The Assembly Committee on Higher Education approved Assembly Bill 620, to improve the climate for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) students at California public colleges and universities. It passed with a 6-2 vote.
The bill, approved on March 30 and proposed by Rep. Marty Block (D-San Diego), would require that California State University and California Community Colleges to add sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression to campus anti-discrimination policies.
The bill also encourages University of California to adopt the policies, though UC is still reviewing the request.
The bill would also require that colleges create programs to train and educate their faculty on awareness and how to better understand the needs of the LGBT community at their campus. This bill would also call for an assessment of all the college campuses, to create specific lists of what each campus’ LGBT students need and how to best go about making changes.
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