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Prohibited Instruction; Prejudices   

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The state board and any governing board shall not adopt any textbooks or other instructional materials for use in the public schools that contain any matter reflecting adversely upon persons on the basis of race or ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, or because of a characteristic listed in Section 220.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 81, Sec. 3.)