Gay rights groups told a California state commission Wednesday that they object to several of the textbooks that could be recommended for use in schools, saying the books don't include enough information about the contributions of LGBT Americans. A state commission is weighing which of 12 history and social science textbooks to recommend for pupils in kindergarten through eighth grade. LGBT groups hope the state's recommendations will be carried through to textbooks sold in other states as well. Before the LGBT mandate was added, California law required schools to teach about women, African Americans, Mexican Americans, entrepreneurs, Asian Americans, European Americans, American Indians and labor. The state's textbook recommendations were last updated in 2005, said Bill Ainsworth, a spokesman for the California Department of Education.

Source: ABC News September 27, 2017 23:41 UTC