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Assembly committee advances AB 26 15 as cleanup to last year’s AB 715 amid free‑speech and implementation concerns
Summary
AB 26 15, presented as technical 'cleanup' to last year’s AB 715, was advanced to appropriations after hours of testimony from authors, civil‑rights groups and education organizations who clashed over whether the bill’s 'factually accurate' language could chill classroom instruction. Authors accepted amendments and pledged continued stakeholder talks.
Assemblymember Zuber and coauthor Assemblymember Addis told the Assembly Education Committee that AB 26 15 is a narrow "cleanup" to AB 715 intended to clarify several points stakeholders raised during last year’s debate, including the meaning of "factually accurate" instruction and the process for handling discriminatory instructional materials.
"What this bill does is that we believe it does address the issue that we agreed to," Assemblymember Zuber said, explaining that the amendment ties the instruction standard to the existing Education Code standard for instructional‑material adoption in paragraph 3 of subdivision (c) of section 60200.
Opponents, including the California…
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