SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2132
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEHALEY.
3095H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter170,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtostatewide
assessments.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter170,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection170.347,toreadasfollows:
170.347.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean:
2 (1)"Promote",compellingstudentstoaffirmorprofessbeliefintheconceptsor
3ideasdescribedinsubsection2ofthissection;
4 (2)"Publicschool",thesamedefinitionasinsection160.011;
5 (3)"Stateexam",anyexaminationrequiredasprovidedinsection170.011,
6170.013,or170.345orthatisproducedbythedepartmentofelementaryandsecondary
7educationforassessmentpurposesasprovidedinsection160.526.
8 2.Nostateexamshallincludeanyquestionorstatementthatpromotesany
9conceptorideathat:
10 (1)Oneraceorsexisinherentlysuperiortoanotherraceorsex;
11 (2)Anindividual,solelybyvirtueofsuchindividual'sraceorsex,isinherently
12racist,sexist,oroppressive,whetherconsciouslyorunconsciously;
13 (3)Anindividualshouldbediscriminatedagainstorreceiveadversetreatment
14solelyorpartlybecauseofsuchindividual'sraceorsex;
15 (4)Anindividual'smoralcharacter,standing,orworthisnecessarilydetermined
16bysuchindividual'sraceorsex;
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 (5)Anindividual,solelybyvirtueofsuchindividual'sraceorsex,bears
18responsibilityforactionscommittedinthepastbyothermembersofthesameraceor
19sex;
20 (6)Anindividual,solelybyvirtueofsuchindividual'sraceorsex,shouldfeel
21discomfort,guilt,anguish,oranyotherformofpsychologicaldistress;
22 (7)Ameritocracyortraitssuchasastrongworkethicareinherentlyracistor
23sexistorwerecreatedbymembersofaparticularracetooppressmembersofanother
24race;
25 (8)TheadventofslaveryintheterritorythatisnowtheUnitedStates
26constitutedthetruefoundingoftheUnitedStates;or
27 (9)Slaveryandracism,withrespecttotheirrelationshiptoAmericanvalues,are
28anythingotherthandeviationsfrom,betrayalsof,orfailurestoliveuptotheauthentic
29foundingprinciplesoftheUnitedStates,whichincludelibertyandequality.
30 3.Ifanynationwidestandardizedtestincludesanyquestionpromotingthe
31conceptsorideasdescribedinsubsection2ofthissection,nostudentinthisstateshall
32berequiredtotakesuchtestbutmaysubstituteanyotherequivalentnationwide
33standardizedtestthatdoesnotpromotesuchconceptsorideas.
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