California Education Code

§ 49062.5

EDC § 49062.5 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 27 · Ch. 6.5 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)If a school district, charter school, or county office of education receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), demonstrating that a former pupil’s legal name or gender has been changed, the school district, charter school, or county office of education shall update the former pupil’s records to include the updated legal name or gender. If requested by the former pupil, the school district, charter school, or county office of education shall reissue any documents conferred upon the former pupil with the former pupil’s updated legal name or gender. Documents that may be reissued by the school district, charter school, or county office of education include, but are not limited to, a transcript, a high school diploma conferred pursuant to Section 51410, a high school equivalency certificate issued pursuant to Section 51420, or other similar documents conferred upon the former pupil. This section does not require the school district, charter school, or county office of education to modify records that the former pupil has not requested for modification or reissuance.

(b)The documentation provided by a former pupil demonstrating legal name or gender change may include, but need not be limited to, any of the following:

(1)State-issued driver’s license.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 179, Sec. 1. (AB 711) Effective January 1, 2020.