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Horne: Tucson Unified School District is violating new law banning ethnic studies

by Catherine Holland

Fox 11

Posted on January 3, 2011 at 9:36 AM

PHOENIX -- Just hours before leaving office, outgoing Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is telling the Tucson Unified School District to make some changes or risk losing millions of dollars in funding.

Horne says the district is violating a new law that bans certain ethnic studies programs.

The law went into effect on Jan. 1, and prohibits classes that promote resentment against a race or class of people, advocate ethnic solidarity or promote the overthrow of the U.S. government. It bans programs that are essentially designed for students who belong to a particular ethnic group