Educational programs: single gender schools and classes.

Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2025, a school district with an average daily attendance of 250,000 or more pupils to maintain any single gender schools and classes that were enrolling pupils as of July 1, 2017, if certain requirements are met, and authorizes, until January 1, 2025, a charter school authorized by a school district with an average daily attendance of 250,000 or more pupils that was operating as a single gender school or with single gender classes as of July 1, 2017, to be maintained as a single gender school or to maintain single gender classes, if those same requirements are met. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2025, a school district that maintains a single gender school or class, and a charter school maintained as a single gender school or that maintains a single gender class to conduct certain evaluations at least once every 2 years, and to report the findings of those evaluations to the State Department of Education and specified legislative committees. This bill, among other things, would extend the operation of these provisions through June 30, 2031. If the department finds that one or more of the above-described single gender schools or single gender classes fails to comply with certain federal regulations or these provisions, the bill, until July 1, 2031, would require the department to order corrective action, as specified.