California buys inclusive textbooks for school district with anti-LGBTQ+ board & sends them the bill

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) blasted school board members for describing LGBTQ+ rights icon Harvey Milk as a “pedophile.”

California Governor Gavin Newsom
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California will fine a school district $1.5 million for rejecting a social studies textbook that includes material on the late gay politician Harvey Milk.

In a statement Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) made good on his promise earlier this month that the state itself would purchase the textbook for the Temecula Valley Unified School District and fine the district.

“After we deliver the textbooks into the hands of students and their parents, the state will deliver the bill – along with a $1.5 million fine – to the school board for its decision to willfully violate the law, subvert the will of parents, and force children to use an out-of-print textbook from 17 years ago,” Newsom said. According to Advocate, the cost of the textbooks comes to around $1.6 million.

Earlier this year, the Temecula Valley School Board rejected the purchase of the new elementary school-level textbooks and associated teaching materials. The textbooks themselves do not…

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