Arntzen Celebrates Role of Revised State Content Standards in Promoting Robust Civics Education for Montana Students Office of Public Instruction
July 08 2021
HELENA – As part of her commitment to ensuring Montana’s students become active participants in civil society, Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen released an opinion post on Medium describing how recently updated state Social Studies standards will help bring attention to increased opportunities for civics education in grades K-12. The newly revised standards, which took effect on July 1st, detail the knowledge base that students should progressively obtain in each year of schooling. The civics and government portions emphasize the use of primary documents to allow for greater critical thinking skills.
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Federal agencies are ramping up their attention to state anti-transgender laws recently passed, like Montana s new law prohibiting transgender women from participating in women s sports.
The U.S. Department of Justice last week said a new West Virginia law banning transgender women from participating in women s sports violates federal non-discrimination laws. The U.S. Department of Education, too, issued a notice last week that Title IX discrimination protections extend to transgender students, a warning that threatens funding for federal financial assistance recipients.
The Montana Legislature, in the process of passing House Bill 112, had prepared for such a position from the new presidential administration earlier this year. That came after President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office to protect transgender students access to sports. Before the Legislature was over, the NCAA had fired its own warning shot at states pocketbooks, announcing i