Southern California School Board Sued Over Critical Race Theory Ban

The suit seeks to overturn the district’s ban and create a legal precedent that could affect several other California school boards.

People protest a special meeting to discuss critical race theory with the Temecula Valley Unified School District Board and invited experts in Temecula, Calif., on March 22, 2023. Brad Jones/The Epoch Times

Several students, parents, and teachers are suing the Temecula Valley Unified school board over its decision to ban the teaching of critical race theory in classrooms.

They, along with the local teacher’s union—Temecula Valley Educators Association—filed a civil complaint Aug. 2 against the board over its Dec. 13 resolution to ban the teaching of critical race theory, which is an ideology that, in part, divides society into oppressors and oppressed based on race.