced above to "Gender Equity in Education."
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The heading of Article 10 (commencing with Section 270)
of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education
Code is amended to read:

      Article 10.   Athletes' Bill of Rights  
Gender Equity in Education