Education Equity
We believe that all students should receive an excellent education, particularly Black, Indigenous, and other students, including students with disabilities, who have traditionally been marginalized and under-resourced.
We fight to dismantle law enforcement and surveillance structures that shunt students into the school-to-prison-pipeline, and to invest in alternative discipline structures in schools that lead to transformative justice rather than pushing students out. We push to improve student supports and to increase funding to traditionally under-served and marginalized school communities.
We center the demands of community-led movements to reimagine, redesign, and reinvest in a radically different education system where Black, Indigenous, Latine and disabled students are authentically supported; their experiences, culture and history are reflected; and their needs are prioritized.
Education Equity Legislation
Eliminate Unnecessary Police Interaction in Schools (AB 2441)
Criminal Justice & Policing, Education Equity, Racial and Economic Justice
Decades of research show the long-term harm to young people of even minimal contact with the juvenile or criminal legal systems. Once students make contact with law enforcement, they are less likely to graduate high …
Keep Students in School (SB 274)
Education Equity, Racial and Economic Justice
All students have the right to a quality education regardless of who they are or what they look like. This disruption/defiance category of suspensions is subjective and overly broad, leading to suspensions of students for …
Eliminating Unnecessary Police Interaction in Schools (SB 1273)
Criminal Justice & Policing, Education Equity
Decades of research show the long-term harm to young people of even minimal contact with the juvenile or criminal legal systems. Once students make contact with law enforcement, they are less likely to graduate high …
PROMYSE: Promoting Youth Success and Empowerment Act (Bradford) (SB 493)
Education Equity, Racial and Economic Justice
The PROMYSE (Promoting Youth Success and Empowerment) Act will ensure the effective investment of Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) grant dollars, which are intended to support youth locally and limit involvement in the justice …
Eliminating Law Enforcement Mandate in Schools (Kalra) (AB 610)
Criminal Justice & Policing, Education Equity
Decades of research show the long-term harm to young people of even minimal contact with the juvenile or criminal legal systems. Once students make contact with law enforcement, they are less likely to graduate high …