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Relating to the curriculum provided by school districts
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2022
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Teachers in social studies and history classes cannot be forced to discuss controversial public issues or certain ideas about race and gender if it goes against their religious or philosophical beliefs. If they do choose to discuss these topics, they must present many different points of view. Additionally, school districts cannot require students to join advocacy groups or participate in lobbying, and they are prohibited from using private money to fund these specific subjects.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the curriculum provided by school districts. The bill provides that a teacher of social studies, civics, United States government, United States history, or any similar course, shall not be compelled to discuss current events or widely debated and currently controversial issues of public policy or social affairs. If a teacher does choose to discuss such issues or affairs, the bill requires the teacher to explore such issues or affairs from diverse and disparate perspectives. The bill provides that in any course on social studies, civics, United States government, United States history, or any similar course, a school district shall not make part of such course student affiliation with any organization engaged in lobbying for legislation at the local, state, or federal level, or in social or public policy advocacy. The bill provides that in any course on social studies, civics, United States government, United States history, or any similar course, a school district shall not make part of such course lobbying for legislation at the local, state, or federal level, or any like activity involving social or public policy advocacy. The bill prohibits a school district from accepting any moneys from a private person or private source pertaining to instruction in social studies, civics, United States government, United States history, or any similar course, for curriculum development, the purchase of materials for use in the curriculum, training, or professional development. The bill provides that a teacher shall not be compelled to affirm a belief in the so-called systemic nature of racism, or like ideas, or in the so-called multiplicity or fluidity of gender identities, or like ideas, against the teacher’s sincerely held religious or philosophical convictions.
House subcommittee
Named January 25, 2022. On February 1, 2022 it recommended indefinite postponement. Vote Total: 1-0.
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