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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 43
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 98
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist.
REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist.
AN ACT PREVENTING POLITICAL BIAS IN THE CLASSROOM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit the 1
development, adoption or teaching of a curriculum for students in 2
grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, that includes the teaching of 3
biased political ideology or makes any individual feel discomfort, guilt, 4
anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of the 5
individual's race or sex, and (2) define (A) "biased political ideology" as 6
the following concepts: (i) One race or sex is inherently superior to 7
another race or sex, (ii) the state of Connecticut or the United States of 8
America is fundamentally racist or sexist, (iii) an individual, by virtue 9
of the individual's race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, 10
whether consciously or unconsciously, (iv) an individual should be 11
discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly 12
because of the individual's race or sex, (v) an individual's moral 13
character is necessarily determined by the individual's race or sex, (vi) 14
an individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears 15 Proposed Bill No. 43
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responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the 16
same race or sex, (vii) any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, 17
anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of the 18
individual's race or sex, (viii) meritocracy or traits such as hard work 19
ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a particular race to oppress 20
another race, or (ix) any other form of race or sex stereotyping of any 21
other form of race or sex scapegoating, (B) "race or sex stereotyping" as 22
ascribing character traits, values, moral and ethical codes, privileges, 23
status or beliefs to a race or sex or to an individual because of the 24
individual's race or sex, and (C) "race or sex scapegoating" means 25
assigning fault, blame or bias to a race or sex or to members of a race or 26
sex because of the individual's race or sex and similarly encompasses 27
any claim that any particular race or sex is responsible for society's ills. 28
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent political bias in the classroom.