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Senate committee moves AB 908 to monitor compliance with LGBTQ‑inclusive curriculum law
Summary
AB 908 would add the FAIR Education Act to the list of programs the California Department of Education monitors for compliance. Supporters said adding a compliance review will ensure districts adopt inclusive instructional materials required by existing law; opponents argued the measure risks introducing contested concepts into classrooms.
Assemblymember Solace presented AB 908, the LGBTQ Inclusion and Fair Treatment in Schools Act, which would add the FAIR Education Act (requiring inclusion of LGBTQ people and other historically marginalized groups in instructional materials) to the Department of Education’s existing compliance monitoring process.
Sponsors said follow‑up is needed: Equality California and the Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network told the committee the FAIR Act remains unevenly implemented. Craig Pulsifer of Equality California said that a 2024 survey showed many districts had not adopted LGBTQ‑inclusive materials and that adding compliance monitoring would “ensure districts follow the law” without imposing new substantive mandates.
Supporters included multiple teacher and school employee organizations; CSEA and faculty associations added testimony in favor. Opponents and some public commenters said the bill would force contested topics into classrooms and raised concerns about age‑appropriateness and parental rights. One opponent argued the bill “perpetuates … gender identity ideology” and urged a no vote.
The committee voted to send AB 908 to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
