SECTIONS 250-253 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 250-253

250. Prior to receipt of any state financial assistance or state
student financial aid, an educational institution shall provide
assurance to the agency administering the funds, in the manner
required by the funding agency, that each program or activity
conducted by the educational institution will be conducted in
compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other
applicable provisions of state law prohibiting discrimination. A
single assurance, not more than one page in length and signed by an
appropriate responsible official of the educational institution, may
be provided for all the programs and activities conducted by an
educational institution.

251. (a) A school district shall submit timely, complete, and
accurate compliance reports to the State Department of Education as
that entity may require.
(b) All reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be made
available by the educational institution for public inspection during
regular business hours.

252. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, to the
extent possible within existing resources, review and revise, where
necessary, the policies and practices of programs administered by the
department that provide services to school districts in order to
promote improved gender equity.
(b) The superintendent shall make available, upon request,
wherever possible, the following data, compiled by gender and
ethnicity:
(1) Assessment scores for all grades tested.
(2) The number of pupils enrolled in mathematics and science
courses, as well as courses in other fields of study in which ethnic
minority populations or members of either gender have been
traditionally underrepresented among participants.
(3) The number of high school graduates.
(4) The number of high school graduates who complete the minimum
requirements for admission to the University of California.
(5) The number of pupils who leave school before graduation.
(6) The number of pupils participating in interscholastic
athletics.
(c) The superintendent shall request the United States Department
of Education to amend the Title IV-C grant for race, sex, and
national origin desegregation received pursuant to Section 2000c-2 of
Title 42 of the United States Code, and any regulations adopted
pursuant thereto, so that funds received under those federal laws
that are currently designated for technical assistance activities
also may be used for gender equity monitoring and assistance
activities.

253. (a) Compliance with the sex discrimination provisions of this
chapter and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be
included in the annual Coordinated Compliance Review Manual provided
to school districts by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Any
review of that compliance shall also include a review of the school
district's records of complaints of sexual harassment brought by
pupils and employees of the school district.
(b) The superintendent shall annually review 20 school districts
for compliance with sex discrimination laws and regulations as
specified in subdivision (a). The superintendent shall select from
those districts subject to review, in a given year, a sampling of
districts from each of the following categories:
(1) Those districts within which the greatest number of sex
discrimination complaints have been filed since its previous
coordinated compliance review.
(2) Those districts with the largest enrollments.
(3) All other districts, selected on a random basis.
(c) The superintendent and the department shall only be required
to implement the provisions enumerated in this section in fiscal
years in which sufficient funds have been appropriated for those
purposes.