66271.41. (a) The governing board of each community college district shall implement a system by which current students, staff, and faculty can declare an affirmed name, gender, or both name and gender identification to be used in their records where legal names are not required by law.
(b) Upon the request of an individual, a community college campus shall update any records for current students, staff, and faculty to include the affirmed name, gender, or both name and gender identification. The records that shall be updated include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) School-issued email addresses.
(2) Campus identification cards.
(3) Class rosters.
(4) Transcripts.
(5) Diplomas, consistent with subdivision (e) of Section 66271.4, certificates of completion of courses, or similar records.
(c) Commencing with the 2023–24 academic year, community college campus systems shall be fully capable of allowing current students, staff, or faculty to declare an affirmed name, gender, or both name and gender identification.
(d) A community college campus shall not charge a higher fee for correcting, updating, or reissuing a document or record based on the declaration of an affirmed name or gender identification than the fee it charges for correcting, updating, or reissuing that document or record generally.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 932, Sec. 2. (AB 2315) Effective January 1, 2023.)