Public schools; programs and courses of instruction; instruction on January 6 insurrection.
This bill doesn’t ask schools to teach students what happened on January 6. It tells students what they’re allowed to think about it.
It locks in one narrative and treats any and all facts outside that as if it’s automatically wrong or off-limits, even if you just wanted to look at it from different angles in class.
That’s not education, that’s trying to script the narrative and shut the door on any other perspective and facts.
And for civics and history, that’s the exact opposite of what we’re supposed to be doing. Students should be learning how to dig into sources, weigh evidence, and see why people have differing views over events like this, not memorize a propagandist driven and approved conclusion that benefits Democrats.
Once you start writing the “right answer” into law, you turn a political fight into dogma and dare future politicians to do the same on every other hot topic.
Using the curriculum like that, as a blunt political tool instead of a space for honest inquiry, is a huge red flag and a solid reason this bill should be rejected. As should such narratives, miseducation itself.