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California law now requires framers of the state’s curriculum to “consider including, and recommending for adoption by the state board” instruction on the “significance” of President Obama’s election.

The state assemblyman who wrote the bill called the measure necessary to ensure that future generations understand Obama’s presidency as a “historic step.”

In a statement, the law’s author rejoiced that Obama “will take his rightful place in California textbooks under legislation signed today by Governor Jerry Brown,” which will be “the first step toward acknowledging President Obama’s legacy for generations to come.”

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