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Please attribute the following statement on yesterday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino to Hector Villagra, executive director of the ACLU of Southern California (ACLU SoCal):
Recently, there have been developments pertinent to the lawsuit, Community Coalition of South Los Angeles and Reyna Frias v. LAUSD, et al, filed July 1, 2015 on behalf of Reyna Frias and Community Coalition of South Los Angeles by the ACLU of California,Public Advocates Inc.
LOS ANGELES — California’s State Board of Education today approved a settlement in a major education lawsuit brought on behalf of students who lost valuable learning time because they were placed in fake classes that lacked any instructional value.