| Make It Real: AB 537 background (1386 words) |
 | On October 2, 1999, Governor Gray Davis signed into law AB 537, the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000. |
| Students, teachers, parents, community groups, and political activists had fought for five years for a law that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students from the harassment and discrimination so many faced on a daily basis at their schools. |
| AB 537, the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, changed California's Education Code by adding sexual orientation and gender to the Code's umbrella nondiscrimination provisions. |
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