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TITLE 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS 1-32527›DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS 1-32527›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1-446›CHAPTER 2. Educational Equity 200-280›ARTICLE 3. Prohibition of Discrimination 220-221.1

§ 220.5

California Education Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) A school district, county office of education, charter school, state special school for the blind or the deaf, or a member of the governing board of a school district or county office of education or a member of the governing body of a charter school, shall not enact or enforce any policy, rule, or administrative regulation that would require an employee or a contractor to disclose any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to any other person without the pupil’s consent, unless otherwise required by state or federal law.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law.

(c) Any policy, regulation, guidance, directive, or other action of a school district, county office of education, charter school, or state special school for the blind or the deaf, or a member of the governing board of a school district or county office of education or a member of the governing body of a charter school, that is inconsistent with subdivision (a) is invalid and shall not have any force or effect.

(Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 95, Sec. 6. (AB 1955) Effective January 1, 2025.)

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