From Concerned Jewish Parents & Teachers of L.A. v. Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium, decided Friday by Judges Kenneth Kiyul Lee, Patrick Bumatay, and Jennifer Sung:
This case arises from an ethnic studies model curriculum for high school classrooms developed and championed by the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (the Consortium), an advocacy group. The proposed curriculum has not been formally proposed to nor adopted by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). But the plaintiffs—who are Jewish parents with children enrolled in LAUSD and teachers within that district—claim that at least two teachers are informally using the curriculum, which allegedly promotes anti-Zionist and antisemitic ideals. The plaintiffs also allege that the Consortium, along with the LAUSD public school teachers' union and individuals affiliated with these organizations, wield informal influence over district-wide curricular offerings. The plaintiffs sued, asserting civil rights claims under federal and state law. The district court dismissed with prejudice for insufficiency of the pleadings….
The court agreed that the plaintiffs lacked standing:
