Assembly Bill 2918 faces a hot summer of intense negotiations to persuade legislators who agree with its intent but have concerns.
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But those provisions have proven ineffective, Zbur and others said. Parents have complained they had no idea what their children were being taught; school board members said they were unaware of what was in a course they approved, sometimes on a consent calendar with no discussion.The bill, which has the support of State Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond, would require:
After the state board adopted a substantially changed framework in 2021, the first draft’s authors disavowed the final version and formed the. Its member organizations have contracted with districts to buy their versions of ethnic studies, which stress the challenges of white supremacy and an oppressive capitalist system, and solidarity with Palestine’s battle for liberation.
Conflicts have flared up in the past year. Jewish parents in Palo Alto have complained they’ve been left in the dark about the development of an ethnic studies curriculum that will be piloted this fall. Opponents are protesting the board of Pajaro Valley Unified’s second thoughts about renewing a contract with a liberated ethnic studies contractor.
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