HB 977

Abstract

Public elementary and secondary education; schoolboards and employees; promotion of diversity and respect. Requireseach local school board and employee thereof to promote (i) diversityand respect, with the understanding that all individuals are createdequal and diversity is a strength of the United States, and (ii)the concept that all cultures have contributed greatly to the richhistory of the United States and the way of life that Americans enjoytoday. The bill prohibits any local school board or employee thereoffrom training, teaching, or promoting to enrolled students or schoolboard employees the concept that (a) any race is inherently superioror inferior to any other race; (b) any individual, by virtue of hisrace or skin color, is inherently racist, privileged, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; (c) any individual, by virtueof his race or religion, bears responsibility for the actions committedby other members of his race or religion; (d) any individual's moralcharacter is determined by his race; (e) the United States is a fundamentallyor systemically racist country; or (f) capitalism is an inherentlyracist economic system.