According to a report by PEN America, a non-profit which works to protect freedom of expression in the U.S., more than 100 bills censoring teachers from discussing race and sexual identities in schools have been introduced in state legislatures in 2022, with the organization counting 155 bills introduced in 38 states that would censor what teachers can say or teach in classroom in the past year, reports The Guardian.
Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would ban discussion of sexuality and gender identity in schools and allow parents to file lawsuits against school boards if they believe policies violate the law, has already been widely criticized, while Kansas and Arizona recently introduced similarly restrictive bills that stifle access to LGBTQ+ positive groups and even potentially criminalize the discussion of homosexuality in schools in genera. The free speech group warns that such bills serve as “educational gag orders” that represent a “national assault on our education system” that can be traced to the anti-critical race theory (CRT) movement.
'Gag Orders' in Schools Violate Free Speech: PEN Writers Group - Crime Report
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