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The GSN Network is when the FAIR Act was born of adding diversity to the HSS standards.  The GSA network organization unites the LGBTQ communities with issues impacting their schools and communities.

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trans and queer youth uniting for racial and gender justice

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2010 - SB 48 FAIR Act Edcuation Introduced

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2010 - SB 48 FAIR Act Edcuation Introduced

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Senator Mark Leno, the first gay senator, introduced the SB 48 FAIR Act Education. In Mark Leno's collaboration with many organizations, including the GSN Network, Senator Leno introduced the FAIR Act.  This act has only been presented at the State level and has not had a national impact on education.

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Mark Leno (born September 24, 1951)[citation needed ] is an American politician who served in the California State Senate until November 2016. A Democrat, he represented the 11th Senate district, which includes San Francisco and portions of San Mateo County. Before the 2010 redistricting, he represented the 3rd Senate district.

A member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus, Leno was the first openly gay man elected to the State Senate. He was previously one of the first two openly gay men (along with John Laird) to serve in the California State Assembly.

Before being elected to the State Senate in 2008, Leno served in the California State Assembly, representing the 13th Assembly District. Before his time in the Legislature, he served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors between 1998 and 2002. Leno is the owner of Budget Signs Inc., a small business, and was a candidate in the San Francisco mayoral special election, which was held June 5, 2018.

Leno is the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he attended Nicolet High School and later the University of Colorado at Boulder. He was valedictorian of his graduating class at the American College in Jerusalem, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree. Leno also spent two years in rabbinical studies at Hebrew Union College in New York. Afterward, he moved to San Francisco on the invitation of his sister. He lived his first four years in the Tenderloin before moving to the Noe Valley neighborhood.[citation needed ]

In 1978, Leno started Budget Signs as owner and operator. The business incorporated in 1982. Working with his life partner, Douglas Jackson, the business continued to grow and their involvement in community affairs steadily expanded. Jackson died from complications related to AIDS in 1990. Prior to his election, his political background included raising money for candidates and causes such as AIDS services, the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Democratic Party.

Leno was appointed to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors by Willie Brown in April 1998. He was elected citywide to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in November 1998 and re-elected in the reinstated district races of 2000. Leno's district included The Castro, Noe Valley, Glen Park, Diamond Heights, Twin Peaks, Duboce Triangle, and the westernmost part of the Mission District.

Leno introduced legislation to allow tenants to replace a roommate without losing their lease, measures to aid those with HIV/AIDS, and a measure to promote the federal Earned Income Tax Credit to help low income residents. He authored legislation to ban mercury thermometers, one of the first such proposals in the country. In 2000, as a supervisor, he supported Proposition L, the slow-growth measure and authored legislation to protect neighborhood business districts from big box retail.[clarification needed ] He was a statewide spokesman for the No on Proposition 22 campaign.

In 2001, Leno successfully introduced an ordinance providing equal access to the city's health plan for transgender employees of San Francisco.

Leno was elected to the California State Assembly in 2002 and was re-elected in 2004 and 2006. He was the chair of the Assembly's Appropriations Committee, as well as the Select Committee on Childhood Obesity & Related Diabetes.

In 2005, Leno authored AB 849, a bill legalizing same-sex marriages that became the first bill of its kind to pass a legislative body in the United States. The bill passed both the Assembly and the State Senate but was vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger. In 2007, Leno introduced AB 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, that would have allowed for same-sex marriage. This bill passed the Assembly and Senate but was again vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Same-sex marriage was legalized by the California Supreme Court in a May 2008 decision, becoming effective June 16, 2008.

In 2006, Leno and Republican Assemblyman Chuck DeVore co-authored a bill that would legalize the cultivation of non- psychoactive hemp. The bill does not conflict with the federal Controlled Substances Act and would mandate that hemp be tested to ensure it is non-psychoactive. He authored California Assembly Bill Number AB 1668, on February 23, 2007 - a bill encouraging Open Document Formats ODF in California.

In Leno's first two terms in the Assembly, 58 of his bills were signed into law. He co-authored AB 32 to cap greenhouse emissions. He authored AB 706 to prohibit the use of fire retardants in upholstered furniture. He authored AB 2573 to allow San Francisco public utilities to install solar panels on public infrastructure. He also authored Assembly Bill 1358, the California Complete Streets Act, to require cities and counties to consider including walking and bicycling in their general plans. He coauthored the AB 583, California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act, to bring public financing to political campaigns.

In 2008, he won the Democratic Party nomination for California's 3rd Senate district with 43.8 percent of the vote, defeating incumbent Senator Carole Migden, who had 28.6 percent of the vote, and former Assemblyman Joe Nation, who had 27.6 percent of the vote. Leno was a principal co-author of SB 840, the Single-Payer Universal Health Care Act, which would have provided health care coverage for all Californians and would have replaced hundreds of health insurance companies with state-provided coverage.

During his 14-year term in the State Legislature, Leno authored numerous bills including:

SB 810, the California Universal Health Care Act.

The Airline Passenger Bill of Rights. The bill requires airlines to provide basic needs for passengers, such as water, snacks, fresh air, sanitary restrooms, and lights if a plane is delayed on a tarmac at a California airport.

A state constitutional amendment regarding the Public Records Act. The amendment clarifies that local governments must comply with requests for publicly available documents, and requires local governments to pay in full the costs of those requests. The amendment was approved by voters in the November 2014 election as Proposition 42.

The Fair Education Act, which ensures LGBT and disabled people are included in social science history curriculum.

Legislation to require disclosure of the use or absence of flame retardant chemicals on existing furniture labels.

A smartphone "kill switch bill", requiring phones sold in the state to include an anti-theft technology.

Legislation to establish Harvey Milk Day in California, making California the first state in the nation to officially honor the civil rights activist.

SB 178, the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act which strengthened the digital privacy rights of California citizens.

The state's minimum wage increase to $15 per hour in 2022.

Legislation to limit and restrict the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities.

Legislation to add electronic cigarettes to the state's existing smoke-free laws and require the packaging to be child-resistant.

California's first major reform of the state's public utilities commission.

Legislation to exempt Single Room Occupancy units from the Ellis Act.

The California Community Corrections Performance Incentive Act of 2009, which helps reduce California's prison admissions.

Senator Leno has been recognized by LGBT organizations, civil rights advocacy groups, and non-profits throughout his tenure for his commitment to public service and for authoring legislation to combat discrimination, protect the rights of all Californians, and lift millions out of poverty.

In 2003, Leno earned recognition from the American Heart Association, the California Association of Food Banks and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. In 2004, Leno received the Award of Courage from American Foundation for AIDS Research and was honored by the Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of Los Angeles at their 25th Anniversary. Also in 2004, Leno (and Chris Reynolds and Steve Sampson) received a President's Award as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards. Leno was the first out leatherman to be a state legislator in the United States. He also served as Chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus.

In 2005, he was honored by the California Attorneys For Criminal Justice with their Scales of Justice Award in recognition to his fair and balanced approach in chairing the Assembly Public Safety Committee. He received the "Lifetime Friend and Champion" award from the Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club and was chosen by OUT Magazine as one of 2005's "Most Intriguing Gay Men." In 2006, he was honored by the Stonewall Democratic Club in Los Angeles with their Sheila Kuehl Trail Blazer Award, the Lazarus Project's Lazarus Award for Marriage Equality, the California Young Democrats' Mentor of the Year, Partners Ending Domestic Abuse's Kamala Harris Leadership Award, and Temple Beth Chayim Chadashim's 2006 Herman Humanitarian Award.

In 2011, the Consumer Attorneys of California presented him with the Leadership of the Year Award and he received the Transgender Law Center's Community Ally Award in 2010. He received the California Community Choice Aggregation Champion award in 2014 for his dedication to green energy by Marin Clean Energy.

In 2015, he received the leadership award from the Northern California Innocence Project for advancing legislation to prevent wrongful conviction and the Women's Human Rights Award by Friends of the Commission on the Status of Women.

In 2016, he was recognized by the Coachella Valley Harvey Milk Diversity Coalition for his leadership on LGBT issues, the Mental Health Association of San Francisco for his work on mental health issues, the Western Center on Law and Poverty for his dedication to public service, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation for his work to protect digital privacy, among other recognitions.

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Mark Leno (born September 24, 1951)[citation needed ] is an American politician who served in the California State Senate until November 2016. A Democrat, he represented the 11th Senate district, which includes San Francisco and portions of San Mateo County. Before the 2010 redistricting, he represented the 3rd Senate district.

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Governor Brown signs the FAIR Act stating that California can add Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender to the California state HSS standards.

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SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill making California the first state in the nation to add lessons about gays and lesbians to social studies classes in public schools.

Brown, a Democrat, signed the landmark bill requiring public schools to include the contributions of people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender in social studies curriculum. The Democratic-majority Legislature had passed the bill last week on a largely party-line vote.

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"History should be honest," the governor said in a statement Thursday. "This bill revises existing laws that prohibit discrimination in education and ensures that the important contributions of Americans from all backgrounds and walks of life are included in our history books."

Brown signed the bill Wednesday, but announced on Thursday that he had done so.

The bill has drawn criticism from some churches and conservative groups that argue such instruction would expose students to a subject that some parents find objectionable.

Republican lawmakers who opposed the bill had called it a well-intentioned but ill-conceived bill. Some raised concerns that it would indoctrinate children to accept homosexuality.

State Sen. Mark Leno, a Democrat from San Francisco and the bill's author, hailed the bill signing as a step toward teaching tolerance. Supporters say the bill will teach students to be more accepting of gays and lesbians in light of the bullying that happens to gay students.

"Today we are making history in California by ensuring that our textbooks and instructional materials no longer exclude the contributions of LGBT Americans," Leno said in a statement.

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California law already requires schools to teach about women, African Americans, Mexican Americans, entrepreneurs, Asian Americans, European Americans, American Indians and labor. The Legislature over the years also has prescribed specific lessons about the Irish potato famine and the Holocaust, among other topics.

The new law, SB48, requires the California Board of Education and local school districts to adopt textbooks and other teaching materials that cover the contributions and roles of sexual minorities, as soon as the 2013-2014 school year.

The legislation leaves it to local school boards to decide how to implement the requirement. It does not specify a grade level for the instruction to begin.

Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, a conservative family group, said under the new law parents will have no choice but to take their children out of public school and homeschool them to avoid what he said was "immoral indoctrination." The new law applies only to public schools, not private schools or families who homeschool.

"Jerry Brown has trampled the parental rights of the overwhelming majority of California fathers and mothers who don't want their children to be sexually brainwashed at school," Thomasson said. "This new law will prohibit textbooks and teachers from telling children the facts that homosexuality is neither healthy nor biological."

The bill was supported by gay rights organizations including Equality California and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network. Teacher groups also said the bill would help students prepare for a diverse and evolving society.

"There is no room for discrimination of any kind in our classrooms, our communities or our state," said Dean Vogel, president of the California Teachers Association.

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Gov. Brown Signs Landmark Gay History Law

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SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill making California the first state in the nation to add lessons about gays and lesbians to social studies classes in public schools. Brown, a Democrat, signed the landmark bill requiring public schools to include the contributions of people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender in social studies curriculum.

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The education code states that education can not have discrimantory bias.  State boards can not adopt resources based on adversely reflecting on a race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, or religion.  Districts must adopt materials that accurately portray diversity.  Our district has adopted a new HSS curriculum with the updated framework and has asked our teachers to include diversity in their lessons.

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Bill Text - SB-48 Pupil instruction: prohibition of discriminatory content.

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Existing law prohibits instruction or school sponsored activities that promote a discriminatory bias because of race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry. Existing law prohibits the State Board of Education and the governing board of any school district from adopting textbooks or other instructional materials that contain any matter that reflects adversely upon persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry.

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2014 History- Social Science Framework is Updating Starts

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2014 History- Social Science Framework is Updating Starts

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This link provides HSS updates of adding diversity and culture to the text and standards by grade level.  Our district uses the current updated HSS framework.

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History-Social Science Framework - History-Social Science Framework (CA Dept of Education)

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The State Board of Education adopted the History-Social Science Framework on July 14, 2016. This is the final digital version of the Framework.

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Our Family Coalition website marks the year where organizations come together to support the FAIR Act in education.  The Family Coalition works to support families, education, and advocates for the LGBT population to improve community perception.  The Organizations that have come together in support of the FAIR Act are the California Teacher Association (CTA), The Education Foundation of America, Amplify,  and First 5 San Francisco, to name a few.

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Who we are Our Family Coalition advances equity for the full and expanding spectrum of LGBTQ families and children through support, education, and advocacy. Learn more about us 2023 By the numbers 0 Events Held 0 Family Program Engagements 0 Educator Trainings $ 0 Direct Food Support & Aid to Bay Area Families Programs & ...

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2017 State Commission Approves LGBT text

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2017 State Commission Approves LGBT text

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The State Commission Approves LGBT text in publishers and some districts, during this time, adopted a new HSS curriculum with the updated framework and textbooks. The challenges that districts face are the teachers and the community. The LGBT topic can be very polarizing. There are opinions that teachers can teach diversity in history without mentioning the sexuality of the person. These opinions create an avoidance mentality with the teachers with certain parts of the HSS curriculum to avoid a controversial discussion with a parent or student. The cost of adding in supplemental material could also fall upon the teachers to purchase more diverse text. These challenges can create a barrier between what the state board approves and what teachers are teaching in the classroom.

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Credit: John Fensterwald / EdSource

For the first time, the State Board of Education on Thursday will consider recommending history social science textbooks that include 'fair, accurate, inclusive and respectful representations' of people with disabilities and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Two K-8 texts by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt were rejected by a state-appointed commission in part because the middle school text failed to detail the sexual orientation of historical figures such as literary luminaries Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, and U.S. President James Buchanan.

The state board can adopt the commission's recommendations or come to its own decision. So far, the state has received about 400 written comments regarding the textbooks , including many from people advocating for the fair portrayal of Hindus and many who are concerned about the LGBT references. Due to anticipated controversy, the board has scheduled a full day hearing before its vote.

The textbook review has also stirred controversy on some review panels, including one that split on its decision affecting Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's K-6 texts, which led to 22 panelists signing a letter claiming that the entire process was flawed.

Materials submitted by McGraw Hill, National Geographic Learning, and Pearson Scott Foresman & Prentice Hall are among those from seven publishers the commission is recommending out of a total of eight publishers that submitted materials.

The materials are the first history textbooks to come up for approval following the passage of the 2011 FAIR Education Act .

The recommendations will likely affect what is taught to millions of children in grades K through 8 across California. School districts are free to use any textbooks, as long as they teach history and social studies according to frameworks - or blueprints - adopted by the board more than a year ago. However, many select textbooks approved by the state board.

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The commission asked Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to refer to the sexual orientation of historical figures, including Jane Addams, Emily Dickenson, James Buchanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman and Charley Parkhurst.

"The absence of specific labels regarding sexual orientation creates an adverse reflection because the identity of these individuals is not honored and demeans their contributions to history," according to the commission. "The depictions of these individuals do not specifically refer to achievements in art, science or other fields as LGBTQ contributors."

In its written response, the publisher (HMH) said it acknowledged that "the achievements of people who experience or express sexual desire for their own sex as well as those who do not conform to conventional gender norms are central to both United States history and culture. However, HMH feels that the terms lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer are contemporary terms that may not map well on past lives and experiences."

Instead, it suggested adding additional biographical material related to gender roles and sexuality in the teacher's guide, but not the student's text. For example, it offered to include this information for teachers:

"Though Whitman never publicly addressed his sexuality, his poetry, letters, and journals suggest that Whitman would identify as gay if he were alive today ... Whitman shared a decades-long romantic friendship with bus conductor Peter Doyle. Though the two never lived together, Doyle was Whitman's muse."

Leah Riviere, a spokeswoman for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, said the publisher would be "disappointed" if the board does not approve its materials.

"Because the process is still ongoing, we cannot comment further at this time," she said. "HMH remains committed to supporting California's teachers and students."

The commission also rejected Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's texts for K-6 students in part due to "adverse reflections" of people of different genders and ethnic backgrounds. And although the publisher agreed to add more representations of LGBT families, the commission said both the elementary and middle school texts would need so many corrections that they would amount to "rewrites," which are not allowed in the state's process.

"This is the way of the future," said Tarah Fleming, education director for the Our Family Coalition, which is a part of a FAIR Act Implementation Coalition. "When you fairly represent people in history, students are less likely to tease each other. So, it's not just about seeing people accurately represented. It's about protecting everyone and creating a less violent space for people to learn in."

Regarding the split on the initial review panel, panelist Tamara Alexander said she and others were frustrated. "I believe, as do several of the Panel 1 members, that the adoption process was flawed, and also that the CDE (California Department of Education) representatives gave panel members inconsistent information from day to day and from panel to panel," Alexander said.

The panel's vote tally does not appear on the final report, nor do 42 social content citations they were promised would be included, she said.

The FAIR Act Implementation Coalition critiqued the texts and supports the commission's textbook recommendations.

Don Romesburg, associate professor and chair in the Sonoma State University Women's and Gender Studies Department and adviser to the coalition, said that the group "was advocating nothing more than inclusion of content in (history and social science) framework."

LGBT references make up "a very small sliver" of the framework," Romesburg said, but have become the focus of attention because the state has taken "the unprecedented step of comprehensively including the LGBT past; textbooks should reflect that history."

Second graders learn about family structures and biographies of American heroes. One change involved astronaut Sally Ride who was identified as living with a partner. At least one publisher objected to describing her as a lesbian since that's not how she described herself.

A K-5 text by McGraw-Hill won approval in part because it agreed to most of the corrections suggested by the commission. However, even this publisher balked at some of the requested LGBT references to historical figures, saying "they raise complex issues related to academic integrity, including factual verification, language and readability."

McGraw-Hill further expressed concerns that some commission corrections "may require identifying individuals in a manner that does not reflect their self-identity." Its policy includes "a recommendation that, as a condition to identifying people with reference to their LGBTQ status, McGraw-Hill Education obtains the opt-out permission of living (or the estate of recently deceased) persons who have not previously self-identified their LGBTQ status publicly."

Instead, the publisher reworded some of the suggested edits to avoid placing an LGBT label on some historic figures and to make them more understandable to young children. For example, in first grade materials, instead of referring to Ellen DeGeneres as "a lesbian and humanitarian" as requested by the commission, the publisher suggested this revision: "Ellen DeGeneres...works hard to help people. She and her wife want all citizens to be treated fairly and equally..."

The publisher also rebuffed the commission's suggestion that it refer to Langston Hughes as a "gay" poet, saying "it is not verifiable" and "there is no definitive evidence or scholarly consensus he was gay." Instead, the publisher suggested adding more information to the teacher's edition about speculation by some scholars that he was gay.

Critics of the LGBT references include Greg Burt, director of Capitol Engagement for the California Family Council, who has about the issue and urged his readers to voice their concerns about the texts to the commission and to local school boards.

"We do not support the inclusion of language in textbooks to promote a version of sexual orientation and gender identity that doesn't take into account the sincerely held moral and religious beliefs of millions of California parents," he wrote in a letter . "Many parents within the state are teaching their children that gender is based on biology, not feelings, and that sexual behavior should not be guided by natural inclinations, but by the moral precepts found in the sacred writings of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faiths."

John Coburn, a Sacramento area business owner, wrote that he intends to leave the state if the texts are used in local schools.

"I don't care if you're gay or not," he said. "But I don't want sexual orientation in history and I don't want it to be highlighted as an attribute. It has nothing to do with your accomplishment and I just think it's breaking down the family.

Morgan Polikoff, a USC professor who researches textbook adoptions throughout the country, said the vote could have widespread impacts.

"I suspect that other more liberal states will indeed follow California's lead on this issue. I also think that the inclusion of these representations in textbooks will indeed change the content students experience in the classroom. For LGBT students and students with disabilities, these representations may well have positive effects. This issue merits further study as it is implemented."

Commission Co-chair Bill Honig said he believed changes by the publishers brought most of the textbooks into compliance.

"The history and social science frameworks that the state board adopted last year follow the law, and I am comfortable that books reflect what the statute requires," Honig said. "Whether there were enough examples of LGBT historical figures then become a judgment call."
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California state board asked to reject textbooks that fall short on LGBT contributions

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Credit: John Fensterwald / EdSource For the first time, the State Board of Education on Thursday will consider recommending history social science textbooks that include 'fair, accurate, inclusive and respectful representations' of people with disabilities and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

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2018 Teachers Prepare to Teach LGBT Material

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2018 Teachers Prepare to Teach LGBT Material

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School Districts across the state review materials recommended by the Department of Education Code and prepare to have teachers teach HSS with the newly updated framework.   Districts have a long way to go still today with professional development to change the teachers' mindset that have not included diversity in their curriculum before.  It will take the administrators to join forces and make it known that it is okay to talk about the LGBT community within the curriculum.  These are still challenges that education struggle with today in the year 2021.

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The FAIR Education Act (also known as Senate Bill 48) was signed into law in 2011. It requires that California public schools provide Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful representations of our diverse ethnic and cultural population in the K-12 grade history and social studies curriculum.

According to the FAIR Education Act, instruction in history/ social science shall include the following ethnic and cultural populations in the teaching California and United States history:

Both men and women;

Native Americans;

African Americans;

Mexican Americans;

Asian Americans;

Pacific Islanders;

European Americans;

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans;

Persons with disabilities;

Members of other ethnic and cultural groups, to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society

For Parents

These updated education guidelines require a factual, inclusive, age-appropriate teaching of history. They empower parents to provide input about social studies lessons at the local level and give clarity about what students will or will not learn in the classroom. Lessons about morality or the intimate details of historical figures' lives are not part of the law and are left entirely for parents to discuss at home.

For Teachers

The FAIR Education Act is to be implemented in social science classes in all grades. As part of this work, SCUSD is available to support teachers and the school community to create and maintain a safe and respectful classroom environment.

The law provides no additional funding for new textbooks.

For Students

All students should expect to have respectful class work and assignments regarding the populations designated by the FAIR Education Act.

All SCUSD students are protected from bias and/or harassment in any school-related activities, discussions, or assignments.

Students may not opt out of school assignments and projects that relate to the FAIR Education Act. The FAIR Education Act is in alignment with the values and mission of SCUSD.

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Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act (FAIR) - Sacramento City Unified School District

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The FAIR Education Act (also known as Senate Bill 48) was signed into law in 2011. It requires that California public schools provide Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful representations of our diverse ethnic and cultural population in the K-12 grade history and social studies curriculum.