Newsom signs bill that targets antisemitism and other discrimination in schools

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Gov. Newsom signed Assembly Bill 715 creating a state Office for Civil Rights.

The bill faced criticism from teachers’ unions and civil rights groups worried about chilling classroom discussions.

The measure evolved from targeting bias in ethnic studies to addressing discrimination.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that sets up a state Office for Civil Rights to combat antisemitism and other forms of discrimination in California schools.

Assembly Bill 715 was among the most hotly contested education-related measures, spawning from dissatisfaction , largely among a coalition of Jewish groups, to the way ethnic studies has been taught in some California classrooms.