California Education Code

§ 66271.4

EDC § 66271.4 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 5 · Title 3 · Part 40 · Ch. 4.5 · Art. 3.5

Statute text

(a)For purposes of this section, “public postsecondary educational institution” or “institution” means a campus of the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges.

(b)(1) If a public postsecondary educational institution receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (c), from a former student demonstrating that the former student’s legal name or gender has been changed, the institution shall update the former student’s records to include the updated legal name or gender. If requested by the former student, the institution shall reissue any documents conferred upon the former student with the former student’s updated legal name or gender. Documents that shall be reissued by the institution upon request include, but are not necessarily limited to, a diploma conferred by the institution.

(2)An institution shall not charge a higher fee for correcting, updating, or reissuing a document based on a legal name or gender change than the fee it charges for correcting, updating, or reissuing that document generally.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 222, Sec. 1. (AB 760) Effective January 1, 2024.