No person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code, including immigration status, in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution that receives, or benefits from, state financial assistance, or enrolls pupils who receive state student financial aid.
Cal. Educ. Code § 220
Prohibition of Discrimination
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wormuth v. Lammersville Union Sch. Dist. (2018)
Most recently applied in Wormuth v. Lammersville Union Sch. Dist. (January 2018)
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 493, Sec. 3
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.