{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"66270","citation":"Ed. Code, § 66270","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION [66000. - 101460.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS [66000. - 70115.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5"},{"name":"PART 40. DONAHOE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT [66000. - 67400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5/part-40"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4.5. Equity in Higher Education Act [66250. - 66294.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5/part-40/chapter-4.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Prohibition of Discrimination [66268. - 66271.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5/part-40/chapter-4.5/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 779, Sec. 3.   (SB 183)   Effective January 1, 2019.","effective":"2019-01-01","html":"<p>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 characteristic listed or defined in Section <a href=\"/gov/11135\">11135</a> of the Government Code or any other characteristic that is contained in the prohibition of hate crimes set forth in subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/pen/422.6\">422.6</a> of the Penal Code, including immigration status, in any program or activity conducted by any postsecondary educational institution that receives, or benefits from, state financial assistance or enrolls students who receive state student financial aid.</p>","text":"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 characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code or any other characteristic that is contained in the prohibition of hate crimes set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 422.6 of the Penal Code, including immigration status, in any program or activity conducted by any postsecondary educational institution that receives, or benefits from, state financial assistance or enrolls students who receive state student financial aid.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/prohibition-of-discrimination-66270","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}