From the ECS State Policy Database Equity

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Employee Appointments A.B. 2125 From bill summary: Until December 31, 2015, in a district with a pupil population over 400,000, authorizes an employee appointment to specif... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Community Schools S.B. 316 - Community Schools Permits the department's office of Ohio school sponsorship to assume sponsorship of a community school whose sponsorship has been revoked by... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Postsec. Gender Expression and Gender Identity A.B. 887 Creates definition of "gender expression" in the Education Code. Adds that a public education is to be offered to all, regardless of gender ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Postsec. Community College Diversity in Persons at Supervisory, Technical, Professional and Managerial Levels S.B. 3531 Establishes the African American Employment Plan Act. Provides that the purposes of the act are to: (a) improve the delivery of state serv... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Gender Equity Reporting H.B. 910 Removes some requirements on the department of education relating to annual gender equity reporting; provides for related matters. http://ww... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 Postsec. Community College Publicizing Student Rights under Title IX S.B. 248 Requires school districts, the president or chief executive officer of a community college campus, the president of a California State Unive... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Review for Approval of Athletic Facilities for Gender Equitability A.B. 685 Requires the state department of education to include, as part of its review of an application for new construction plan approval, a determi... More... MO Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Discrimination S.B. 232 Prohibits municipal fire departments and police departments, state agencies, state departments, and political subdivisions public agencies a... More... NE Approved by voters 09/2008 P-12 Postsec. Ballot Initiative: Prohibits Discrimination V. 3; (Initiative Measure No. 424) (INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 424) Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution; prohibits the State from discriminating against, or granting p... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Access to Public Places for Persons With Disabilities H.B. 214 Adds public entities, including schools, to the list of public places in which persons with disabilities are entitled to the same full and f... More... IA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Accreditation Standards Related to Discrimination and Prekindergarten IAC 281, 12.1(1), 281-12.2(256), 12.3(6), 12.3(13), 12.8(1) Reflects that education programs are not to discriminate on the basis of the added characteristics of sexual orientation and gender identity... More... UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Education & Funding for Homeless/Emancipated and Ethnic Minority Students R277-616 Adds new language for determining where a homeless or emancipated student shall attend school and provides for the inclusion of charter scho... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Anti-discrimination and Anti-harassment Policies A.B. 606 Requires the State Department of Education to develop a model antidiscrimination and antiharassment policy that prohibits such conduct based... More... MI Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Single Sex Schools H.B. 4264 Allows single sex schools, classes and programs to be established in the Detroit public schools. Enrollment must be voluntary, and the distr... More... MI Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Gender Based Classrooms, Schools or Programs H.B. 6247 Allows gender based classrooms, schools or programs under the Elliot-Larsen civil rights act. Relates to a school district, an intermediate ... More... MI Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Creation of Single-Gender Schools, Classes, or Programs S.B. 1296 Provides that a school district or a public school academy may establish and maintain a program within a school in which enrollment is limit... More... WI Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Single-Sex Schools A.B. 114 Authorizes a school board to operate single-sex schools, other than charter schools, or provide single-sex courses if the school board makes... More... NY (H) INTRODUCED AND REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ASSEMBLY EDUCATION 05/2005 P-12 Single gender core course academies demonstration program H.B. 8092 Establishes the single gender core course academies demonstration program within the education department; provides that such program shall ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Gender Discrimination A.B. 358 Requires the state to implement the principles underlying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CE... More... AL Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Brown v Board of Education Anniversary Commission S.J.R. 32 Amended S.J.R. 16 (Act 2003-500, 2003 2nd Sp. Sess) that related to the Alabama Interim Brown versus Board of Education 50th Anniversary Com... More... AL Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Brown v Board of Education Anniversary Commission S.J.R. 16 Creates to the Alabama Interim Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results S.B. 292 Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Women's Athletic Development Fund S.B. 903 Relates to the establishment and use of a women's athletic development fund and a study of women's athletic development practices at institu... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Civil Rights Compliance H.B. 2198 The Department of Education may withhold state aid from any district that fails to file its assurance of compliance with civil rights respon... More... HI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Equity in School Sports S.B. 2475 Prohibits discrimination in athletics on the bases of sex in any public school and requires the superintendent of education to develop a str... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Gender Equity In Intercollegiate Sports S.B. 1589 Public Act No. 91-792., Amends the Board of Higher Education Act; removes the provision repealing the Section concerning gender equity in in... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Athletic Opportunities - Equity H.B. 1308 Relates to other educational programs under the Quality Basic Education Act; prohibits discrimination based on gender in elementary and seco... More...