Text of CA SB 959 (2024)

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 959 Introduced by Senator Menjivar January 23, 2024 An act to amend Section 66271.2 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 959, as introduced, Menjivar. Public postsecondary education: sexual orientation and gender identity: 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 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 of their respective campuses as a point of contact for the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender faculty, staff, and students. This bill would add queer faculty, staff, and students to the list of individuals for whom the designated employee would serve as a point of contact. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 66271.2 of the Education Code is amended to read: 66271.2. The Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district are requested to designate an employee at each of their respective campuses as a point of contact for the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender faculty, staff, and students at the respective campus. At a minimum, the name and contact information of that designated employee shall be published on the Internet Web site internet website for the respective campus and shall be included in any printed and Internet-based internet-based campus directories.