Relating to the curriculum provided by school districts

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.