A California appeals court put the brakes on Temecula Valley Union School District’s ban on teaching critical race theory (CRT) on May 19, reversing a lower court’s decision that allowed the ban to stay in place.
Judges in California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal ordered the lower court to issue a preliminary injunction that requires the district to pause enforcement of its 2022 resolution prohibiting the teaching of certain concepts related to CRT until the lawsuit is resolved.
“We find the Resolution is unconstitutionally vague on its face because it employs ambiguous language, lacks definitions, is unclear in scope, is seemingly irreconcilable with state-mandated educational requirements, and contains no enforcement guidelines,” appellate judges wrote in their opinion….