California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed AB 1078. The new law prevents school boards from “refusing to approve or prohibiting the use of any textbook, instructional material or other curriculum or any book or other resource in a school library” on the basis that it includes topics related to LGBTQ+, Black, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous people or other marginalized groups. Any district violating the law would face “fiscal penalties.”
This is amazing news for literacy! All students deserve access to a variety of materials that represent the diversity of our state.
Awesome!!! California often leads the way! 🤩