California Education Code

§ 201

EDC § 201 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)All pupils have the right to participate fully in the educational process, free from discrimination and harassment.

(b)California’s public schools have an affirmative obligation to combat racism, sexism, and other forms of bias, and a responsibility to provide equal educational opportunity.

(c)Harassment on school grounds directed at an individual on the basis of personal characteristics or status creates a hostile environment and jeopardizes equal educational opportunity as guaranteed by the California Constitution and the United States Constitution.

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Legislative history

Added by renumbering Section 45 by Stats. 1998, Ch. 914, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.