A conservative Riverside County school board that had rejected a social studies curriculum that mentioned slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk reversed course.
a social studies curriculum that mentioned slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk reversed course Friday night and said it would go forward with the instructional materials that meet state standards.followed a series of contentious public meetings and a threat by Gov. Gavin Newsom to fine the district $1.5 million if it did not purchase new social studies books approved by the state before the start of the new school year Aug. 14.
Board President Joseph Komrosky, who has opposed the curriculum and called Milk a pedophile, did not immediately return a message. The board said at Friday night’s meeting it would pull any reference to Milk in supplemental materials and replace it with the biography of another gay rights activist,The governor, who has fashioned himself a progressive leader in national culture war issues, applauded the board vote in a statement.
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