California Education Code Section 253

CA Educ Code § 253 (2017)  

(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.

(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 914, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 1999.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018