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California 20252026

SB 998

Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Educationalequity, discriminationpreventioncoordinators
Introduced / first action
2026-02-09 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • School districts: local authority.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law states the policy of the State of California is to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. Existing law establishes the Office of Civil Rights, under the administration of the Government Operations Agency. Existing law requires the Office of Civil Rights to employ a Religious Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, a Race and Ethnicity Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, a Gender Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, and an LGBTQ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator. Existing law requires each of the coordinators be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. This bill would require the Office of Civil Rights to employ a Disability Discrimination Prevention Coordinator to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The bill would change the title of the LGBTQ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator to instead be the LGBTQ+ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator. The bill would require each of the coordinators, in consultation with the State Department of Education, and under the supervision of the Government Operations Agency, to, among other things, (1) develop, consult on, and provide discrimination education to teachers, staff, governing board and body members, administrators, and other local educational agency personnel to identify and proactively prevent discrimination, as provided, (2) provide technical assistance, upon specified request, to local educational agencies to access restorative justice resources, training, and practitioners, and (3) engage with local educational agencies to ensure administrators are equipped to address conflicts at an early stage with the goal of proactively resolving incidents of discrimination, as specified. This bill would require the Office of Civil Rights to employ a Deputy Coordinator on Anti-Black Racism, a Deputy Coordinator on Anti-Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (Anti-AANHPI) Discrimination, a Deputy Coordinator on Anti-Latino Discrimination, and a Deputy Coordinator on Anti-Native American Discrimination, and would require these deputy coordinators to report directly to the Race and Ethnicity Discrimination Prevention Coordinator. The bill would require the Office of Civil Rights to provide resources and training on how to properly assist in cases of discrimination that involve the intersectionality of protected characteristics, as provided.

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Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 10. Page 6530.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read third time and amended.

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 13).

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  9. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  10. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  14. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  15. Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

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  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 4345.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4260.) (May 14).

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  20. Set for hearing May 14.

  21. May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. Set for hearing May 4.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 3977.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. Set for hearing April 21.

  25. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3899.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  26. Set for hearing April 15.

  27. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  28. Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

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  29. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  30. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  31. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.

  32. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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