BILL NUMBER: AB 2310INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hayashi FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 241 of the Education Code, relating to instructional materials. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2310, as introduced, Hayashi. Instructional materials: California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000. Existing law, known as the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, provides, among other things, that it is the policy of the state to afford all persons in public school and postsecondary institutions equal rights and opportunities in those institutions. The act further prohibits persons in designated categories from being subjected to discrimination, on the basis of their status as part of that category, in any program or activity conducted by those institutions. The act also provides that nothing in its provisions requires the inclusion of any curriculum, textbook, presentation, or other material in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution or postsecondary educational institution. This bill would additionally declare that nothing in the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 requires the exclusion of any curriculum, textbook, presentation, or other material in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution or postsecondary educational institution. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 241 of the Education Code is amended to read: 241. Nothing in the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 (Chapter 587 of the Statutes of 1999) requires the inclusion or exclusion of any curriculum, textbook, presentation, or other material in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution or postsecondary educational institution; the. The California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 shall not be deemed to be violated by the omission of any curriculum, textbook, presentation, or other material in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution or postsecondary educational institution.