Public postsecondary education: Equity in Higher Education Act: campus contact.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not explicitly define the terms 'branch campus', 'satellite location', or 'main campus'.

Equity in Higher Education Act: Campus Contact

This act requires California State University and community college districts to appoint an employee at each campus as a point of contact for LGBTQIA+ faculty, staff, and students. It also requests the University of California to do the same but does not require it.

What This Bill Does

• Requires California State University and community college districts to choose an employee who will help LGBTQIA+ people on their main campuses.
• Requests the University of California to do the same as California State University and community colleges, but it is not a requirement for them.
• Requires community college districts to also pick someone at branch campuses or satellite locations to support LGBTQIA+ faculty, staff, and students there too.

Who It Names or Affects

• California State University
• Community college districts
• University of California (requested but not required)
• LGBTQIA+ faculty, staff, and students at these institutions

Terms To Know

LGBTQIA+

An acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, and more.

Branch campus

A separate location of a university that is not the main campus but offers similar programs or services.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill requests the University of California to do something but does not require it.
• It may add new duties for community college districts, which could lead to state funding requirements.

Official Summary Text

SB 1328, as amended, Cervantes.
Public postsecondary education: Equity in Higher Education Act: campus contact.
The Equity in Higher Education Act establishes the policy of the state to afford all persons, regardless of specified characteristics, including gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, equal rights and opportunities in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state. The act requires the Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of a community colleges district, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to designate an employee at each of their respective campuses 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.
This bill would
request the trustees, the regents, and the governing board of a community college district
require the trustees and the governing board of a community college district, and would request the regents,
to also designate an employee as a point of contact for the needs of the above-described faculty, staff, and students of
any satellite, branch, or outreach center of a campus, as specified.
a branch campus, satellite location, or site other than the main campus, as specified. The bill would define “branch campus,” “satellite location,” and “main campus” for this purpose. To the extent the bill would impose new duties on a community college district, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires
the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Current Bill Text

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