SB 411

This bill prohibits race or sex stereotyping in 1) instruction provided to pupils

in school districts and independent charter schools; and 2) training provided to

employees of school boards and independent charter schools. Under the bill, a school

board or the operator of an independent charter school is prohibited from allowing

a teacher to teach pupils race or sex stereotyping in any course or as part of any

curriculum and is prohibited from requiring an employee to attend a training that

teaches, advocates, acts upon, or promotes race or sex stereotyping. Among the

concepts that are prohibited from being taught under the bill are the following: that

one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex and that an individual,

by virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for acts committed in the

past by other individuals of the same race or sex. The bill provides that the state

superintendent of public instruction must withhold 10 percent of state aid

distributions from a school board or operator that violates these prohibitions. The

bill also provides that a parent or guardian of a student may bring a claim against

a school district or operator of a charter school for violation of the prohibitions.

The bill also requires each school board to post all curricula used in schools in

the school district on the school district's Internet site and, if a school board

maintains an Internet site for an individual school, on the individual school's

Internet site. If an Internet site is maintained for an independent charter school, the

bill requires the authorizer of the independent charter school to ensure that all

curricula used in the independent charter school are posted on the independent

charter school's Internet site. Under the bill, upon request, a school board or

independent charter school operator must provide a printed copy of any curriculum

that it is required to post on its Internet site, at no cost to the requester.