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Educational Freedom Act to be deliberated on by the House

Senate File 130 would require school districts to adopt instruction procedures and policies that are consistent with the following principles of individual freedom.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — An act that would require instruction in public K–12 schools to be consistent with the principles of individual freedom has cleared the Wyoming Senate and will now be deliberated on by the House.

Senate File 130 would require school districts to adopt instruction procedures and policies that are consistent with the following principles of individual freedom:

  • All members of the human race are equal.
  • All citizens are politically equal as the laws of this state affecting the political rights and privileges of its citizens shall be without distinction of race, color, sex or any circumstance or condition other than individual incompetency or unworthiness duly ascertained by a court of competent jurisdiction.
  • No ethnicity is inherently superior to another ethnicity and no sectarian instruction shall be taught on this topic.
  • No person shall be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly on the basis of ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, disability or sex.
  • Meritocracy or traits, including solid work ethic, are not racist but fundamental to the right to pursue happiness and to be rewarded for industriousness.
  • No person, by virtue of his ethnicity or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same ethnicity or sex.
  • Instructional personnel may facilitate discussions and use curricula to address, in an age‑appropriate manner, the topics of sexism, slavery, racial oppression, racial segregation and racial discrimination, including topics relating to the enactment and enforcement of laws resulting in sexism, racial oppression, racial segregation and racial discrimination.
  • Administrative personnel shall not implement programs or policies that adversely reflect upon a person because of his ethnicity, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, disability, socioeconomic status or occupation.
  • Any board of trustees of any school district shall not provide an educational program pursuant to W.S. 21‑3‑110(a)(xv) that adversely reflects upon a person because of his ethnicity, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, disability, socioeconomic status or occupation.

Co-sponsors of the bill include Sens. Lynn Hutchings, Bob Ide, Troy McKeown and Cheri Steinmetz and Reps. John Bear, Scott Heiner, Pepper Ottman, Tamara Trujillo and Jeanette Ward.

The House received the bill on Jan. 30 and has not yet been assigned to a committee.


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