California school district must halt ban on critical race theory, court rules

Temecula Valley unified district ordered to pause CRT resolution as questions of constitutionality remain

A small southern California school district must immediately pause its ban on critical race theory (CRT), a California appeals court ruled on Thursday morning .

The 4th district court of appeals ruling put a halt to the Temecula Valley unified school district ban until its litigation is settled in the California legal system. The decision is the latest in a long-running legal battle over the CRT ban, which was first adopted as a resolution by the Temecula Valley Board of Education in December 2022 as they attempted to purge elementary school textbooks that reference gay rights icon Harvey Milk.