Newsom to Provide Banned Textbook Mentioning Harvey Milk to Temecula Students After Board Rejection

California governor Gavin Newsom announced he will purchase and distribute a social studies textbook to Temecula Valley Unified School District students after the school board voted to ban it for mentioning LGBTQ activist Harvey Milk.
The school board rejected the state-recommended textbook that includes a short biography of Milk, objecting to the inclusion of the gay rights figure.
Newsom stated his office will provide the rejected textbook to Temecula students and warned the "extremist" board members that California will fine the district for failing to provide adequate instructional materials.
The controversial textbook rejection has sparked debates over school curricula related to gender, sexuality and race in several Republican-led states.
Newsom is working with the state legislature to pass a bill preventing school boards from banning books with diverse perspectives and establishing a process for California to purchase materials for noncompliant districts.