HB 2281 - Ethnic Studies Ban - Arizona Key Vote
Albert Hale voted Nay (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- May 11, 2010
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 29, 2010
- Senate Bill Passed
- April 28, 2010
- House Bill Passed
- March 24, 2010
- Introduced
- Jan. 20, 2010
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Title: Ethnic Studies Ban
Signed by Governor Jan Brewer
Title: Ethnic Studies Ban
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that bans the teaching of Ethnic Studies classes in Arizona public schools.
Highlights:
- Prohibits public schools from teaching classes that (Sec. 1):
- Promote the overthrow of the United States government;
- Promote resentment towards a race or class of people;
- Are designed primarily for students of a certain race or ethnicity; or
- Advocate ethnic solidarity rather than treating people as individuals.
- Requires the State Board of Education or Superintendent of Public Instruction to notify a school that is in violation of this policy (Sec. 1).
- Authorizes the State Board of Education or Superintendent to direct the Department of Education to withhold ten percent of a school's monthly state funding if it fails to comply with this measure within sixty days of being notified (Sec. 1).
- Prohibits rules pertaining to the discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils to be based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry (Sec. 2).
Title: Ethnic Studies Ban
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that bans the teaching of Ethnic Studies classes in Arizona public schools.
Highlights:
- Prohibits public schools from teaching classes that (Sec. 1):
- Promote the overthrow of the United States government;
- Promote resentment towards a race or class of people;
- Are designed primarily for students of a certain race or ethnicity; or
- Advocate ethnic solidarity rather than treating people as individuals.
- Requires the State Board of Education or Superintendent of Public Instruction to notify a school that is in violation of this policy (Sec. 1).
- Authorizes the State Board of Education or Superintendent to direct the Department of Education to withhold ten percent of a school's monthly state funding if it fails to comply with this measure within sixty days of being notified (Sec. 1).
- Prohibits rules pertaining to the discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils to be based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry (Sec. 2).
Title: Schools, prohibited courses, discipline