The Equity in Higher Education Act requests the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district to designate an employee at each campus as a point of contact for the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender faculty, staff, and students.
This bill instead would require the Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of each community college district to designate an employee at each campus as a point of contact for the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, transgender, gender-nonconforming, intersex, and two-spirit faculty, staff, and students. The bill, among other things, would prohibit a designated employee from being considered a responsible employee, as that term is used for purposes of certain existing requirements regarding the reporting of, and campus response to, allegations of “sexual harassment,” as defined for purposes of the Equity in Higher Education Act. The bill would request the University of California to comply with the provisions described in this paragraph. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would revise the definition
of “sexual orientation” for purposes of the Equity in Higher Education Act, as specified.
(2) Existing law encourages the Legislative Analyst’s Office to (A) conduct an assessment of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California systems with respect to the quality of life at each campus for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender faculty, staff, and students, (B) make recommendations to each segment based on that assessment, and (C) publish a summary of the recommendations on its internet website. Existing law encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to share existing data or research to contribute toward any assessment managed by the Legislative Analyst’s Office pursuant to the provisions described in this paragraph.
This bill instead would require the Legislative Analyst’s
Office to (A) on or before September 1, 2026, and triennially thereafter, conduct an assessment of the public postsecondary segments with respect to the quality of life at each campus for lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, transgender, gender-nonconforming, intersex, and two-spirit faculty, staff, and students, (B) make recommendations to each segment based on the assessment, (C) post a summary of the recommendations on its internet website, and (D) on or before January 1, 2027, and triennially thereafter, submit a report to the Legislature that includes a copy of the applicable assessment and the recommendations made based on that assessment. The bill instead would require the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and would request the University of California, to share existing data or research to contribute toward these assessments conducted by the Legislative Analyst’s Office.