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California replaces textbooks canceled by far-right board

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“The antics of the Temecula Valley Unified School District are intolerable and damaging to its students’ opportunities to grow, prosper, and succeed,” Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas said. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo By Blake Jones 07/13/2023 04:40 PM EDT Link CopiedSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Southern California school district will receive social studies books from the state to replace the texts canceled by three far-right school board members over a mention of a gay rights activist, Gov.

Gavin Newsom said Thursday.The Newsom administration’s announcement about the Temecula Valley Unified School District follows Twitter scoldings from the governor and a civil rights investigation into the district by the California Department of Education.This latest development extends a feud between state Democrats and three board members backed by the religious right who are now facing recall efforts and palpable parent outrage.

It follows state protocols laid out in pending legislation — framed as an “anti-book ban bill” by its proponents, including the Newsom administration.“Cancel culture has gone too far in Temecula: radicalized zealots on the school board rejected a textbook used by hundreds of thousands of students and now children will begin the school year without the tools they need to learn,” Newsom said in a statement.A spokesperson for the school district could not immediately be reached for comment on Thursday.

Privately, Newsom aides have been working with state Superintendent Tony Thurmond to pass legislation that was recently amended to target the school district.

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