BILL NUMBER: SB 1437	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 1, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kuehl
   (Coauthors: Senators Bowen, Kehoe, and Migden)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Goldberg, Laird, Leno, Pavley, and
Yee)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2006

   An act to amend Sections 51500, 51501, and 60044 of the Education
Code, relating to prohibited instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1437, Kuehl  School instruction: prohibition of discriminatory
content.
   Existing law prohibits instruction or school sponsored activities
that reflect adversely upon persons because of their race, sex,
color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry. Existing law
prohibits the State Board of Education and the governing board of any
school district from adopting textbooks or other instructional
materials that contain any matter that reflects adversely upon
persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry.
   This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
these provisions to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, and religion, defined as specified.

   Existing law prohibits a governing board from adopting
instructional materials that contain any matter reflecting adversely
upon persons because of their race, color, creed, national origin,
ancestry, sex, handicap, or occupation, or that contain any sectarian
or denominational doctrine or propaganda contrary to law.
   This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
this provision to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, religion, defined as specified, and
occupation.
   This bill also would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
those provisions of existing law.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 51500 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   51500.  No teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school
district sponsor any activity that reflects adversely upon persons
because of their race or ethnicity, gender, disability, nationality,
sexual orientation, or religion, as those terms are defined in
Section 422.56 of the Penal Code.
  SEC. 2.  Section 51501 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   51501.  No textbook or other instructional materials shall be
adopted by the state board or by any governing board for use in the
public schools that contains any matter reflecting adversely upon
persons because of their race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, or religion, as those terms are
defined in Section 422.56 of the Penal Code.
  SEC. 3.  Section 60044 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   60044.  No instructional materials shall be adopted by any
governing board for use in the schools that, in its determination,
contains:
   (a) Any matter reflecting adversely upon persons because of their
race or ethnicity, gender, disability, nationality, sexual
orientation, or religion, as those terms are defined in Section
422.56 of the Penal Code, or occupation.
   (b) Any sectarian or denominational doctrine or propaganda
contrary to law.