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Senate Committee Recommends Passage of CRT Bill
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | November 30, 2021
The Senate Education Committee voted along party lines yesterday to advance legislation that proponents say would ban the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 schools.The committee voted via paper ballot 4-3 to advance SB 411 and AB 411. All Republicans on the committee supported the bills, while all Democrats were opposed.AB 411 cleared the Assembly in September. The legislation prohibits race or sex stereotyping in 1) instruction provided to pupils; 2) training provided to school employees. The bill provides for the withholding of up to 10% of state aid and allows for parents/guardians to bring legal claims against districts for violations. It also requires school boards to post all curricula used in the district and provide a printed copy of curriculum at no cost to the requester. The SAA strongly opposes this legislation.
On October 4th, the SAA posted the complete testimony of Representative Chuck Wichgers (R-Muskego) on Assembly Bill 411. Representative Wichgers is the Assembly author of the bill. I forwarded his testimony simply to give SAA members a little taste of the current political environment inside the Capitol. At that time, I recommended that SAA members pay particular attention to the addendum to Representative Wichgers testimony in which he lists about 80 terms that, in his estimation, educators could no longer discuss in class if this bill were to become law. If you haven’t already done so, I urge you to check it out.
Stay tuned. We will keep you apprised of any developments on this issue.
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