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Riverside school board pauses vote and opens wider review of ethnic studies graduation requirement
Summary
Trustees moved an item about making ethnic studies a contingent requirement to discussion after public testimony. Superintendent presented options after the state left AB 101’s funding uncertain; community advocates urged the board to keep the requirement.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The Riverside Unified School District board spent nearly two hours Dec. 18 taking testimony and discussing whether to change its policy that would make ethnic studies a graduation requirement for future classes.
Superintendent Lynn Sosa told the board the district had proactively built six ethnic-studies courses and prepared for a statewide mandate created by AB 101. She said the law included language making the requirement contingent on the legislature appropriating funds specifically for implementation — money that was not allocated this year. Sosa recommended aligning district policy language with AB 101 so that the requirement would take effect only…
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