Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD) is now issuing new student enrollment forms, allowing parents and/or guardians to select up to five different races or ethnicities for their children out of a list of over 200 unique ethnic backgrounds. These new enrollment forms are the next phase of the ‘Everyone Counts Resolution,’ that was unanimously passed by the Board of Education in May 2019.
Looking forward, the new student enrollment form aims to ensure that all LAUSD students and employees are seen and accounted for. The collection and reporting of disaggregated data is a necessary tool for more accurately representing and understanding who students are, how they are performing, and how LAUSD resources can be more equitably distributed.