On last day, Huppenthal targets ethnic-studies classes

*It wasn’t too long ago that Arizona public schools chief John Huppenthal cried during a news conference after it was revealed that he’d been posting racist and hateful comments online under an assumed name. And now , as he’s about to leave office, he drops this bomb. VL

By Mary Beth Faller, The Republic

On his last day in office, John Huppenthal sent a letter to the Tucson Unified School District threatening to cut its state funding over ethnic-studies classes.

Huppenthal, the outgoing state superintendent of public instruction, on Friday sent a “notice of non-compliance” to the district, accusing it of violating a 2012 agreement over classes that cover Mexican-American heritage.

The order threatens to withhold 10 percent of Tucson’s state funding if administrators don’t comply with orders to provide more information on the history classes and to remove parts of the curriculum that Huppenthal says violate state law by March 4.

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