Torlakson

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

Plaintiffs are California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials *1222 (“CAPEEM”), an organization formed to promote an accurate portrayal of the Hindu religion in California, public schools, as well as several Hindu parents, individually •and on behalf of their s.chool-age children. See- generally Compl. (diet. 1). They have brought suit against several officials at the California Department of Education and members of the State Board of Education (collectively, “the State Defendants”), 1 as well as four California School Districts,: 2 alleging discrimination against Hinduism in the California public school curriculum. Id. The State Defendants move to dismiss. See generally MTD (dkt. 88). The Court hereby GRANTS the motion in part, and DENIES it in part.

I. BACKGROUND

The California State Board of Education (“SBE”) drafts and oversees the policies implemented by the California Department of Education (“CDE”), CompU ¶25.-The SBE is responsible for approving and overseeing statewide curriculum content, creating the curriculum framework for kindergarten through twelfth grade, and adopting…