Local school officials are keeping an eye on a revised framework for history and social science curriculum for California’s K-12 schools that for the first time includes contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans and people with disabilities. 

Along with praise from L.G.B.T. advocates, the framework—approved by the state Board of Education earlier last month—was met with calls by Mexican-American and Latino advocates to beef up portions dedicated to ethnic studies, particularly concerning their…