Link: https://truthout.org/articles/amendments-protecting-pro-palestine-speech-in-california-schools-face-backlash/

“Teachers have told us that they have been warned that if they discuss Palestine at all, or are at all critical of Israel, there will be complaints filed against them or they will be brought up on charges,” Morrison told Truthout. “They’re now being told that this is because of AB 715, so the bill is designed to create an atmosphere of fear.”

Zionist organizations are also using the bill to pressure schools to roll back teaching on Palestine. One such group, the Alliance for Constructive Ethnic Studies (ACES), began emailing school administrators with instructions on “preparing for AB 715 compliance” almost as soon as the bill passed. ACES positions itself in direct opposition to a critical or liberated approach to ethnic studies, which it claims promotes a “militant, anti-Western agenda [and] views history and civics entirely through a racial lens.”

The organization’s outreach around AB 715 gives “Free Palestine” flags and other Palestine-related visuals as examples of “discriminatory” classroom material. It claims that “the district must take corrective action” if such material is discovered in a classroom, even if no student complains about or experiences harm from it, according to emails obtained through public records requests and reviewed by Truthout.