-Caveat Lector- Via OriginalSources.CoM > Clinton Executive Order Gives Schizophrenics Equal Status in > Government Hiring > > Executive order changes government's hiring rules for mentally > disabled > > Copyright (c) 1999 Nando Media > > Copyright (c) 1999 Associated Press > > WASHINGTON (June 3, 1999 10:16 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - > President Clinton will sign an executive order eliminating the federal > government's strict practices that create barriers to the hiring or > promotion of the mentally disabled, White House officials said > Thursday. > > The president, in a prelude to Tipper Gore's White House Conference on > Mental Illness next week, was announcing the policy change Friday at > an East Room awards ceremony for private companies with exceptional > track records in hiring people with disabilities. > > The wife of the vice president, who has taken a higher policy profile > in the White House since Al Gore began his presidential campaign in > earnest, announced in January that the Office of Personnel Management > would examine the government's 22-year-old hiring rules to eliminate > barriers for the mentally disabled. > > Clinton's executive order, officials said, would change civil service > rules to ensure that people with psychiatric disabilities - such as > schizophrenia, paranoia and others - are covered by the same hiring > and promotion standards that apply to people with physical > disabilities and the developmental disabilities that accompany mental > retardation. > > A White House fact sheet, which estimated that more than 75 percent of > the psychiatrically disabled are unemployed, said the new action "will > level the playing field for individuals with psychiatric disabilities > who are seeking employment and eliminate the institutional barriers > that prevent them from bringing their enormous energy and talent to > the work force." > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > To E-mail Original Sources - Click Here > > > Website: http://www.originalsources.com > To E-Mail Mary Mostert, Analyst - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fax # (530) 642-8710 > > > Return to Original Sources > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > Webpage designed by > Unlimited Chances > > > You are visitor #56. Please visit us again! > > > <Picture: Original Sources Scroll> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > ACTION ITEM -California - AB222-Adds Homosexuality to "Protected" > Status > > Contact your member of the State Assembly and Senate about this bill. > > For California Members of Congress and State Assembly and Senate; Go > to: http://www.originalsources.com/Candidates/cagov.shtml > > This week the California Assembly is considering AB 222, which > requires schools to consider "sexual orientation" a protected status, > along with race, color, sex, etc. This bill appears to make it illegal > to teach youth in public schools the dangers of homosexuality, i.e. > that the average homosexual in America has a 40 year SHORTER life span > than the average heterosexual. It provides: > > LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 222, as amended, Kuehl. Education: > sexual orientation: nondiscrimination. > > (1) Existing law prohibits a person from being subjected to > discrimination on the basis of sex, ethnic group identification, race, > national origin, color, or mental or physical disability in anyprogram > or activity conducted by an educational institution, including, among > others, a public or private preschool, elementary, or secondary school > or institution, the governing board of a school district, a public or > private institution of vocational, professional, or post secondary > education, the governing board of a community college district, the > Regents of the University of California, or the Trustees of the > California State University, that receives, or benefits from, state > financial assistance or enrolls pupils who receive state financial > assistance. This bill would prohibit this discrimination on the basis > of sex, ethnic group identification, race, national origin, color, or > mental or physical disability, whether any of those characteristics is > actual or perceived, and would add sexual orientation, defined as > actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality, as > a prohibited basis for discrimination. > > (2) Existing law provides that the governing board of a school > district and the governing board of a community college district have > the primary responsibility for ensuring that programs and activities > under their jurisdiction are free from discrimination based on ethnic > group identification, religion, age, sex, color, or physical or mental > disability. This bill would provide that the governing board of a > school district and the governing board of a community college > district primary responsibility for ensuring that programs and > activities under their jurisdiction are free from discrimination based > upon ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex, color, or > physical or mental disability, whether any of those characteristics is > actual or perceived. The bill would also add sexual orientation to the > basis on which discrimination is prohibited, thereby imposing a > state-mandated local program. > > (3) Existing law prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, > ethnicity, or religion in areas relating to employment of teachers and > classified school employees, certain school district residency > requirements, various postsecondary financial aid programs, the uses > of certain funds of the California State University, and community > college services, classes, and programs. Existing law prohibits > racial, sex, or ethnic discrimination in any aspect of the operation > of alternative schools, charter schools, interscholastic athletics, or > the Demonstration Scholarship Program. This bill would prohibit > discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or ethnic group > identification, whether actual or perceived. The bill would also add > sexual orientation as a prohibited basis for discrimination, and would > delete the Demonstration Scholarship Program from the above-described > law. > > If you live in any of the districts below, call your member of the > assembly and express your concern about this bill. They are being > targeted by homosexual groups to vote FOR AB222. Lou Correa, District > 69, Orange County - 916/319-2069 Sarah Reyes, District 31, Fresno, > Tulare - 916/319-2031 Tony Cardenas, District 39, Los Angeles - > 916/319-2039 Nell Soto, District 61, Los Angeles, San Bernadino - > 916/319-2061 Mike Machado, District 17, San Joaquin - 916/319-2017 > Dennis Cardoza, District 26, Merced - 916/319-2026 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > To E-mail Original Sources - Click Here > > > Website: http://www.originalsources.com > To E-Mail Mary Mostert, Analyst - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fax # (530) 642-8710 > > > Return to Original Sources > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > Webpage designed by > Unlimited Chances > > > You are visitor #21. 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