233. (a) At the request of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, the State Board of Education shall do all of the
following as long as the board's actions do not result in a state
mandate or an increase in costs to a state or local program:
(1) Adopt policies directed toward creating a school environment
in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that is free from
discriminatory attitudes and practices and acts of hate violence.
(2) Revise, as needed, and in accordance with the State Board of
Education's adopted Schedule for Curriculum Framework Development and
Adoption of Instructional Materials developed pursuant to Section
60200, the state curriculum frameworks and guidelines and the moral
and civic education curricula to include human relations education,
with the aim of fostering an appreciation of the diversity of
California's population and discouraging the development of
discriminatory attitudes and practices.
(3) Establish guidelines for use in teacher and administrator
in-service training programs to promote an appreciation of diversity
and to discourage the development of discriminatory attitudes and
practices that prevent pupils from achieving their full potential.
(4) Establish guidelines for use in teacher and administrator
in-service training programs designed to enable teachers and
administrators to prevent and respond to acts of hate violence
occurring on their school campuses.
(5) Establish guidelines designed to raise the awareness and
sensitivity of teachers, administrators, and school employees to
potentially prejudicial and discriminatory behavior and to encourage
the participation of these groups in these programs.
(6) Develop guidelines relating to the development of
nondiscriminatory instructional and counseling methods.
(7) Revise any appropriate guidelines previously adopted by the
board to include procedures for preventing and responding to acts of
hate violence.
(b) The State Department of Education, in accordance with policies
established by the State Board of Education for purposes of this
subdivision, shall do all of the following:
(1) Prepare guidelines for the design and implementation of local
programs and instructional curricula that promote understanding,
awareness, and appreciation of the contributions of people with
diverse backgrounds and of harmonious relations in a diverse society.
The guidelines shall include methods of evaluating the programs and
curricula and suggested procedures to ensure coordination of the
programs and curricula with appropriate local public and private
agencies.
(2) Provide grants, from funds appropriated for that purpose, to
school districts and county offices of education to develop programs
and curricula consistent with the guidelines developed in paragraph
(1).
(3) To the extent possible, provide advice and direct services,
consistent with the guidelines developed in paragraph (1), to school
districts and county offices of education that implement the programs
and curricula developed in paragraph (2).
(c) The State Board of Education shall carry out this section only
if private funds, in an amount sufficient to pay for related State
Department of Education staff activities on behalf of the board, are
made available.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
governing board of a school district to offer any ethnic studies or
human relations courses in the district.
(e) As used in this section, "hate violence" means any act
punishable under Section 422.6, 422.7, or 422.75 of the Penal Code.
233.5. (a) Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of
the pupils the principles of morality, truth, justice, patriotism,
and a true comprehension of the rights, duties, and dignity of
American citizenship, and the meaning of equality and human dignity,
including the promotion of harmonious relations, kindness toward
domestic pets and the humane treatment of living creatures, to teach
them to avoid idleness, profanity, and falsehood, and to instruct
them in manners and morals and the principles of a free government.
(b) Each teacher is also encouraged to create and foster an
environment that encourages pupils to realize their full potential
and that is free from discriminatory attitudes, practices, events, or
activities, in order to prevent acts of hate violence, as defined in
subdivision (e) of Section 233.
233.8. (a) The State Department of Education shall provide regional
training to assist school district personnel in the identification
and determination of hate violence on school campuses.
(b) (1) A grant program for school districts shall be established
by the department for the purpose of enabling pupils and teachers to
participate in educational programs focused on fostering ethnic
sensitivity, overcoming racism and prejudice, and countering hatred
and intolerance. It is the intent of the Legislature that the grants
be awarded on a competitive basis with similar sized school districts
and county offices of education competing against each other for
grant funds. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish
grant competition bands as follows:
(A) Districts with less than 2,501 average daily attendance.
(B) Districts with more than 2,500 average daily attendance but
less than 5,001.
(C) Districts with more than 5,000 average daily attendance but
less than 15,001.
(D) Districts with more than 15,000 average daily attendance but
less than 30,001.
(E) Districts with more than 30,000 average daily attendance.
(F) County offices of education.
(2) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate the
appropriated funds for competitive grants to each of the competitive
bands based on the amount of average daily attendance in all
districts in the competitive range compared to the statewide average
daily attendance in all school districts and county offices of
education.
The grant program is not required to be implemented under this
section unless funds are appropriated for that purpose.
233. (a) At the request of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, the State Board of Education shall do all of the
following as long as the board's actions do not result in a state
mandate or an increase in costs to a state or local program:
(1) Adopt policies directed toward creating a school environment
in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that is free from
discriminatory attitudes and practices and acts of hate violence.
(2) Revise, as needed, and in accordance with the State Board of
Education's adopted Schedule for Curriculum Framework Development and
Adoption of Instructional Materials developed pursuant to Section
60200, the state curriculum frameworks and guidelines and the moral
and civic education curricula to include human relations education,
with the aim of fostering an appreciation of the diversity of
California's population and discouraging the development of
discriminatory attitudes and practices.
(3) Establish guidelines for use in teacher and administrator
in-service training programs to promote an appreciation of diversity
and to discourage the development of discriminatory attitudes and
practices that prevent pupils from achieving their full potential.
(4) Establish guidelines for use in teacher and administrator
in-service training programs designed to enable teachers and
administrators to prevent and respond to acts of hate violence
occurring on their school campuses.
(5) Establish guidelines designed to raise the awareness and
sensitivity of teachers, administrators, and school employees to
potentially prejudicial and discriminatory behavior and to encourage
the participation of these groups in these programs.
(6) Develop guidelines relating to the development of
nondiscriminatory instructional and counseling methods.
(7) Revise any appropriate guidelines previously adopted by the
board to include procedures for preventing and responding to acts of
hate violence.
(b) The State Department of Education, in accordance with policies
established by the State Board of Education for purposes of this
subdivision, shall do all of the following:
(1) Prepare guidelines for the design and implementation of local
programs and instructional curricula that promote understanding,
awareness, and appreciation of the contributions of people with
diverse backgrounds and of harmonious relations in a diverse society.
The guidelines shall include methods of evaluating the programs and
curricula and suggested procedures to ensure coordination of the
programs and curricula with appropriate local public and private
agencies.
(2) Provide grants, from funds appropriated for that purpose, to
school districts and county offices of education to develop programs
and curricula consistent with the guidelines developed in paragraph
(1).
(3) To the extent possible, provide advice and direct services,
consistent with the guidelines developed in paragraph (1), to school
districts and county offices of education that implement the programs
and curricula developed in paragraph (2).
(c) The State Board of Education shall carry out this section only
if private funds, in an amount sufficient to pay for related State
Department of Education staff activities on behalf of the board, are
made available.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
governing board of a school district to offer any ethnic studies or
human relations courses in the district.
(e) As used in this section, "hate violence" means any act
punishable under Section 422.6, 422.7, or 422.75 of the Penal Code.
233.5. (a) Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of
the pupils the principles of morality, truth, justice, patriotism,
and a true comprehension of the rights, duties, and dignity of
American citizenship, and the meaning of equality and human dignity,
including the promotion of harmonious relations, kindness toward
domestic pets and the humane treatment of living creatures, to teach
them to avoid idleness, profanity, and falsehood, and to instruct
them in manners and morals and the principles of a free government.
(b) Each teacher is also encouraged to create and foster an
environment that encourages pupils to realize their full potential
and that is free from discriminatory attitudes, practices, events, or
activities, in order to prevent acts of hate violence, as defined in
subdivision (e) of Section 233.
233.8. (a) The State Department of Education shall provide regional
training to assist school district personnel in the identification
and determination of hate violence on school campuses.
(b) (1) A grant program for school districts shall be established
by the department for the purpose of enabling pupils and teachers to
participate in educational programs focused on fostering ethnic
sensitivity, overcoming racism and prejudice, and countering hatred
and intolerance. It is the intent of the Legislature that the grants
be awarded on a competitive basis with similar sized school districts
and county offices of education competing against each other for
grant funds. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish
grant competition bands as follows:
(A) Districts with less than 2,501 average daily attendance.
(B) Districts with more than 2,500 average daily attendance but
less than 5,001.
(C) Districts with more than 5,000 average daily attendance but
less than 15,001.
(D) Districts with more than 15,000 average daily attendance but
less than 30,001.
(E) Districts with more than 30,000 average daily attendance.
(F) County offices of education.
(2) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate the
appropriated funds for competitive grants to each of the competitive
bands based on the amount of average daily attendance in all
districts in the competitive range compared to the statewide average
daily attendance in all school districts and county offices of
education.
The grant program is not required to be implemented under this
section unless funds are appropriated for that purpose.
233. (a) At the request of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, the State Board of Education shall do all of the
following as long as the board's actions do not result in a state
mandate or an increase in costs to a state or local program:
(1) Adopt policies directed toward creating a school environment
in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that is free from
discriminatory attitudes and practices and acts of hate violence.
(2) Revise, as needed, and in accordance with the State Board of
Education's adopted Schedule for Curriculum Framework Development and
Adoption of Instructional Materials developed pursuant to Section
60200, the state curriculum frameworks and guidelines and the moral
and civic education curricula to include human relations education,
with the aim of fostering an appreciation of the diversity of
California's population and discouraging the development of
discriminatory attitudes and practices.
(3) Establish guidelines for use in teacher and administrator
in-service training programs to promote an appreciation of diversity
and to discourage the development of discriminatory attitudes and
practices that prevent pupils from achieving their full potential.
(4) Establish guidelines for use in teacher and administrator
in-service training programs designed to enable teachers and
administrators to prevent and respond to acts of hate violence
occurring on their school campuses.
(5) Establish guidelines designed to raise the awareness and
sensitivity of teachers, administrators, and school employees to
potentially prejudicial and discriminatory behavior and to encourage
the participation of these groups in these programs.
(6) Develop guidelines relating to the development of
nondiscriminatory instructional and counseling methods.
(7) Revise any appropriate guidelines previously adopted by the
board to include procedures for preventing and responding to acts of
hate violence.
(b) The State Department of Education, in accordance with policies
established by the State Board of Education for purposes of this
subdivision, shall do all of the following:
(1) Prepare guidelines for the design and implementation of local
programs and instructional curricula that promote understanding,
awareness, and appreciation of the contributions of people with
diverse backgrounds and of harmonious relations in a diverse society.
The guidelines shall include methods of evaluating the programs and
curricula and suggested procedures to ensure coordination of the
programs and curricula with appropriate local public and private
agencies.
(2) Provide grants, from funds appropriated for that purpose, to
school districts and county offices of education to develop programs
and curricula consistent with the guidelines developed in paragraph
(1).
(3) To the extent possible, provide advice and direct services,
consistent with the guidelines developed in paragraph (1), to school
districts and county offices of education that implement the programs
and curricula developed in paragraph (2).
(c) The State Board of Education shall carry out this section only
if private funds, in an amount sufficient to pay for related State
Department of Education staff activities on behalf of the board, are
made available.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
governing board of a school district to offer any ethnic studies or
human relations courses in the district.
(e) As used in this section, "hate violence" means any act
punishable under Section 422.6, 422.7, or 422.75 of the Penal Code.
233.5. (a) Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of
the pupils the principles of morality, truth, justice, patriotism,
and a true comprehension of the rights, duties, and dignity of
American citizenship, and the meaning of equality and human dignity,
including the promotion of harmonious relations, kindness toward
domestic pets and the humane treatment of living creatures, to teach
them to avoid idleness, profanity, and falsehood, and to instruct
them in manners and morals and the principles of a free government.
(b) Each teacher is also encouraged to create and foster an
environment that encourages pupils to realize their full potential
and that is free from discriminatory attitudes, practices, events, or
activities, in order to prevent acts of hate violence, as defined in
subdivision (e) of Section 233.
233.8. (a) The State Department of Education shall provide regional
training to assist school district personnel in the identification
and determination of hate violence on school campuses.
(b) (1) A grant program for school districts shall be established
by the department for the purpose of enabling pupils and teachers to
participate in educational programs focused on fostering ethnic
sensitivity, overcoming racism and prejudice, and countering hatred
and intolerance. It is the intent of the Legislature that the grants
be awarded on a competitive basis with similar sized school districts
and county offices of education competing against each other for
grant funds. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish
grant competition bands as follows:
(A) Districts with less than 2,501 average daily attendance.
(B) Districts with more than 2,500 average daily attendance but
less than 5,001.
(C) Districts with more than 5,000 average daily attendance but
less than 15,001.
(D) Districts with more than 15,000 average daily attendance but
less than 30,001.
(E) Districts with more than 30,000 average daily attendance.
(F) County offices of education.
(2) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate the
appropriated funds for competitive grants to each of the competitive
bands based on the amount of average daily attendance in all
districts in the competitive range compared to the statewide average
daily attendance in all school districts and county offices of
education.
The grant program is not required to be implemented under this
section unless funds are appropriated for that purpose.
