The California Department of Education’s Educator Excellence and Equity Division (EEED) is pleased to announce that new web pages supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth, their families, and California’s educators who work with LGBTQ+ youth and their families are now posted on the CDE website.
The web pages fulfill the requirements of Assembly Bill 493, enacted as Education Code (EC) Section 218. EEED staff collaborated with LGBTQ+ stakeholders from across the state to develop these resources, which are intended for use in training school site staff to support LGBTQ+ students and improve the overall school climate.