Texas Senate Bill Drops Teaching Requirement That Ku Klux Klan Is ‘Morally Wrong’

[Mac-7]

Eliminated requirements also include the writings of Martin Luther King Jr., United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez and suffragist Susan B. Anthony.

In a new political low in Texas, the Republican-dominated state Senate has passed a bill to eliminate a requirement that public schools teach that the Ku Klux Klan and its white supremacist campaign of terror are “morally wrong.”

The cut is among some two dozen curriculum requirements dropped in the measure, along with studying Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the works of United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony’s writings about the women’s suffragist movement, and Native American history.

Critics say the state is promoting an “anti-civics” education.

Senate Bill 3 — passed last Friday 18-4 — drops most mentions of people of color and women from the state’s required curriculum.

That includes eliminating a requirement that students be taught the “history of white supremacy, including but not limited to the institution of slavery, the eugenics movement, and the Ku Klux Klan, and the ways in which it is morally wrong.”

Texas Senate Bill Drops Teaching Requirement That Ku Klux Klan Is 'Morally Wrong'

Eliminated requirements also include the writings of Martin Luther King Jr., United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez and suffragist Susan B. Anthony.

www.huffpost.com

Why has Texas become such a pariah state? What do you think?

Liberals are such liars

Nothing claimed in the OP is true

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AN ACT
relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (h-2), (h-3), (h-4), and (h-5) to read as
follows:
(h-2) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the
social studies curriculum, the State Board of Education shall adopt
essential knowledge and skills that develop each student's civic
knowledge, including an understanding of:
(1) the fundamental moral, political, and
intellectual foundations of the American experiment in
self-government;
(2) the history, qualities, traditions, and features
of civic engagement in the United States;
(3) the history of Native Americans;
(4) the structure, function, and processes of
government institutions at the federal, state, and local levels;
(5) the founding documents of the United States,
including:
(A) the Declaration of Independence;
(B) the United States Constitution;
(C) the Federalist Papers;
(D) the transcript of the first Lincoln-Douglas
debate;
(E) the writings of and about the founding
fathers and mothers and other founding persons of the United
States, including the writings of:
(i) George Washington;
(ii) Ona Judge;
(iii) Thomas Jefferson;
(iv) Sally Hemings; and
(v) any other founding persons of the
United States;
(F) writings from Frederick Douglass's
newspaper, the North Star;
(G) the Book of Negroes;
(H) the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850;
(I) the Indian Removal Act;
(J) Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury
Baptists; and
(K) William Still's Underground Railroad
Records;
(6) historical documents related to the civic
accomplishments of marginalized populations, including documents
related to:
(A) the Chicano movement;
(B) women's suffrage and equal rights;
(C) the civil rights movement;
(D) the Snyder Act of 1924; and
(E) the American labor movement;
(7) the history of white supremacy, including but not
limited to the institution of slavery, the eugenics movement, and
the Ku Klux Klan, and the ways in which it is morally wrong;
(8) the history and importance of the civil rights
movement, including the following documents:
(A) Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a
Birmingham Jail" and "I Have a Dream" speech;
(B) the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.S.C. Section 2000a et seq.);
(C) the United States Supreme Court's decision in
Brown v. Board of Education;;
(D) the Emancipation Proclamation;
(E) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
(F) the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth
Amendments to the United States Constitution;
(G) the United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit decision in Mendez v. Westminster;
(H) Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass, an American Slave;;
(I) the life and work of Cesar Chavez; and
(J) the life and work of Dolores Huerta;
(9) the history and importance of the women's suffrage
movement, including the following documents:
(A) the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52
U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.);
(B) the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-Sixth
Amendments to the United States Constitution;
(C) Abigail Adams's letter "Remember the
Ladies";
(D) the works of Susan B. Anthony; and
(E) the Declaration of Sentiments;
(10) the life and works of Dr. Hector P. Garcia;
(11) the American GI Forum;
(12) the League of United Latin American Citizens; and
(13) Hernandez v. Texas (1954).
(h-3) For any social studies course in the required
curriculum:
(1) a teacher may not be compelled to discuss a
particular current event or widely debated and currently
controversial issue of public policy or social affairs;
(2) a teacher who chooses to discuss a topic described
by Subdivision (1) shall, to the best of the teacher's ability,
strive to explore the topic from diverse and contending
perspectives without giving deference to any one perspective;
(3) a school district, open-enrollment charter
school, or teacher may not require, make part of a course, or award
a grade or course credit, including extra credit, for a student's:
(A) political activism, lobbying, or efforts to
persuade members of the legislative or executive branch at the
federal, state, or local level to take specific actions by direct
communication; or
(B) participation in any internship, practicum,
or similar activity involving social or public policy advocacy; and
(4) a teacher, administrator, or other employee of a
state agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school
may not:
(A) be required to engage in training,
orientation, or therapy that presents any form of race or sex
stereotyping or blame on the basis of race or sex;
(B) require or make part of a course the concept
that:
(i) one race or sex is inherently superior
to another race or sex;
(ii) an individual, by virtue of the
individual's race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or
oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously;
(iii) an individual should be discriminated
against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of
the individual's race;
(iv) members of one race or sex cannot and
should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex;
(v) an individual's moral character,
standing, or worth is necessarily determined by the individual's
race or sex;
(vi) an individual, by virtue of the
individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for actions
committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex;
(vii) an individual should feel discomfort,
guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on
account of the individual's race or sex;
(viii) meritocracy or traits such as a hard
work ethic are racist or sexist or were created by members of a
particular race to oppress members of another race;
(ix) the advent of slavery in the territory
that is now the United States constituted the true founding of the
United States; or
(x) with respect to their relationship to
American values, slavery and racism are anything other than
deviations from, betrayals of, or failures to live up to, the
authentic founding principles of the United States, which include
liberty and equality; and
(C) require an understanding of The 1619 Project.
(h-4) A state agency, school district, or open-enrollment
charter school may not accept private funding for the purpose of
developing a curriculum, purchasing or selecting curriculum
materials, or providing teacher training or professional
development for a course described by Subsection (h-3)(3).
(h-5) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
may not implement, interpret, or enforce any rules or student code
of conduct in a manner that would result in the punishment of a
student for discussing, or have a chilling effect on student
discussion of, the concepts described by Subsection (h-3)(4).
SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 school
year.
(b) Section 28.002(h-2), Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 31, 2022, the State Board
of Education shall review and revise, as needed, the essential
knowledge and skills of the social studies curriculum as required
by Section 28.002(h-2), Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. If any provision of this Act or its application
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does
not affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can be
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to
this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.


______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House


I certify that H.B. No. 3979 was passed by the House on May
11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 79, Nays 65, 2 present, not
voting.

______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

You are describing yourself and the Republican Party.

That makes no sense.

 

[Turtlesoup]

They're telling kids it isn't.

No they aren't telling the kids anything----leaving the kids to figure it out on their own--YOU KNOW THINKING FOR THEMSELVES instead of being brainwashed. Most kids know what is evil--sure they can figure it out. Time to getting away from peer pressure and herd mentality----GROUP THOUGHT is very bad as it teaches the herd to not know what is much less figure out on their own what is right and wrong making them subject to cult mentalities.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Even we were taught about MLK. Shocking.

 

[basquebromance]

 

[MarcATL]

No they're not, you dumb fucking shit. They're not mentioning it anymore. There's no need to talk about all eight members of the KKK.

Only a rabid white supremacist could even fathom to whittle down the world's most prominent domestic terrorist organization to 8 people.

#LOLGOP #TooFunny #CLASSIC

 

[marvin martian]

Only a rabid white supremacist could even fathom to whittle down the world's most prominent domestic terrorist organization to 8 people.

#LOLGOP #TooFunny #CLASSIC

Nine if we include your homie here. Say hi for me, I know you two are close.

 

[Papageorgio]

I don't need the media, the schools or anyone else setting my morals. The KKK was morally wrong.

 

[bendog]

Don't go to Texas? Lol

I don't. LOL

 

[MarcATL]

I don't need the media, the schools or anyone else setting my morals. The KKK was morally wrong.

You do realize that your first sentence canceled your last, right?

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Fine, Native Americans were slave owners go teach that.

The losers in Native American turf wars were routinely made into slaves serving the bigger tribes.

I guess we aren't supposed to know that and believe only the White Devils held slaves
when if fact, that's not true.

 

[bendog]

Eliminated requirements also include the writings of Martin Luther King Jr., United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez and suffragist Susan B. Anthony.

In a new political low in Texas, the Republican-dominated state Senate has passed a bill to eliminate a requirement that public schools teach that the Ku Klux Klan and its white supremacist campaign of terror are “morally wrong.”

The cut is among some two dozen curriculum requirements dropped in the measure, along with studying Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the works of United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony’s writings about the women’s suffragist movement, and Native American history.

Critics say the state is promoting an “anti-civics” education.

Senate Bill 3 — passed last Friday 18-4 — drops most mentions of people of color and women from the state’s required curriculum.

That includes eliminating a requirement that students be taught the “history of white supremacy, including but not limited to the institution of slavery, the eugenics movement, and the Ku Klux Klan, and the ways in which it is morally wrong.”

Texas Senate Bill Drops Teaching Requirement That Ku Klux Klan Is 'Morally Wrong'

Eliminated requirements also include the writings of Martin Luther King Jr., United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez and suffragist Susan B. Anthony.

www.huffpost.com

Why has Texas become such a pariah state? What do you think?

I guess I wonder if the Tex Legislature wants schools to be able to teach that the Forrest KKK was somehow justified in opposing reconstruction and was a response to white people not having sufficient legal protection. After reconstruction ended in Grant's second term, the KKK simply became a terrorist instutition.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

The losers in Native American turf wars were routinely made into slaves serving the bigger tribes.

I guess we aren't supposed to know that and believe only the White Devils held slaves
when if fact, that's not true.

That was part of the process of indigenous people’s annihilation of those defeated tribes.

 

[Papageorgio]

You do realize that your first sentence canceled your last, right?

Well let's put it this way, the KKK is and was morally wrong.

Does that make it clear on my position?

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

That was part of the process of indigenous people’s annihilation of those defeated tribes.

Undoubtedly CRT will indoctrinate young mush-heads on those facts.
Blacks, whites, Hispanics, Native Americans all dealt in human assets at some point in the past.

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[percysunshine]

The text is pretty clear....."a teacher may not be compelled"

This is an anti-CRT morality bill. A teacher cannot be compelled to teach the morality of CRT, the KKK, or anything else.

The key word is 'compelled'.

 

[my2¢]

Texas' action seems reasonable to me as long as it only drops the requirement but does not prohibit its teaching. I see such specific items of study best decided not by the state but by local Boards of Education. It surely isn't a principle that gets me up in arms, just a general notion. I notice Texas still requires the teaching of the Holocaust, Arizona just joined that list of states.

 

[colfax_m]

Liberals are such liars

Nothing claimed in the OP is true

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AN ACT
relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (h-2), (h-3), (h-4), and (h-5) to read as
follows:
(h-2) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the
social studies curriculum, the State Board of Education shall adopt
essential knowledge and skills that develop each student's civic
knowledge, including an understanding of:
(1) the fundamental moral, political, and
intellectual foundations of the American experiment in
self-government;
(2) the history, qualities, traditions, and features
of civic engagement in the United States;
(3) the history of Native Americans;
(4) the structure, function, and processes of
government institutions at the federal, state, and local levels;
(5) the founding documents of the United States,
including:
(A) the Declaration of Independence;
(B) the United States Constitution;
(C) the Federalist Papers;
(D) the transcript of the first Lincoln-Douglas
debate;
(E) the writings of and about the founding
fathers and mothers and other founding persons of the United
States, including the writings of:
(i) George Washington;
(ii) Ona Judge;
(iii) Thomas Jefferson;
(iv) Sally Hemings; and
(v) any other founding persons of the
United States;
(F) writings from Frederick Douglass's
newspaper, the North Star;
(G) the Book of Negroes;
(H) the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850;
(I) the Indian Removal Act;
(J) Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury
Baptists; and
(K) William Still's Underground Railroad
Records;
(6) historical documents related to the civic
accomplishments of marginalized populations, including documents
related to:
(A) the Chicano movement;
(B) women's suffrage and equal rights;
(C) the civil rights movement;
(D) the Snyder Act of 1924; and
(E) the American labor movement;
(7) the history of white supremacy, including but not
limited to the institution of slavery, the eugenics movement, and
the Ku Klux Klan, and the ways in which it is morally wrong;
(8) the history and importance of the civil rights
movement, including the following documents:
(A) Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a
Birmingham Jail" and "I Have a Dream" speech;
(B) the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.S.C. Section 2000a et seq.);
(C) the United States Supreme Court's decision in
Brown v. Board of Education;;
(D) the Emancipation Proclamation;
(E) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
(F) the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth
Amendments to the United States Constitution;
(G) the United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit decision in Mendez v. Westminster;
(H) Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass, an American Slave;;
(I) the life and work of Cesar Chavez; and
(J) the life and work of Dolores Huerta;
(9) the history and importance of the women's suffrage
movement, including the following documents:
(A) the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52
U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.);
(B) the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-Sixth
Amendments to the United States Constitution;
(C) Abigail Adams's letter "Remember the
Ladies";
(D) the works of Susan B. Anthony; and
(E) the Declaration of Sentiments;
(10) the life and works of Dr. Hector P. Garcia;
(11) the American GI Forum;
(12) the League of United Latin American Citizens; and
(13) Hernandez v. Texas (1954).
(h-3) For any social studies course in the required
curriculum:
(1) a teacher may not be compelled to discuss a
particular current event or widely debated and currently
controversial issue of public policy or social affairs;
(2) a teacher who chooses to discuss a topic described
by Subdivision (1) shall, to the best of the teacher's ability,
strive to explore the topic from diverse and contending
perspectives without giving deference to any one perspective;
(3) a school district, open-enrollment charter
school, or teacher may not require, make part of a course, or award
a grade or course credit, including extra credit, for a student's:
(A) political activism, lobbying, or efforts to
persuade members of the legislative or executive branch at the
federal, state, or local level to take specific actions by direct
communication; or
(B) participation in any internship, practicum,
or similar activity involving social or public policy advocacy; and
(4) a teacher, administrator, or other employee of a
state agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school
may not:
(A) be required to engage in training,
orientation, or therapy that presents any form of race or sex
stereotyping or blame on the basis of race or sex;
(B) require or make part of a course the concept
that:
(i) one race or sex is inherently superior
to another race or sex;
(ii) an individual, by virtue of the
individual's race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or
oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously;
(iii) an individual should be discriminated
against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of
the individual's race;
(iv) members of one race or sex cannot and
should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex;
(v) an individual's moral character,
standing, or worth is necessarily determined by the individual's
race or sex;
(vi) an individual, by virtue of the
individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for actions
committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex;
(vii) an individual should feel discomfort,
guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on
account of the individual's race or sex;
(viii) meritocracy or traits such as a hard
work ethic are racist or sexist or were created by members of a
particular race to oppress members of another race;
(ix) the advent of slavery in the territory
that is now the United States constituted the true founding of the
United States; or
(x) with respect to their relationship to
American values, slavery and racism are anything other than
deviations from, betrayals of, or failures to live up to, the
authentic founding principles of the United States, which include
liberty and equality; and
(C) require an understanding of The 1619 Project.
(h-4) A state agency, school district, or open-enrollment
charter school may not accept private funding for the purpose of
developing a curriculum, purchasing or selecting curriculum
materials, or providing teacher training or professional
development for a course described by Subsection (h-3)(3).
(h-5) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
may not implement, interpret, or enforce any rules or student code
of conduct in a manner that would result in the punishment of a
student for discussing, or have a chilling effect on student
discussion of, the concepts described by Subsection (h-3)(4).
SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 school
year.
(b) Section 28.002(h-2), Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 31, 2022, the State Board
of Education shall review and revise, as needed, the essential
knowledge and skills of the social studies curriculum as required
by Section 28.002(h-2), Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. If any provision of this Act or its application
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does
not affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can be
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to
this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.


______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House


I certify that H.B. No. 3979 was passed by the House on May
11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 79, Nays 65, 2 present, not
voting.

______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House

You posted the text of HB 3979. That's not the bill in question, which is SB 3.

 

[Mac-7]

You posted the text of HB 3979. That's not the bill in question, which is SB 3.

C BILL TO BE ENTITLED
ANACT relatingtocertaincurriculuminpublicschools,includingcertain
instructionalrequirementsandprohibitions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTIONA1.AASubchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amendedbyaddingSection21.4555toreadasfollows: Sec.A21.4555.AACIVICS TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) To facilitate theteachingofcurriculumconsistentwithSections28.002(h-2)and 28.0022, the commissioner shall develop and make available civics
trainingprogramsforteachersandadministrators.
(b)AAA civics training program developed under this section
mustincludetrainingin:
(1)AAthe essential knowledge and skills for the social
studiescurriculumrelatedtocivicknowledgeadoptedunderSection
28.002(h-2);
(2)AAguided classroom discussion of current events, as
appropriate for the grade level and consistent with the restrictionsunderSection28.0022;
(3)AAclassroom simulations and models of governmental and democratic processes consistent with the requirements and restrictionsofSections28.002(h-2)and28.0022;
(4)AAmedia literacy, including instruction on verifying information and sources, identifying and responding to logical fallacies, and identifying propaganda, as appropriate for
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1 thegradelevelandconsistentwiththerestrictionsunderSection
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3 (5)AAstrategies for incorporating civics instruction
4 intosubjectareasotherthansocialstudies.
5 (c)AAThe commissioner by rule shall establish the grade
6 levels at which a teacher provides instruction to be eligible to
7 participate in a civics training program. In making the
8 determination, the commissioner shall include grade levels for
9 which the State Board of Education makes significant revisions to
10 the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies
11 curriculumunderSection28.002(h-2).
12 (d)AAEach civics training program developed under Subsection
13 (a)mustbereviewedandapprovedbytheStateBoardofEducation.
14 Theboardshallannuallyrevieweachprogram.
15 (e)AAEach school district and open-enrollment charter school
16 shallensurethateachdistrictorschoolcampusthatoffersagrade
17 leveldescribedbySubsection(c)hasatleastoneteacherandone
18 principalorcampusinstructionalleaderwhohasattendedacivics
19 training program. The agency shall provide assistance to school
20 districtsandopen-enrollmentcharterschoolsincomplyingwiththe
21 requirementsofthissubsection.
22 (f)AAFrom funds available for that purpose, a teacher who
23 attendsacivicstrainingprogrammayreceiveastipendinanamount
24 determined by the commissioner. A stipend received under this
25 sectionisnotincludedindeterminingwhetheradistrictispaying
26 theteachertheminimummonthlysalaryunderSection21.402.
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S.B.ANo.A3 (e)toaschoolyearnotlaterthanthe2025-2026schoolyearifthe revision of the essential knowledge and skills for the social studiescurriculumunderSection28.002(h-2)ortheavailabilityof civicstrainingprogramsdoesnotoccurinamannerthatreasonably affords public schools the ability to comply with that subsection by an earlier school year. This subsection expires September 1,
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(h)AANothing in this section may be construed as limiting the
teaching of or instruction in the essential knowledge and skills adoptedunderSubchapterA,Chapter28.
SECTIONA2.AASection 28.002, Education Code, as effective September 1, 2021, is amended by adding Subsections (h-2), (h-7), and(h-8)toreadasfollows:
(h-2)AAIn adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12, the State Board of Education shall adopt essential knowledge and skills that develop each student’s civic knowledge,including:
(1)AAan understanding of:
(A)AAthe fundamental moral, political,
entrepreneurial, and intellectual foundations of the American experimentinself-government;
(B)AAthe history, qualities, traditions, and featuresofcivicengagementintheUnitedStates;
(C)AAthe structure, function, and processes of governmentinstitutionsatthefederal,state,andlocallevels;
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(i)AAthe Declaration of Independence; (ii)AAthe United States Constitution; (iii)AAthe Federalist Papers, including
(iv)AAexcerpts from Alexis de Tocqueville ’s
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(vi)AAthe writings of the founding fathers oftheUnitedStates;and
(E)AAthe history and importance of:
(i)AAthe federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.S.C.Section2000aetseq.);
(ii)AAthe Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and
NineteenthAmendmentstotheUnitedStatesConstitution; (iii)AAthe complexity of the historic
relationshipbetweenTexasandMexico;and
(iv)AAthe diversity of the Hispanic
populationinTexas;
(2)AAthe ability to:
(A)AAanalyze and determine the reliability of informationsources;
(B)AAformulate and articulate reasoned positions;
(C)AAunderstand the manner in which local, state, and federal government works and operates through the use of
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(3)AAan appreciation of:
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participatinginciviclife;
(B)AAa commitment to the United States and its
formofgovernment;and
(C)AAa commitment to free speech and civil
discourse.
(h-7)AAThe agency shall ensure that each school district or
open-enrollmentcharterschoolteachescivicseducationaspartof the district’s social studies curriculum in a manner consistent with the essential knowledge and skills adopted under Subsection (h-2).
(h-8)AANothing in Subsections (h-2) and (h-7) may be construed as limiting the teaching of or instruction in the essentialknowledgeandskillsadoptedunderthissubchapter.
SECTIONA3.AASection 28.002(h-2), Education Code, as added by H.B.4509,Actsofthe87thLegislature,RegularSession,2021,is redesignated as Section 28.002(h-6), Education Code, to read as follows:
(h-6)A[(h-2)]AAIn providing instruction regarding the
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S.B.ANo.A3 foundingdocumentsoftheUnitedStatesasdescribedbySubsection (h-1)(4),aschooldistrictoropen-enrollmentcharterschoolshall usethosedocumentsaspartoftheinstructionalmaterialsforthe
instruction.
SECTIONA4.AASubchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amendedbyaddingSection28.0022toreadasfollows: Sec.A28.0022.AACERTAIN INSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS. (a) For any course or subject, including an innovative course, for a grade level from kindergarten through
grade12:
(1)AAa teacher may not be compelled to discuss a particular current event or widely debated and currently controversialissueofpublicpolicyorsocialaffairs;
(2)AAa teacher who chooses to discuss a topic described by Subdivision (1) shall, to the best of the teacher’s ability, strive to explore that topic from diverse and contending perspectiveswithoutgivingdeferencetoanyoneperspective;
(3)AAa school district, open-enrollment charter school,orteachermaynotrequire,makepartofacourse,oraward agradeorcoursecredit,includingextracredit,forastudent’s:
(A)AAwork for, affiliation with, or service learninginassociationwithanyorganizationengagedin:
(i)AAlobbying for legislation at the federal,state,orlocallevel;or
policyadvocacy;
(ii)AAsocial policy advocacy or public
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S.B.ANo.A3 persuade members of the legislative or executive branch at the federal, state, or local level to take specific actions by direct
communication;or
(C)AAparticipation in any internship, practicum,
or similar activity involving social policy advocacy or public policyadvocacy;and
(4)AAa teacher, administrator, or other employee of a state agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school maynot:
(A)AArequire or make part of a course inculcation intheconceptthat:
(i)AAone race or sex is inherently superior toanotherraceorsex;
(ii)AAan individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or
oppressive,whetherconsciouslyorunconsciously;
(iii)AAan individual should be discriminated
against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of the individual ’s race or sex;
(iv)AAan individual ’s moral character, standing, or worth is necessarily determined by the individual’s
raceorsex;
(v)AAan individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, bears responsibility for actions
committedinthepastbyothermembersofthesameraceorsex; (vi)AAan individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on
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accountoftheindividual’sraceorsex;
(vii)AAmeritocracy or traits such as a hard
work ethic are racist or sexist or were created by members of a particularracetooppressmembersofanotherrace;
(viii)AAthe advent of slavery in the territory that is now the United States constituted the true
foundingoftheUnitedStates;or
(ix)AAwith respect to their relationship to
American values, slavery and racism are anything other than deviations from, betrayals of, or failures to live up to the authentic founding principles of the United States, which include libertyandequality;
(B)AAteach, instruct, or train any administrator, teacher, or staff member of a state agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school to adopt a concept listed under
Paragraph(A);or
(C)AArequire an understanding of the 1619 Project. (b)AASubsection (a)(3) may not be construed to apply to a student’s participation in community charitable projects, such as building community gardens, volunteering at local food banks, or
otherserviceprojects.
(c)AAA state agency, school district, or open-enrollment
charter school may not accept private funding for the purpose of developing a curriculum, purchasing or selecting curriculum materials, or providing teacher training or professional developmentforacoursedescribedbySubsection(a)(4).
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S.B.ANo.A3 notimplement,interpret,orenforceanyrule,includingastandard providedbyastudentcodeofconductadoptedunderSection37.001, in a manner that would result in the punishment of a student for discussing the concepts described by Subsection (a)(4) or have a
chillingeffectonstudentdiscussionsinvolvingthoseconcepts. (e)AANothing in this section may be construed as limiting the teaching of or instruction in the essential knowledge and skills
adoptedunderthissubchapter.
SECTIONA5.AASections 28.002(h-2), (h-3), (h-4), and (h-5),
as added by H.B. 3979, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session,2021,andeffectiveSeptember1,2021,arerepealed.
SECTIONA6.AA(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section,thisActappliesbeginningwiththe2021-2022schoolyear.
(b)AASection 28.002(h-2), Education Code, as added by this Act,appliesbeginningwiththe2022-2023schoolyear.
SECTIONA7.AANot later than December 31, 2022, the State Board of Education shall review and revise, as needed, the essential knowledge and skills of the social studies curriculum as required bySection28.002(h-2),EducationCode,asaddedbythisAct.
SECTIONA8.AAIf any provision of this Act or its application toanypersonorcircumstanceisheldinvalid,theinvaliditydoes notaffectotherprovisionsorapplicationsofthisActthatcanbe given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to thisendtheprovisionsofthisActaredeclaredtobeseverable.
SECTIONA9.AAThis Act takes effect September 1, 2021, if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house,asprovidedbySection39,ArticleIII,TexasConstitution.
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In a new political low in Texas, the Republican-dominated state Senate has passed a bill to eliminate a requirement that public schools teach that the Ku Klux Klan and its white supremacist campaign of terror are “morally wrong.”