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Re: “Law meant to protect threatens free speech” (Page A6, Nov. 13).

AB 715, which was signed by the governor and is now in the courts, does not infringe on free speech. It does infringe on teachers’ abilities to insert their personal ideology into the classroom.

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If teachers across this state, and especially in the Bay Area, followed state curriculum and policies, this legislation probably would not be needed. However, when you have maps in the classrooms that replace the state of Israel with the nonexistent state of Palestine, there is a problem. AB 715 is aimed at K-12 students who are captive audiences to their teachers and are subject to intense peer pressure.

The law is not perfect,

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