Starting in the 2024-25 school year, Riverside Unified School District students will be required to complete an ethnic studies class to graduate. The Riverside school board, which unanimously approved the change at its Tuesday, Sept. 15, meeting, beat the state to the punch. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a bill making ethnic studies a requirement for California’s high school students, but as of Friday afternoon, Sept. 18, the bill remains on his desk, unsigned. The vote came at the request of board member Angelo Farooq, who requested the vote at the board’s July 21 board meeting, which included a discussion of the district’s changing ethnic studies program....
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