New California Laws Mandate Gay Social Studies Curriculum, Dream Act Scholarships

The Orange County (CA) Register (1/4, Leal) reports on new laws impacting education in California that take place this year, noting that the "first part of California's Dream Act, Assembly Bill 130, will provide access to private scholarships and financial aid to illegal immigrants. To qualify students must attend for at least three years and have graduated from state high schools." Meanwhile, that state is implementing a "transitional kindergarten" program for children too young for traditional kindergarten, and "Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are now added to the lengthy list of social and ethnic groups that schools must include in" social studies curriculum.