Section 66268 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Training to address discrimination against the five most targeted groups(a) It is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to Section 66251, that all persons, regardless of their race, color, or national origin, should enjoy freedom from discrimination of any kind, including harassment based on a person's actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, or citizenship or residency in a country with a dominant religion, as described in Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000d, et seq.), in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state.(b)(1) The California Community Colleges, the California State University, independent institutions of higher education that receive state financial assistance, and private postsecondary educational institutions that receive state financial assistance shall, and the University of California is requested to, include training to address discrimination against the five most targeted groups in the state, as determined pursuant to paragraph (2), as part of any general antidiscrimination training or diversity, equity, and inclusion training that is offered by the institution, except any trainings targeted to solely address discrimination based on specific groups, including, but not limited to, age, disability, or sexual orientation.(2) To determine the five most targeted groups in the state, postsecondary educational institutions shall refer to the subcategory bias motivations with the highest number of events, as provided in Table 1 of the annual "Hate Crime in California" publication by the Attorney General, which reports hate crime data required to be submitted to the Attorney General by law enforcement agencies pursuant to Section 13023 of the Penal Code.(c) The training required pursuant to subdivision (b) shall not be incorporated into the sexual violence and sexual harassment prevention training required pursuant to Section 67385.7.(d) This section does not preclude the trainings required pursuant to subdivision (b) from incorporating discrimination against groups that are not listed in the five most targeted groups in the state. Trainings offered pursuant to subdivision (b) are encouraged to promptly address incidents of discrimination against one or more particular groups on the respective campus, especially groups that historically underreport incidents, even if they are not among the five most targeted groups in the state.(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that all general antidiscrimination trainings and diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings address the complex and cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination combine, overlap, or intersect, especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups.Added by Stats 2024 ch 844 (AB 2925),s 4, eff. 1/1/2025.