Prior to receipt of any state financial assistance or state student financial aid, an educational institution shall provide assurance to the agency administering the funds, in the manner required by the funding agency, that each program or activity conducted by the educational institution will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable provisions of state law prohibiting discrimination. A single assurance, not more than one page in length and signed by an appropriate responsible official of the educational institution,
may be provided for all the programs and activities conducted by an educational institution.
Article 8Compliance
Section § 250
Before an educational institution in California gets any state financial help or student aid, it must confirm to the funding agency that all its programs and activities comply with state laws against discrimination. This confirmation can be a one-page document, signed by someone in charge at the institution, covering everything they do.
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Section § 251
This law requires school districts to provide the State Department of Education with reports that are on time, complete, and accurate. Additionally, these reports must be accessible to the public during regular business hours for review.
(a)CA Education Code § 251(a) A school district shall submit timely, complete, and accurate compliance reports to the State Department of Education as that entity may require.
(b)CA Education Code § 251(b) All reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be made available by the educational institution for public inspection during regular business hours.
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Section § 252
This law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to review and update school service policies to improve gender equality, using existing resources. The superintendent is also responsible for providing data based on gender and ethnicity upon request, including test scores, enrollment in certain courses, and graduation rates. Additionally, the superintendent is to ask the U.S. Department of Education to allow federal grant funds to include gender equity monitoring.
(a)CA Education Code § 252(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, to the extent possible within existing resources, review and revise, where necessary, the policies and practices of programs administered by the department that provide services to school districts in order to promote improved gender equity.
(b)CA Education Code § 252(b) The superintendent shall make available, upon request, wherever possible, the following data, compiled by gender and ethnicity:
(1)CA Education Code § 252(b)(1) Assessment scores for all grades tested.
(2)CA Education Code § 252(b)(2) The number of pupils enrolled in mathematics and science courses, as well as courses in other fields of study in which ethnic minority populations or members of either gender have been traditionally underrepresented among participants.
(3)CA Education Code § 252(b)(3) The number of high school graduates.
(4)CA Education Code § 252(b)(4) The number of high school graduates who complete the minimum requirements for admission to the University of California.
(5)CA Education Code § 252(b)(5) The number of pupils who leave school before graduation.
(6)CA Education Code § 252(b)(6) The number of pupils participating in interscholastic athletics.
(c)CA Education Code § 252(c) The superintendent shall request
the United States Department of Education to amend the Title IV-C grant for race, sex, and national origin desegregation received pursuant to Section 2000c-2 of Title 42 of the United States Code, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, so that funds received under those federal laws that are currently designated for technical assistance activities also may be used for gender equity monitoring and assistance activities.
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Section § 253
This law requires that school districts in California include compliance with sex discrimination rules and any related regulations in their annual review process. The state superintendent reviews 20 districts each year to ensure they are following these rules. The districts are chosen based on specific criteria: those with the most sex discrimination complaints, those with the largest enrollments, and others selected randomly. However, this process is only mandatory when there is enough funding to support it.
(a)CA Education Code § 253(a) Compliance with the sex discrimination provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be included in the annual Coordinated Compliance Review Manual provided to school districts by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Any review of that compliance shall also include a review of the school district’s records of complaints of sexual harassment brought by pupils and employees of the school district.
(b)CA Education Code § 253(b) The superintendent shall annually
review 20 school districts for compliance with sex discrimination laws and regulations as specified in subdivision (a). The superintendent shall select from those districts subject to review, in a given year, a sampling of districts from each of the following categories:
(1)CA Education Code § 253(b)(1) Those districts within which the greatest number of sex discrimination complaints have been filed since its previous coordinated compliance review.
(2)CA Education Code § 253(b)(2) Those districts with the largest enrollments.
(3)CA Education Code § 253(b)(3) All other districts, selected on a random basis.
(c)CA Education Code § 253(c) The superintendent and the department shall only be required to implement the provisions enumerated in this section in fiscal years in which sufficient funds have been appropriated for those purposes.
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