🚨BAD BILL ALERT🚨 ACA 7 creates road to racial quotas in California’s public education system

Sen. Steven Choi, Ph.D. (R-Irvine), vice chair of the Senate Education Committee and Senate Elections Committee, is alerting Californians about a racial-charged policy that will come up on the Senate Floor for a vote before the August 31 legislative deadline. Click HERE for the official analysis of ACA 7.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7 (ACA 7), authored by Assemblyman Corey Jackson (D-Moreno Valley) would undo equal-treatment protections guaranteed under the State Constitution, established by Proposition 209 (Prop. 209), which prohibits government discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.

ACA 7 narrows the scope of Prop. 209, opening K-12 students to race-based preferences and discrimination.

In doing so, it opens the door for state and local governments, and all public education entities, to consider race or ethnicity when crafting education policy and programming.

"Decisions based on skin color have no place in our K-12 schools," said Senator Choi. "California voters have repeatedly affirmed the principle that government should not discriminate against or grant preferential treatment based on race, sex, or ethnicity. We can address educational disparities through income, academic need, language barriers, disability, and other measurable challenges without sacrificing equal protection. ACA 7 takes California backwards."

There have been numerous failed attempts to undo Prop. 209. In 2020, California voters overwhelmingly rejected Proposition 16 which sought to repeal Prop. 209. A version of ACA 7 also failed to advance through the legislature in 2024.

The Center for Equal Opportunity and The American Civil Rights Project have issued letters strongly opposing ACA 7 and are urging a NO vote.

"California students are suffering, and their test scores prove it, but they deserve better than this," added Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego). "This road to racial quotas will not fix the fact that California's students continue to lag behind the rest of the nation. ACA 7 is more than misguided, it enables racism and serves as nothing more than a distraction from the real issues that plague California's monumental failures in education."

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