Tue Apr 19, 2022 – 5:45 pm EDT
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (LifeSiteNews) — Republicans in the Missouri House have given preliminary approval to a bill establishing a “parents’ bill of rights” regarding exposure of children to objectionable material that would be enforced by lawsuits and loss of public funds.
HB 1858 gives parents the rights to “review curricula, books, and instructional materials”; to “visit school during school hours with restrictions”; and to “have sufficient accountability and transparency regarding school boards,” according to its legislative summary. It also places restrictions on various actions by school districts, including nondisclosure agreements on curriculum review, parental consent for extracurricular activities, data collection, and more.
To facilitate curriculum transparency, the bill requires education officials to post curricula online as well as set up “an Internet-based tool to give access to every school district’s curriculum, source materials, and professional development materials.”
Critically, the bill also forbids compelling “teachers or students to discuss public policy issues without consent,” or compelling them “to adopt, affirm, or profess” ideas “including but not limited to: that individuals of any race, ethnicity, color, or national origin are inherently superior or inferior and that individuals, by virtue of
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