Idaho Senate OKs nondiscrimination education legislation
KEITH RIDLER, Associated Press
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) The Idaho Senate on Monday approved legislation aimed at preventing public schools, charter schools and universities from “indoctrinating students through teaching critical race theory, which examines the ways in which race and racism influence American politics, culture and the law.
Lawmakers voted 28-7 to send the bill to Republican Gov. Brad Little. It passed the House last week.
Some GOP lawmakers are concerned belief systems will be forced on Idaho students, and want legislation addressing that concern before they will vote to approve a logjam of education budget bills that must be passed before the Legislature can wrap up the session, now third-longest in state history.
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Senate committee kills sex education âopt-inâ bill
Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews.org
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Rep. Barbara Ehardt R-Idaho Falls
BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) An âopt-inâ bill for courses in human sexuality is dead for the session.
On a 5-4 vote, the Senate Education Committee rejected House Bill 249, which would have given parents the right to opt their children into classes on sexuality.
Under the current law, which remains place despite Wednesdayâs vote, local school districts decide on curriculum in sex education and human sexuality. Parents have the right to opt children out of classes on sex education.
HB 249 would not have changed the opt-out language on sex ed â on discussions of the physiology of sex. But the bill would have added opt-in language for discussions on âthe topics of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, eroticism, sexual pleasure, or sexual intimacy.â