Bill Text: TX HB216 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to social studies curriculum in public schools.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [HB216 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB216-Introduced.html
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| By: Crockett | H.B. No. 216 | |
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| relating to social studies curriculum in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 28.002(h-3) and (h-5), Education Code, | ||
| as effective September 1, 2021, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (h-3) For any social studies course in the required | ||
| curriculum: | ||
| (1) a teacher may not be compelled to discuss a | ||
| particular current event or widely debated and currently | ||
| controversial issue of public policy or social affairs; | ||
| (2) a teacher who chooses to discuss a topic described | ||
| by Subdivision (1) shall, to the best of the teacher's ability, | ||
| strive to explore the topic from diverse and contending | ||
| perspectives without giving deference to any one perspective; and | ||
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| state agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| may not: | ||
| (A) be required to engage in training, | ||
| orientation, or therapy that presents any form of race or sex | ||
| stereotyping or blame on the basis of race or sex; | ||
| (B) require or make part of a course the concept | ||
| that: | ||
| (i) one race or sex is inherently superior | ||
| to another race or sex; | ||
| (ii) an individual, by virtue of the | ||
| individual's race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or | ||
| oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; | ||
| (iii) an individual should be discriminated | ||
| against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of | ||
| the individual's race; | ||
| (iv) members of one race or sex cannot and | ||
| should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex; | ||
| (v) an individual's moral character, | ||
| standing, or worth is necessarily determined by the individual's | ||
| race or sex; | ||
| (vi) an individual, by virtue of the | ||
| individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for actions | ||
| committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex; | ||
| (vii) an individual should feel discomfort, | ||
| guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on | ||
| account of the individual's race or sex; | ||
| (viii) meritocracy or traits such as a hard | ||
| work ethic are racist or sexist or were created by members of a | ||
| particular race to oppress members of another race; | ||
| (ix) the advent of slavery in the territory | ||
| that is now the United States constituted the true founding of the | ||
| United States; or | ||
| (x) with respect to their relationship to | ||
| American values, slavery and racism are anything other than | ||
| deviations from, betrayals of, or failures to live up to, the | ||
| authentic founding principles of the United States, which include | ||
| liberty and equality; and | ||
| (C) require an understanding of the [ |
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| Project. | ||
| (h-5) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| may not implement, interpret, or enforce any rules or student code | ||
| of conduct in a manner that would result in the punishment of a | ||
| student for discussing, or have a chilling effect on student | ||
| discussion of, the concepts described by Subsection (h-3)(3) | ||
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| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021, if it | ||
| receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each | ||
| house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. | ||
| If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that | ||
| date, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
