Title: About the FAIR Education Act » Teaching LGBTQ History
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About the FAIR Education Act
About the FAIR Education Act
California Education Code Social Content
FAIR Education Act FAQs
Who will determine what is taught under these updated education guidelines?
What does the law say, exactly?
What kinds of lessons might students learn?
Will these lessons include information about sex?
What is the historical scholarship backing up these changes?
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Content: A governing board shall not adopt any instructional materials for use in the schools that, in its determination, contain: (a) Any matter reflecting adversely upon persons on the basis of race or ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, nationality, or sexual orientation, occupation, or because of a characteristic listed in Section 220. (b) Any sectarian or denominational doctrine or propaganda contrary to law. What kinds of lessons might students learn? The updated educational guidelines also prescribe that schools do not adopt learning materials with a discriminatory bias or negative stereotypes based on gender, sexual orientation or disability. Coursework may vary, but local school districts, parents and teachers might consider including in history courses lessons such as: When students learn about the Holocaust and how the Nazis killed millions of Jews, they might also learn that Hitler targeted and killed people simply because they were gay or lesbian, or Romani, or had disabilities, or because of their beliefs, such as being a Communist or a Jehovah’s Witness. Students could learn about the public debate that led to the 1993 passage of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, where people were not allowed to serve in the U.S. military if they were openly gay or lesbian. Then they would also learn about the repeal of this policy in 2011. Students currently learn about César Chávez and the farm worker’s rights movement, Susan B. Anthony and how women won the right to vote, and Martin Luther King Jr. who worked for and died for civil rights.