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Western Placer trustees review locally developed ethnic studies outline ahead of May 6 vote
Summary
Trustees discussed a locally developed ethnic studies course outline required by AB 101, heard that a 14-member review committee amended the draft, and asked for clarifying data before final approval scheduled for May 6.
Scott (staff member) presented a locally developed ethnic studies course outline to the Western Placer Unified School District Board of Trustees on April 1, saying, “Wegonna have a chance now to present the outline, of our ethics studies course. I just want to say before we get started that there's been a lot of people that are behind this and have done a lot of great work.”
The presentation traced the course's development to an April 2023 start and multiple teacher, parent and student review sessions in the 20232024 school year. Scott and other staff emphasized the district chose a local curriculum rather than the state model; the course will be offered as an elective next school year and AB 101 (the state law cited by presenters) requires ethnic studies to be a graduation requirement by 2030.
Mike Ball, who served as facilitator for the March 19 curriculum review committee, described the committee…
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