After a heated debate over book banning, the AB 1078 bill, authored by Assemblymember Corey Jackson of Riverside, passed the Senate Education Committee 5-2 on Thursday.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore argued that book bans were effectively "castrating" school children, especially Black students, and making them ignorant of history.Introduced and authored by Assemblymember Corey Jackson of Riverside, the measure does not prohibit book banning. However, it would impose a fine ifThe bill, AB 1078, was created to directly target local school board control of curriculum and books that will be allowed in schools.
The bill, AB 1078, which directly targets local school board control of curriculum and books that will be allowed in schools, was heard in the Senate Education Committee and passed 5-2. Tensions were heated during a debate from both sides about book banning at a Wednesday hearing of the California State Senate Education Committee.
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