California Textbook Controversy

Hindu Group to Get Just $175,000 In Textbook Bias Suit

June 6, 2009

Author: Denny Walsh

Source: The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/news/story/1923828.html

The much-ballyhooed brouhaha over how Hinduism is taught in California's secondary public schools has apparently been laid to rest.

A Sacramento federal judge entered final judgment this week in a lawsuit accusing members of the state Board of Education and the state's curriculum czar of unconstitutional actions.

California Parents for the...

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Judge Allows California School Textbook Lawsuit to Proceed

March 26, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hinduism Today/California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2008/3/27.shtml#1

California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials (CAPEEM) scored a major victory on Tuesday when Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr. of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of California rejected the defendants' motion to dismiss CAPEEM's lawsuit to correct...

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California Textbook Federal Lawsuit Proceeds to Next Stage

August 30, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindu Press International

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/9/1.shtml#1

CALIFORNIA, August 30, 2007: The California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials (CAPEEM) reports on their lawsuit against the California State Board of Education over the adoption of school textbooks which deal with ancient India and Hinduism. They contend the process was unfair and contrary to California and federal law.
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Sikhs in California Want Textbook Changed

July 13, 2007

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Overseas/Sikhs_in_California_want_textbook_changed/articleshow/2200861.cms

NEW YORK: Sikh leaders in California are unhappy that a seventh grade history book has been published without a photo of Guru Nanak, the founder of their religion.

The California State Board of Education declined to act on Thursday on new complaints from the...

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Hindu American Foundation Finalizes Lawsuit Terms with California State Board of Education

June 22, 2007

Source: The Hindu American Foundation

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.com/media_press_release_california_finalize.htm

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 22, 2007) The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) finalized terms with the California State Board of Education (SBE) following the Foundation’s victorious lawsuit last fall. The agreement was reached after a face-to-face meeting HAF held with SBE President Ken Noonan on May 8, 2007. In their wide-...

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In Textbook Dispute, Both Sides Claim Victory

September 2, 2006

Source: Inside Bay Area

http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_4279457?source=rss

On September 2, 2006 Inside Bay Area reported, "A Superior Court judge ruled Friday that the state Board of Education is not required to throw out copies of sixth-grade social studies textbooks, but agreed that the process used to adopt the books was not a fair and open one. The decision was based on a lawsuit brought against the Board of Education by the Hindu American Foundation in March. The...

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California Court Upholds Claim of Hindu American Foundation Regarding Illegal Process, but Retains Textbooks

September 1, 2006

Source: Hindu American Foundation press release

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/media_press_release_california_lawsuit_decision.htm

On September 1, 2006 a Hindu American Foundation press release reported, "The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) prevailed today in its legal action on behalf of Hindu parents from California against the California School Board of Education (SBE). But in a mixed ruling, the demand by HAF that the...

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Judge Troubled by California Board of Education Handling of Hindu Textbook Case

April 24, 2006

Source: Hindu American Foundation

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/media_press_release_california_injunction.htm

On April 24, 2006 the Hindu American Foundation reported, "A motion for preliminary injunction filed by the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) against the California State Board of Education (SBE) to stop the printing and distribution of several textbooks containing distortions and an unbalanced presentation of Hinduism was...

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