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RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE APPROVING THE EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION QUALITY STANDARDS
WHEREAS, on January 13, 2022, the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee for the City of San José (“City”) received an update on the equity and inclusion services of the San José Public Library (“Library”), including efforts to strengthen departmental capacity to advance equity and inclusion services, understand the use and access to Library services, reach hard-to-reach populations through various efforts including a special focus on disability/adaptive ability access efforts, and the development of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Quality Standards for all City- sponsored programs; and
WHEREAS, on May 7, 2018, the City Council approved the Education and Digital Literacy Strategy and provided direction that the Library work with partner departments and agencies to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive educational policy and workplan; and
WHEREAS, the San José Education Policy 0-30 (“Education Policy”), approved by City Council on February 11, 2020, delineates the City’s commitment to ensuring quality educational programming for its residents and establishes Equity, Diversity and Inclusion as an expectation of City programming that intentionally monitors outcomes and removes barriers to ensure community access; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Education Policy, the Library engaged a cross- sector Ad Hoc Committee to lead the development of a set of proposed Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Quality Standards to provide the framework through which programs will be assessed for centering and advancing equity; and
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WHEREAS, the City desires to approve the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Quality Standards, attached as Exhibit A, to provide the foundation for developing quality improvement plans to identify outcomes, indicators, and metrics in alignment with the Policy and City Council direction, and to provide consistent guiding principles as well as clear requirements for assessment and reporting of outcomes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE THAT:
The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Quality Standards, attached hereto as Exhibit A, are hereby approved.
ADOPTED this _____ day of ___________, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
SAM LICCARDO
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, CMC
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION QUALITY STANDARDS
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