REFERENDUM TO OVERTURN AMENDMENTS TO EDUCATION CODE.

If this petition is signed by the required number of registered voters and timely filed with the Secretary of State, it stops certain amendments (of the Education Code) from taking effect, unless a majority of voters at the next statewide election vote in their favor. The challenged amendments would, in part, prohibit any teaching or school activity that “promotes a discriminatory bias” against persons possessing specified protected characteristics. These protected characteristics include sexual orientation, gender identity or behavior, and association with persons who have any protected characteristic. (07-0071.) (Full Text