Governor vetoes climate change curriculum

California public students will stick to reading, writing and arithmetic, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decided as he vetoed a bill late Friday that would have required climate change be added to schools' curriculum.

The measure, sponsored by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, also would have required future science textbooks to include climate change as a subject.

In January, the state Senate approved the bill, SB 908, by a 26-13 vote. Only two Republicans supported the proposal.

In his veto statement, Schwarzenegger said he supported education that spotlights the dangers of climate change. However, the Republican governor said he was opposed to educational mandates from Sacramento.

[really. He mandates everything else. Could it be that adding it to textbooks would require an above-board review of their content? after all, this blog has had numerous briefs detailing how teachers are already indoctrinated their students with alarmists theory - why risk a good thing? {do you know what your child is being 'taught'? ask them...}]

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