HB2132--STATEWIDEASSESSMENTS
SPONSOR: Haley
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
ElementaryandSecondaryEducationbyavoteof10to6.
ThisbillrequiresthatstateexamsproducedbytheDepartmentof
ElementaryandSecondaryEducationorrequiredundersections
170.011,170.013,or170.345RSMo.,maynotincludespecific
questionsorstatementsthatpromoteconceptsorideaslistedin
thebill.Suchconceptsandideasincludebutarenotlimitedto:
oneraceorsexisinherentlysuperiortoanotherraceorsex;an
individual'smoralcharacter,standing,orworthisnecessarily
determinedbysuchindividual'sraceorsex;andtheadventof
slaveryintheterritorythatisnowtheUnitedStatesconstituted
thetruefoundingoftheUnitedStates.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthisbillwillhelpschoolsfocus
onwhatismostimportantandpreventindoctrination ofchildren
withspecificideologyrelatingtogenderorrace.Thereare26
otherstatesthathavelanguagesimilarinfashionandthisisan
appropriatesteptowardensuringthatnoraceistreatedsuperior.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Haley;andJennifer
Stock.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsaythatthislanguagecould
forceteacherstoignoreimportanthistoricalconceptsthatmight
beveryrelevanttotoday'ssociety. Concernswereraisedaboutif
districtscouldaddressslaveryandthefoundingfathers. This
billappearstobepoliticallymotivatedratherthanwhatisinthe
bestinterestofthestudentsofMissouri.
TestifyingagainstthebillwereBrigitteSheridan;Christine
Brown;Dava-LeighBrush;MissouriNEA;PROMO;MissouriState
ConferenceoftheNAACP;ProChoiceMissouri;andArnieC.Dienoff.
OTHERS:Otherstestifyingonthebillsaymandatedstatewide
testingisnoteffectiveforstudentswithdisabilities.
TestifyingonthebillwasLukeBarber.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.