Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66260. Section 66260.
The definitions in this article shall govern the use of the terms defined for purposes of this chapter.
ARTICLE 2. Definitions [66260. - 66264.]
Cal. Education Code - EDC 2.
in effectCal. Education Code - EDC § 66260.5. Section 66260.5.
“Disability” includes mental and physical disability as defined in Section 12926 of the Government Code.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66260.6. Section 66260.6.
“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,” includes a perception that the person has any of those characteristics or that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66260.7. Section 66260.7.
“Gender” means sex, and includes a person’s gender identity and gender expression. “Gender expression” means a person’s gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66261. Section 66261.
“Governing board” means the governing board of a community college.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66261.3. Section 66261.3.
“Nationality” or “national identity” includes a person’s actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, citizenship, or residency in a country with a dominant religion or distinct religious identity. Discrimination against Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Christian, or Buddhist students, or students of another religious group, when the discrimination involves racial, ethnic, or ancestral slurs or stereotypes, constitutes discrimination on the basis of nationality or national identity.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66261.5. Section 66261.5.
“Postsecondary educational institution” means a public or private institution of vocational, professional, or postsecondary education; the governing board of a community college district; the Regents of the University of California; or the Trustees of the California State University.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66261.7. Section 66261.7.
“Race or ethnicity” includes ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, and ethnic background.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66262. Section 66262.
“Religion” includes all aspects of religious belief, observance, and practice and includes agnosticism and atheism. “Discrimination on the basis of religion” includes, but is not limited to, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66262.5. Section 66262.5.
(a)
(1)
“Sexual harassment” has the same meaning as defined in Section 212.5 and includes sexual battery, sexual violence, and sexual exploitation.
(2)
Sexual harassment of students is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Section 66270.
(b)
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1)
“Sexual violence” means physical sexual acts perpetrated against a person without the person’s affirmative consent, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 67386. Physical sexual acts include both of the following:
(A)
Rape, defined as penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any part or object, or oral copulation of a sex organ by another person, without the consent of the victim.
(B)
Sexual battery, as defined in paragraph (2).
(2)
“Sexual battery” means the intentional touching of another person’s intimate parts without consent, intentionally causing a person to touch the intimate parts of another without consent, or using a person’s own intimate part to intentionally touch another person’s body without consent.
(3)
“Sexual exploitation” means a person taking sexual advantage of another person for the benefit of anyone other than that person without that person’s consent, including, but not limited to, any of the following acts:
(A)
The prostituting of another person.
(B)
The trafficking of another person, defined as the inducement of a person to perform a commercial sex act, or labor or services, through force, fraud, or coercion.
(C)
The recording of images, including video or photograph, or audio of another person’s sexual activity or intimate parts, without that person’s consent.
(D)
The distribution of images, including video or photograph, or audio of another person’s sexual activity or intimate parts, if the individual distributing the images or audio knows or should have known that the person depicted in the images or audio did not consent to the disclosure.
(E)
The viewing of another person’s sexual activity or intimate parts, in a place where that other person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy, without that person’s consent, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66262.7. Section 66262.7.
“Sexual orientation” means a person’s physical, emotional, and romantic attraction to other people. “Sexual orientation” includes, but is not limited to, heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, asexuality, and pansexuality.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66263. Section 66263.
“State financial assistance” has the same meaning as defined in Section 213.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 66264. Section 66264.
“State student financial aid” has the same meaning as defined in Section 214.
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