Complaint: CA School District Misled Public About Instituting Ethnic-Studies Requirement

Complaint: CA school district misled public about instituting ethnic-studies requirement

The board in Palo Alto voted 3-2 to confirm the 2029 requirement and curriculum, based on an outdated document and without public review.The post Complaint: CA school district misled public about instituting ethnic-studies requirement appeared first on JNS.org.

Complaint Alleges Palo Alto School District Violated Law by Pushing Through Controversial Ethnic Studies Course Without Proper Notice to Public - Brandeis Center

Washington, D.C. (July 21, 2025) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and the law firm of Cohen Williams LLP filed a complaint today against the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) and the PAUSD’s Board of Education in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, alleging that PAUSD and the Board violated California’s open meeting laws, the Brown Act, by misleading the public about an important agenda item …

Lawsuit filed against Palo Alto school district over ethnic studies

Parent Alan Crystal and the Louis D. Brandeis Center, a law firm that works to fight antisemitism, filed a lawsuit against the Palo Alto Unified School District on July 21, alleging that the Board of Education violated the Brown Act by passing an Ethnic Studies graduation requirement.  The post Lawsuit filed against Palo Alto school district over ethnic studies appeared first on Palo Alto Online.