Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
Summary
The bill adds a Disability Discrimination Prevention Coordinator to the state Office of Civil Rights and renames the LGBTQ coordinator to LGBTQ+ coordinator. It also creates deputy coordinators focused on anti‑Black, anti‑AAPI/AANHPI, and anti‑Latino discrimination, and broadens the duties of all coordinators to provide education, technical assistance, and resources to schools. The changes aim to strengthen prevention of discrimination across a wider range of protected characteristics in public schools.
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