{"id":2028321,"date":"2023-09-11T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-senate-passes-bill-barring-school-boards-from-banning-gender-race-related-material\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T17:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T21:06:02","slug":"california-senate-passes-bill-barring-school-boards-from-banning-gender-race-related-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-senate-passes-bill-barring-school-boards-from-banning-gender-race-related-material\/","title":{"rendered":"California Senate passes bill prohibiting school boards from banning gender and race-related material."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-senate-passes-bill-barring-school-boards-from-banning-gender-race-related-material%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028321&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>California Lawmakers \u200cPass Bill \u2064to Protect Inclusive Curriculum in Public Schools<\/h2>\n<p>Last \u2064week, \u200dCalifornia lawmakers made\u200d a significant move\u2062 to ensure that public school boards cannot\u2063 ban books and educational material related\u2064 to gender and race. This groundbreaking bill, known as AB 1078, is expected to be signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom within the next month.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Newsom has expressed his\u2063 support for AB 1078, which \u200daims to empower families and prevent school boards\u200d in\u2064 conservative areas from censoring content they find \u2064objectionable.\u2063 The\u200c bill received approval\u2062 from the \u2063state Senate,\u2063 albeit along party lines.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia is the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-ballot-initiatives-win-in-five-states\/\" title=\"Pro-Abortion Ballot Initiatives Win in Five States\">true freedom state<\/a>: a place where families \u2014 not political fanatics \u2014\u2063 have the freedom to\u2062 decide what\u2019s right for them,\u201d Newsom said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Introduced by Democrat State\u200d Assemblyman Corey Jackson, the \u2062bill titled \u201cInstructional \u2063materials and curriculum:\u200c diversity\u201d\u200b seeks to\u200d impose\u200b financial penalties on school boards that ban state-approved material related to Black, Latino, Asian, Native American, and\u2063 LGBTQ topics.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re taking\u2063 a firm stand against\u2064 book banning in \u200dCalifornia\u2019s\u2062 schools, ensuring that\u200d our students have access to a broad range of educational materials\u2064 that accurately represent the rich cultural and racial diversity \u200bof our society,\u201d Jackson emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, some conservative areas and lawmakers argue that this law undermines the authority of parents and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-dem-senate-challenger-votes-against-bipartisan-school-reopening-bill\/\" title=\"NC Dem Senate Challenger Votes Against Bipartisan School Reopening Bill\">local school boards<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-senate-passes-bill-barring-school-boards-from-banning-gender-race-related-material\/\" title=\"California Senate passes bill prohibiting school boards from banning gender and race-related material.\">ongoing culture war surrounding critical race<\/a> and \u200bradical gender theories.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not\u200d having \u200cthe \u200bconversation at the core of the issue, which is age-appropriate\u2063 materials,\u201d Republican \u200cState Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican State Senator Kelly \u200bSeyarto of Murrieta also\u2062 believes that the opposition to the bill\u200b has been blown out of proportion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cParents should have a right to be able\u200c to go up to their school board and voice their concern about \u200cthe content of the material they\u2019re being taught,\u201d Seyarto stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The passing of this bill\u2062 comes \u200bafter the Temecula\u200d Valley Unified School District had to\u200c reverse \u2063its decision to reject a state-approved curriculum \u2062due to threats\u200c of fines and legal \u2064action from Governor Newsom.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, some\u200c parents had concerns about lessons involving Harvey Milk, the first openly \u2064gay man elected to public \u200doffice \u200cin California. The\u2063 Daily Wire reported \u200cthat\u2063 Milk had \u2062been \u2064accused of \u2063rape and had engaged in sexual relationships with young boys. Parents also found other \u2064LGBT-related \u2062content to be ideologically biased\u2063 or age-inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, an \u200cemergency board meeting was called, and the curriculum was eventually approved\u2062 unanimously for the upcoming school year. However, it is likely that the controversial material will \u200cbe removed entirely or replaced.<\/p>\n<p>A recent investigation by The Daily Wire revealed that Governor Newsom and his wife, \u2064Jennifer Siebel Newsom, may \u200dhave personal interests in the bill&#8217;s provisions and restrictions on removing content, potentially \u2063benefiting financially from its implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reports suggest that Governor Newsom will\u200c sign the bill into law within the \u200bnext month, ensuring its immediate effect\u2062 on California students as they continue their academic \u2064calendar.<\/p>\n<p><em>Amanda Prestigiacomo and\u200c Luke Rosiak contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California lawmakers recently approved a bill prohibiting public school boards from banning gender and race-related books and educational material. Governor Gavin Newsom is anticipated to sign it into law soon. This move, supported by Newsom, challenges the autonomy of locally controlled schools and safeguards against potential censorship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":2028322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}