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Curriculum
Central Union High School District Curriculum
CUHSD has implemented a strong academic standards-based educational program. In addition to core content courses in English, mathematics, social studies, and science, more than one hundred elective courses are offered. A range of coursework designed to meet the individual needs and interests of students to include specialized courses for English learners (EL), students with disabilities, struggling students, academically gifted students, migrant students, and students with interest in a wide variety of vocational areas is available. Opportunities for participation in extra-curricular programs are extensive and include ASB, athletics, clubs, choral, band, theater, Academic Decathlon, Mock Trial, Southwest Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, MESA – Robotics and Rocketry, and cheerleading. The range of program options for academic skills development in core content areas combined with the availability of before and after school programs, visual and performing arts, and career technical educational programs provides a balance between cognitive and affective learning.
New Graduation Requirements for Class of 2030 & 2031
Ethnic Studies
Under Assembly Bill 101, all public high schools and charter schools must offer at least one semester-long ethnic studies course by the 2025–26 school year. All high school students will need to complete a one-semester ethnic studies course to graduate beginning with the class of 2030.
The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum shall:
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Include accurate information based on current and confirmed research;
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When appropriate, be consistent with the content and instructional shifts in the 2016 History–Social Science Framework, in particular the emphasis upon student-based inquiry in instruction;
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Promote the values of civic engagement and civic responsibility;
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Align to the Literacy Standards for History–Social Studies within the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History–Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, as appropriate;
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Promote self and collective empowerment;
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Be written in language that is inclusive and supportive of multiple users, including teachers (single and multiple-subject), support staff, administrators, and the community;
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Encourage cultural understanding of how different groups have struggled and worked together, highlighting core ethnic studies concepts such as equality, justice, race, ethnicity, indigeneity, etc.;
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Include information on the ethnic studies movement, specifically the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF), and its significance in the establishment of ethnic studies as a discipline and work in promoting diversity and inclusion within higher education;
- Promote critical thinking and rigorous analysis of history, systems of oppression, and the status quo in an effort to generate discussions on futurity, and imagine new possibilities.
ETHNIC STUDIES MODEL CURRICULUM
Personal Finance
Assembly Bill (AB) 2927, Chapter 37, Statutes of 2024 added a stand-alone course in personal finance to the high school graduation requirements, commencing with the graduating class of 2030–31. It requires public schools, including charter schools, to offer the course during the 2027–28 school year.
Topics to be covered in this course:
- Fundamentals of banking for personal use, including, but not limited to, savings and checking and managing to minimize fees.
- Principles of budgeting for independent living.
- Employment and understanding factors that affect net income, including the topics described in subdivision (a) of Section 49110.5.
- Uses and effects of credit, including managing credit scores and the relation of debt and interest to credit.
- Uses and costs of loans, including student loans, as well as policies that provide student loan forgiveness.
- Types and costs of insurance, including home, auto, health, and life insurance.
- Impacts of the tax system, including its impact on personal income, the process to file taxes, and how to read tax forms and pay stubs.
- Principles of investing and building wealth, including investment alternatives to build financial security, including tax-advantaged investments such as pensions and 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and index funds.
- Enhancing consumer protection skills by raising awareness of common scams and frauds and preventing identity theft.
- Identifying means to finance college, workforce education, low-cost community college options, and other career technical educational pathways or apprenticeships. Financing options covered may include scholarships, merit aid, and student loans.
- Understanding how psychology can impact one’s financial well-being.
- Charitable giving.
- Other topics that are directly and specifically relevant to personal finance
Student/Parent Folder
Parent Request for Religious Exemption
Parent Request for Religious Exemption
To address the developments regarding parent rights to religious opt-outs, established in the Supreme Court decision Mahmoud v. Taylor (2025), CUHSD issues the following statement:
Following a recent ruling issued by the Supreme Court in Mahmoud v. Taylor (2025), parents have the ability to opt their children out of specific instructional materials or lessons that conflict with their sincerely held religious beliefs. While California Ed Code does not provide broad exemptions for students to be excused from class attendance or specific curriculum, the District recognizes that some instructional content may substantially interfere with specific religious belief(s), custom(s), and/or practice(s). Our goal at CUHSD is to create a safe, inclusive environment for students to learn. If you have any questions about instructional materials or lessons, please reach out to your student’s teachers or administrators.
If you would like to opt your student out of specific instruction, please submit the form below. Please note, the District has an established opt-out request process for comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS and STDs for students. This separate form is based on the parameters of the Supreme Court Case: Mahmoud v. Taylor to address additional requests for religious exemptions from specific instructional materials in a consistent and respectful manner.