A California school district received a hefty fine after rejecting a new state-endorsed social studies curriculum which includes a textbook containing references to LGBT activist and politician Harvey Milk.
The Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) will be fined $1.5 million after the school board voted 3–2 on July 18 against adopting the state’s elementary school curriculum and the textbook “Social Studies Alive!” for a second time.
The school board previously rejected the textbook featuring Mr. Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, in May.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the fine in a July 19 statement in which he said elementary students in Temecula are set to begin the school year on Aug. 14, 2023, “without proper instructional materials” and using a textbook published in 2006 in violation of state law because of the school board’s recent decision….