Fair Act Curricula

Making the Framework Fair:

California History-Social Science Framework Proposed LGBT Revisions Related to the Fair Education Act.

"The FAIR Education Act requires that California K-12 schools provide Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful representations of people with disabilities and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender in history and social studies curriculum.

The California Education Code has been updated over time to make sure that the role and contributions of members of underrepresented racial, ethnic and cultural groups to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States are included in history and social studies lessons. The FAIR Education Act amends the Education Code by mandating California schools to also include the contributions of people with disabilities and members of the LGBT community in the curriculum.

The updated educational guidelines also prescribe that schools do not adopt learning materials with a discriminatory bias or negative stereotypes based on gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

The FAIR Education Act, SB 48, was authored by Senator Mark Leno, signed into law on July 14, 2011, and went into effect on January 1, 2012. http://www.faireducationact.com/about-fair/

“A peaceful future depends on our everyday acts and gestures. Let us educate for tolerance in our schools and communities, in our homes and workplaces and, most of all, in our hearts and minds.”

- Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO (from his address at the dedication of the Museum of Tolerance, February 8, 1993)