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2021 California Code
Education Code - EDC
TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES
PART 28 - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 4 - Prohibited Instruction
ARTICLE 1 - Prejudices
Section 51501.
Universal Citation: CA Educ Code § 51501 (2021)
51501.
The state board and any governing board shall not adopt any textbooks or other instructional materials for use in the public schools that contain any matter reflecting adversely upon persons on the basis of race or ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, nationality, or sexual orientation, or because of a characteristic listed in Section 220.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 36. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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