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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 98 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 43 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 98 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist. |
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| 16 | 16 | | REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist. |
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| 21 | 21 | | AN ACT PREVENTING POLITICAL BIAS IN THE CLASSROOM. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit the 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | development, adoption or teaching of a curriculum for students in 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, that includes the teaching of 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | biased political ideology or makes any individual feel discomfort, guilt, 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of the 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | individual's race or sex, and (2) define (A) "biased political ideology" as 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the following concepts: (i) One race or sex is inherently superior to 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | another race or sex, (ii) the state of Connecticut or the United States of 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | America is fundamentally racist or sexist, (iii) an individual, by virtue 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | of the individual's race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | whether consciously or unconsciously, (iv) an individual should be 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | because of the individual's race or sex, (v) an individual's moral 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | character is necessarily determined by the individual's race or sex, (vi) 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | an individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears 15 Proposed Bill No. 43 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 98 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | same race or sex, (vii) any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of the 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | individual's race or sex, (viii) meritocracy or traits such as hard work 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a particular race to oppress 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | another race, or (ix) any other form of race or sex stereotyping of any 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | other form of race or sex scapegoating, (B) "race or sex stereotyping" as 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ascribing character traits, values, moral and ethical codes, privileges, 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | status or beliefs to a race or sex or to an individual because of the 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | individual's race or sex, and (C) "race or sex scapegoating" means 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | assigning fault, blame or bias to a race or sex or to members of a race or 26 |
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| 55 | 55 | | sex because of the individual's race or sex and similarly encompasses 27 |
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| 56 | 56 | | any claim that any particular race or sex is responsible for society's ills. 28 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 58 | 58 | | To prevent political bias in the classroom. |
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