Clarifies that California’s civil rights protections, including the Unruh Civil Rights Act, apply to all early care and education providers, such as licensed childcare centers, family childcare homes, and family, friend, and neighbor care providers. The bill ensures these providers cannot discriminate against anyone based on race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, immigration status, or other protected characteristics, whether their services are privately or publicly funded. This bill could violate religious freedoms involving preschools.
Clarifies that California’s civil rights protections, including the Unruh Civil Rights Act, apply to all early care and education providers, such as licensed childcare centers, family childcare homes, and family, friend, and neighbor care providers. The bill ensures these providers cannot discriminate against anyone based on race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, immigration status, or other protected characteristics, whether their services are privately or publicly funded. This bill could violate religious freedoms involving preschools.
