Bill > AB2615

This bill aims to strengthen educational equity by revising how discrimination is addressed in California schools. It modifies requirements for teacher instruction and instructional materials, shifting the focus from "accepted standards of professional responsibility" to ensuring instruction is factually accurate, balanced, fair, and fosters critical thinking, while also aligning with state-adopted curriculum and standards and avoiding advocacy or personal opinions on controversial issues. The bill also streamlines the process for appealing discrimination complaints by requiring the State Department of Education to notify local educational agencies to issue investigation reports to complainants and the department within 20 days, rather than attempting to work with the agency first. Furthermore, if instructional materials are found to be discriminatory, the Superintendent will now be responsible for ensuring that local educational agencies remove all offending portions of those materials.