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CA SCR145
Concurrent Resolution
Status
6/26/2024
Primary Sponsor
Marie Alvarado-Gil
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AI Summary
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Recognizes Alice Piper, a 15-year-old Paiute student, who successfully sued the Big Pine School District in 1924 to integrate their classrooms for Indigenous pupils.
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Commemorates June 2, 2024, as Alice Piper Day in California, marking the anniversary of the California Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Piper v. Big Pine School District of Inyo County.
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Notes that Piper's case challenged California law that prohibited Native American children from attending public schools when a separate government-run Indian school existed within three miles.
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Establishes that Piper's landmark victory set a legal precedent later cited by the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Legislative Description
Alice Piper Day.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 130, Statutes of 2024.
6/26/2024