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Posted on 07/31/2026 10:16:14 AM PDT by Angelino97
A California law to prevent antisemitism in schools will be enforced after a federal judge dismissed a challenge from teachers and students who said it violated free speech.
US District Judge Noël Wise on Tuesday ruled against a lawsuit opposing Assembly Bill 715, which went into effect in January. The new law introduces measures to curb the “widespread surge in antisemitic discrimination, harassment, and bullying” faced by “Jewish and Israeli American pupils across California.”
As part of the law, California is establishing an Office of Civil Rights with a new statewide antisemitism prevention coordinator for public schools, who has not yet been appointed. The law mandates teachers to provide “factually accurate” instruction rather than “advocacy, personal opinion, bias, or partisanship.” It requires local educational agencies to take action if they find that instruction or school-sponsored materials are discriminatory.
A group of teachers, students and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed a challenge in November. They said the law was unconstitutionally vague, chilled speech in the classroom about Palestinians and discriminated against Palestinian, Arab and Muslim students and perspectives.
Wise said it was too soon to consider these claims, given the uncertainties still surrounding the new Office of Civil Rights, its leadership and how it will define and respond to antisemitism. She also said that teachers and students did not provide sufficient evidence of infringements on free speech, and teachers could not claim speech rights on the job.
“Teacher Plaintiffs are not acting as private citizens and therefore do not have First Amendment rights while teaching,” Wise said in her ruling.
She also dismissed the claim that the law would discriminate against non-Jewish students. “The existence of an Antisemitism Coordinator does not change the Office’s overarching purpose to stop discrimination generally; it merely reflects the State’s decision to accord specific funds to a specific problem,” she said.
Malak Afaneh, a staff attorney at ADC, said the group was reviewing the court’s decision and considering its options.
“AB 715 has already caused educators to alter the way they teach out of fear that classroom discussions or activities could trigger complaints or investigations,” Afaneh said in a statement. “When teachers feel compelled to abandon cultural identity projects or avoid discussions about Palestine, it is students who are denied the opportunity to engage with diverse ideas and perspectives.”
The Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco celebrated Wise’s decision as “great news.”
“This ruling, and the fact that the case has been dismissed with prejudice, affirms that AB 715 is a strong, legitimate approach to protecting Jewish students, and all students, against harassment and discrimination,” the group said.
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“The law mandates teachers to provide “factually accurate” instruction rather than “advocacy, personal opinion, bias, or partisanship.”
Who gets to decide what is “factually accurate”?
The ADL?
Wikipedia?
Lol.
It is very sad that this formal declaration of law is even necessary, but over the years, I have seen several types of Wars that need to be fought and won all over again every few generations. History by it’s own virtue appears to have fragile and shallow roots. The beat goes on.
Somehow I have little faith anybody under the Newscum administration will actually enforce anything against antisemitism. This most likely will be twisted to go after Christians.
“From the blood-drenched history of the Jewish nation, we learn that violence which begins with the murder of Jews, ends with the spread 0f violence and danger to all people, in all nations.”
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, 1972
And the murder of Jews springs from the unchecked spread of antisemitism.
we do not want Fakestinian propagandists in our schools, the Islamicist terrorists and their enablers are to LEAVE OUR CHILDREN ALONE!!!!!
Ya caught that, too?
MEANWHILE, back at the high School, students are just getting their class schedules and their copies of their Howard Zinn “history” books...
The State of California wouldn’t know “factually accurate” if it were engraved on an asteroid by the very finger of God and planted in the middle of the Legislative chamber.
The dirty little secret of education is that almost everything (except math and some basic science that can be verified by experiments and in some cases foreign language training) is narrative.
Whoever controls the narratives has incredible power.
“Truth” has nothing to do with anything.
It’s only a matter of time before Ca. goes after Christians.
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