Language Day 2011 As the California Assembly Committee on Appropriations prepares to hold its first hearing on AB 101, a bill to make ethnic studies courses a high school graduation requirement, key California organizations call on Appropriations members to oppose the bill. âAs you are aware, the COVID-19 pandemic has been responsible for a catastrophic loss of instruction for millions of K-12 students in the state,â wrote the organizations in the letter coordinated by AMCHA Initiative. âHowever, instead of directing essential monies to help students recover from these devastating educational losses in foundational subjects such as Math, Science, and English, AB 101 will divert an enormous amount of taxpayer funds into courses that have not been shown to benefit students academically, and may even harm them.â