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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2512
Author: Bonilla (D), et al.
Amended: 6/11/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/4/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Hancock, Huff, Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Correa, Vacancy, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 60-11, 5/5/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Gender equity in athletic programs
SOURCE : California National Organization for Women
DIGEST : This bill authorizes, beginning January 1, 2018,
school districts and county offices of education to include
information relative to compliance with Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) gender equity in the
"school climate" category of local control and accountability
plans.
ANALYSIS :
Title IX
Existing federal law provides that, in part, "no person in the
United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any educational program of activity
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receiving Federal financial assistance." In order to be in
compliance with federal Title IX, a school must show compliance
with one of these three parts. The federal tests are:
1.Athletic participation of women and girls is proportionate to
enrollment.
2.The school has a history and continuing practice of program
expansion for women or girls.
3.The school is fully meeting female athletes' interests and
abilities in its present athletic program.
Existing state law establishes standards virtually identical to
those of federal Title IX, with one modification: in Test 2,
"history" is defined to mean the past two years.
Each school district and county office of education, or a local
public or private agency that receives funding from the state or
federal government, is required to designate a person to serve
as the Title IX compliance coordinator to enforce compliance at
the local level, including coordinating any complaints of
non-compliance.
Title IX applies to all aspects of educational opportunities,
not just athletics. Enforcement of compliance is initiated upon
the filing of a complaint alleging a violation of Title IX.
Local Control and Accountability Plans
Existing law:
1.Requires the governing board of every school district and
county office of education to adopt a local control and
accountability plan, by July 1, 2014, that must include:
A. A description of the annual goals for all students and
each subgroup, to be achieved for each of the state
priorities and for any additional local priorities.
B. A description of the specific actions that will be taken
to achieve the goals.
1.Establishes the following as state priorities:
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A. The degree to which teachers are appropriately assigned
and fully credentialed, every student has sufficient access
to standards-aligned instructional materials, and school
facilities are maintained in good repair.
B. Implementation of the academic content and performance
standards, including how English learners will be served,
as specified.
C. Parental involvement, as specified.
D. Student achievement, as specified.
E. Student engagement, as specified.
F. School climate, as measured by all of the following, as
applicable:
(1) Student suspension rates.
(2) Student expulsion rates.
(3) Other local measures, including surveys of
students, parents, and teachers on the sense of safety
and school connectedness.
A. The extent to which students have access to, and are
enrolled in, a broad course of study, as specified.
B. Student outcomes, as specified.
1.Establishes as state priorities for county offices of
education, in addition to the state priorities described
above:
A. How the county superintendent will coordinate
instruction of students who have been expelled.
B. How the county superintendent will coordinate services
for foster children, as specified.
This bill:
1.Authorizes, beginning January 1, 2018, governing boards of
school districts and county boards of education to choose to
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include additional information specific to compliance with
Title IX in the school climate component in the district's or
county office's local control and accountability plan.
2.Provides that information includes, but is not limited to, the
total number of students, by gender, participating in
interscholastic athletics.
Prior legislation . AB 2323 (Jackson, 2004) would have required
the California Department of Education to develop a Gender
Equity Compliance Survey for high schools. The bill was held in
the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/11/14)
California National Organization for Women (source)
California Federation of Teachers
California Interscholastic Federation
California School Boards Association
California State PTA
California Women's Law Center
Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion, California State
University, Chico
Consumer Attorneys of California
Equal Rights Advocates
John Swett Unified School District
Martinez Unified School District
Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Pleasanton Unified School District
Women's Sports Foundation
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 60-11, 5/5/14
AYES: Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong,
Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
Grove, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine,
Lowenthal, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande,
Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.
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P�rez
NOES: Bigelow, Conway, Dahle, Beth Gaines, Hagman, Harkey,
Jones, Linder, Maienschein, Olsen, Patterson
NO VOTE RECORDED: Achadjian, Allen, Ch�vez, Donnelly, Fox,
Logue, Mansoor, Melendez, Vacancy
PQ:k 6/11/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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