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This resolve directs the State Board of Education to adopt major substantive rules prohibiting teachers in public schools from engaging in political, religious or ideological advocacy in the classroom or from introducing any controversial subject matter that is not germane to the topic of the course being taught, with penalties for violations up to and including termination of the teacher. This resolve requires the State Board of Education to provide written notice of the rules to all affected teachers, parents and students and for teachers to receive annually at least 3 hours of continuing teacher education to instruct the teachers on the rules. Finally, this resolve requests professional teacher organizations and unions to voluntarily adopt an educator's code of ethics and professional responsibility that incorporates the rules and that specifically prohibits teachers in kindergarten to grade 12 instruction from using the classroom for political indoctrination..

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Lawrence Lockman (R)*,  Amy Arata (R),  Richard Bradstreet (R),  Dick Campbell (R),  Stacey Guerin (R),  Beth O'Connor (R),  Michael Perkins (R), 

Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (on 03/07/2019)

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