Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00585 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 585
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1414 SEN. BERTHEL, 32nd Dist.
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1818 AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC ACCESS TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
1919 CURRICULUM AND THE PROHIBITION OF THE TEACHING OF
2020 BIASED POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IN SCHOOLS.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2222 Assembly convened:
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2424 That chapter 170 of the general statutes be amended to require a local 1
2525 or regional board of education to ensure that the curriculum for each 2
2626 grade in the school district, including all course materials, is made 3
2727 available in an easily accessible location on the board's Internet web site 4
2828 prior to the start of each school year; and further that chapter 163 of the 5
2929 general statutes be amended to require that no curriculum developed 6
3030 and adopted by the State Board of Education, Department of Education 7
3131 or any local or regional board of education or taught in any school in the 8
3232 state include the teaching of biased political ideology to students in 9
3333 grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, and that any teacher who 10
3434 violates such requirement may be subject to disciplinary action and 11
3535 permit a parent or guardian of a student to bring an action in Superior 12
3636 Court for alleged violations of such requirement. 13 Proposed Bill No. 585
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4141 Statement of Purpose:
4242 To allow parents of students to have a meaningful role in their child's
4343 education by requiring access to public school curriculum and
4444 prohibiting the teaching of biased political ideology in schools.