Texas lawmakers introduced a bill to the state legislature that would ban textbooks teaching sexual & LGBT topics to students below the ninth grade. The bill bans books that “encourage lifestyles that deviate from generally accepted standards of society.”
The bill is the latest in a slew targeting the teaching of sexual and LGBT content in schools. Several bills have been introduced or passed recently targeting sexually explicit books in school libraries.
HB 1804 also put a considerable focus on looking to teach history in a balanced manner. It urges schoolteachers to only include violence in the"context of the causes and consequences of the violence and not for unwholesome excitement or sensationalism.
Another section is devoted to prejudice, asking that textbooks"treat all groups fairly and avoid biases or stereotypes regarding any particular individual, group, or type of work to reflect the positive contributions of all individuals and groups to the American way of life." Likewise, offensive language and harmful stereotypes in educational material are banned.
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