California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will buy students in Temecula a social studies textbook that the school board rejected because the accompanying teachers' materials mentioned gay politician Harvey Milk and that California will fine the district.
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In May, the board for the Temecula Valley Unified School District in Southern California voted to reject a curriculum that included the elementary-school textbook Social Studies Alive! The book itself does not mention Milk, the first out gay public official elected in California, but the supplemental materials for teachers do. They are also available to students in upper grades.

At the time of the vote, the board president called Milk a sexual predator. "My question is, why even mention a pedophile?" Dr. Joseph Komrosky said.

But Milk was not a pedophile. Komrosky was apparently referring to a relationship between Milk and Jack McKinley, which began when Milk was in his early 30s and McKinley was 16. When the two met in New York, the age of consent in that state was 14, and McKinley had turned 18 when the pair moved to California. Komrosky later said he didn't think any relationship between a 33-year-old and a 16-year-old was appropriate, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

Newsom was quick to criticize Komrosky, tweeting at the time that the board president's remark about Milk was "an offensive statement from an ignorant person," and California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation of the district. California requires schools to teach LGBTQ-inclusive history.

The Temecula Valley Unified School District's board originally ruled 3-2 against using an updated textbook, Social Studies Alive!, but reversed course after Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to fine them $1.5 million for failing to adhere to a 2011 California law that requires schools to teach students about LGBTQ historical figures.

According to Fox News, the TVUSD approved the textbook at a meeting on Friday, but asked the interim superintendent to look over parts that deal with gay rights and the legal fight for same-sex marriage in California with the goal of "substituting age appropriate curriculum" that is "consistent with the board's commitment to exclude sexualized topics of instruction from elementary school grade levels" while still adhering to state law.

During the meeting, Board President Joseph Komrosky lamented the fact that the TVUSD was at risk of being sued by the government for not implementing a particular curriculum, but stated that his decision to reconsider the ruling was not made out of fear, but rather just to avoid the burden of a lawsuit. Adoption of the textbook passed unanimously the second time around.

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