Public postsecondary education: Equity in Higher Education Act: campus contact

Faculty, staff, and students at qualifying branch campuses and satellite sites must have an identified contact for LGBTQIA2S+ needs, with contact information made public.

What the law does ​

• Requires the California State University Trustees and community college district governing boards to provide a designated contact at branch campuses, qualifying satellite locations, and other non-main-campus sites.
• Allows institutions to meet that requirement by assigning an additional contact or having the main-campus contact hold regular virtual or in-person office hours at the site.
• Requires the contact’s name and information to appear on the applicable site’s website and in its printed and online directories.
• Excludes contacts from being Title IX coordinators or responsible employees, and bars them from sharing confidential reports of sexual harassment, sexual violence, or discrimination without prior written consent.
• Requests the University of California to comply if the Regents make the law applicable by resolution.

Who it affects ​

• LGBTQIA2S+ faculty, staff, and students at California State University and community college non-main-campus locations.
• California State University Trustees and community college district governing boards.
• The Regents of the University of California, if they opt to apply the law.

Context ​

A qualifying satellite location generally serves at least 100 students for at least one term and is within 50 miles of a main or branch campus.