CA SB777 student civil rights in state’s public schools
Although I haven’t started to post state legislation here, new state laws, especially from major states when they set examples for other states, ought to be mentioned. Such is the case with California’s Student Civil Rights Act, SB 777. The law requires protection from all recognizable suspect classes from discrimination in education, and this includes gender identity and sexual orientation. The law includes language referring to a public perception that a person belongs to such a group, whether or not that is true. The law requires some content neutrality and objectivity in presenting issues with regard to these groups in the curricula.
The master link is this.
The main link for the text is here.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed this bill into law in September 2007.
I have running news on LGBT issues (including education, schools, and “don’t ask don’t tell” for the miltiary), on my LGBT blog, link here.
Update: Aug 29, 2008
Here is a reference “OVERVIEW OF THE RIGHTS OF GAY, LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL TEACHERS”
by Mary L. Bonauto, Esq. at qrd, with this URL.
March 8th, 2008 at 5:02 am
People home school in California to avoid SB 777. Most home schoolers are Christians and all they know to do is fearmonger. Just look at this as an example!
http://www.cftie.org/2007/12/sb-777-will-per.html
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