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California Code, Education Code - EDC § 66271.4

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(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.

(3) Notwithstanding any other law in conflict with this paragraph, except Section 67400, an institution may use a student's gender or legal name as indicated in a government-issued identification document only if it is necessary to meet a legally mandated obligation, but otherwise shall identify the student in accordance with the student's gender identity and affirmed name.

(c) The documentation of a former student sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not necessarily limited to, any of the following:

(1) State-issued driver's license or identification card.

(2) Birth certificate.

(3) Passport.

(4) Social security card.

(5) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change, or both.

(d) This section does not require the institution to modify records that the former student has not requested for modification or reissuance.

(e) Commencing with the 2023-24 graduating class, an institution shall provide an option for a graduating student to request that the diploma to be conferred by the institution list the student's chosen name. Commencing with the 2023-24 graduating class, an institution shall not require a graduating student to provide legal documentation sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change in order to have the student's chosen name be the sole name listed on the student's diploma.

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