Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators

The law directs statewide coordinators to help K–12 schools prevent and address discrimination through training, early conflict resolution, resources, and public reporting. It adds focused state support for disability discrimination and several forms of race-based discrimination.

What the law does ​

• Creates a Governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed Disability Discrimination Prevention Coordinator in the Office of Civil Rights.
• Renames the LGBTQ coordinator as the LGBTQ+ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator.
• Requires coordinators to train and advise local educational agency personnel, offer requested help accessing restorative-justice resources, and help administrators resolve discrimination conflicts early.
• Requires coordinators to provide information on training covering nondiscrimination law, restorative practices, bullying prevention, inclusive curriculum, and related topics.
• Adds deputy coordinators on anti-Black racism, anti-Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander discrimination, anti-Latino discrimination, and anti-Native American discrimination.
• Requires the Office of Civil Rights to provide resources and training on discrimination involving overlapping protected characteristics.
• Starting September 1, 2027, requires coordinators to track and report specified K–12 discrimination complaints and their resolutions without personally identifiable information.

Who it affects ​

• K–12 pupils, including pupils facing discrimination based on religion, race or ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+ status, or disability.
• Teachers, school staff, administrators, governing-board members, and other local educational agency personnel.
• Local educational agencies seeking state technical assistance, training, and restorative-justice resources.

Context ​

The law does not change the California Department of Education's responsibilities under federal special-education law.