Article 5QQVB Texas school official says classrooms with books on Holocaust must offer ‘opposing’ views

Texas school official says classrooms with books on Holocaust must offer ‘opposing’ views

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Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
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In recording obtained by NBC News, curriculum director describes political mess' after passage of state law

A Texas school district official told educators if they kept books about the Holocaust in their classrooms, they would have to also offer opposing" viewpoints in order to comply with a new state law.

In an audio clip obtained by NBC News, Gina Peddy, the executive director of curriculum and instruction for Carroll independent school district in Southlake, offered the guidance to teachers during a training on which books teachers can keep in classroom libraries.

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