California Legislature’s ethnic studies bill heads to governor’s desk

Assembly Bill 1460, which would create an ethnic studies graduation requirement for students attending California State University, now awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature. The bill was approved by the Assembly last year and the Senate in June. The Assembly voted 51-9 today to approve minor amendments made by the Senate.

The bill’s author, Assemblymember Shirley Weber, and members of the California Faculty Association, the union representing CSU faculty, will hold a press conference Tuesday urging Newsom to sign AB 1460 to law. The bill is stricter than the new general education ethnic studies requirement the CSU Board of Trustees approved last month.