Proposition Summary

Initiative. Adds section to Education Code providing: "No public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or be required to attend a particular school." Repeals section establishing policy that racial and ethnic imbalance in pupil enrollment in public schools shall be prevented and eliminated. Repeals section which (1) establishes factors for consideration in preventing or eliminating racial or ethnic imbalances in public schools; (2) requires school districts to report numbers and percentages of racial and ethnic groups in each school; and (3) requires districts to develop plans to remedy imbalances. Financial impact: None.

Proposition Number

21

Year

1972

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 4962420; A: 63.1; N: 2907776; B: 36.9

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative statutory

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Educ. Code section 1009.6, Repealed Cal. Educ. Code sections 5002, 5003

For Author

Floyd L. Wakefield, Assemblyman, 52nd District; Ken Brown, President, Solano County Board of Education; Dr. Robert Peterson, County Superintendent of Schools, Orange County

Against Author

John Cimolino, President, California School Boards Association; Mrs. Erna Schuiling, President, League of Women Voters; William T. Bagley, Assemblyman, Marin and Sonoma Counties

Rebuttal Author

John Cimolino, President, California School Boards Association; Mrs. Erna Schuiling, President, League of Women Voters; William T. Bagley, Assemblyman, Marin and Sonoma Counties

Rebuttal Against Author

Floyd L. Wakefield, Assemblyman, 52nd District; Ken Brown, President, Solano County Board of Education; Dr. Robert Peterson, County Superintendent of Schools, Orange County

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