BILL ANALYSIS
SB 248
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Date of Hearing: July 15, 2009
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Kevin De Leon, Chair
SB 248 (Oropeza) - As Amended: May 28, 2009
Policy Committee: Education Vote:7-3
Higher Education
7-1
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
Yes Reimbursable: Yes
SUMMARY
This bill requires a list of specified rights afforded to
students under Title IX to be placed on the websites of each
community college, CSU campus, and school district by July 1,
2010 and requests the UC to do the same. This measure also
requires a school district, by July 1, 2010, to complete the
same requirement. Specifically, this bill:
1)Requires each educational entity to post the Title IX
information in no less than 12-point boldface type and include
the name and contact information for the gender equity
coordinator of each school or campus, as specified.
2)Requires the president of a CSU campus to post the specified
rights at the entrance of university gymnasiums and in the
locker rooms, as specified.
FISCAL EFFECT
Annual GF costs, likely between $120,000 and $240,000, to
educational entities to complete the requirements of this
measure. The balance of this amount reflects annual GF/98 state
reimbursable mandated costs to school districts and community
colleges.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose . Title IX requires that no person in the United
States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from
participation in any educational program or activity receiving
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federal financial assistance.
According to the author, "It has been nearly 40 years since
the passage of Title IX, and there is still ample room for
improvement in increasing access to athletic programs. The
lack of readily available information on key provisions of
Title IX for students and parents makes compliance more
difficult. Failure to comply with the provisions of Title IX
in athletics has resulted in some costly lawsuits and
complaints."
This bill requires school districts, community colleges, and
CSU to post specified rights afforded to students under Title
IX on their Internet websites, as specified.
2)Technical amendment . In previous versions of this measure,
individual schools were required to post the specified Title
IX information on their websites, including the name and
contact information of the gender equity coordinator of the
school. However, under the current version of this bill,
school districts not schools are required to post information.
Therefore, on page 3, line 35, after the word "school," the
word "district" should be added.
3)Existing law
a) AB 2295 (Oropeza), Chapter 1060, Statutes of 2002
required the State Department of Education (SDE) and the
California Postsecondary Education Commission to contract
jointly for a report on female participation in athletics.
In 2003, the RMC Research Corporation's independent report,
"Title IX Athletics Compliance at California's Public High
Schools, Community Colleges, and Universities," revealed
that of the 125 high schools that returned surveys, only
26% were in compliance with Title IX based on
proportionality, defined as having participation rates
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within five percentage points of the enrollment rates for
each gender. This bill requires educational entities to
post specified rights afforded to students under Title IX
on its Internet websites, as specified.
b) AB 322 (Oropeza) Chapter 386, Statutes of 2005, required
SDE to post on its website, by July 1, 2006, in both
English and Spanish, information in the federal regulations
implementing Title IX. The information required to be
posted on websites under this measure is similar to what is
currently posted on SDE's website.
Analysis Prepared by : Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)
319-2081