Diversity and Equity
BUSD is currently engaged in an equity study with the Canizales Group that began in 2023. To see full details regarding this study, please click on the button below.
What is the FAIR Education Act?
Senate Bill 48, referred to as the FAIR Education Act was passed in 2012. This law added language to Education Code Section 51204.5, which prescribes the inclusion of the contributions of various groups in the history of California and the United States. This section already included men and women and numerous ethnic groups; the expanded language now includes (additions bolded):“...a study of the role and contributions of both men and women, Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, persons with disabilities, and members of other ethnic and cultural groups, to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society.”
If you would like to review the current FAIR Act aligned 8th grade lessons please click here. We will be continuing to update this folder as we create more lessons to support FAIR Act instruction. Please contact the Curriculum & Instruction Department secretary if you have questions or.
