Strike
everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Title
15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
sections 15-107 and 15-108, to read:
START_STATUTE15-107. Declaration of policy
The legislature finds and declares that:
1. A primary purpose of public education is to
inculcate values of American citizenship.
2. Public tax dollars used in public schools
should not be used to denigrate American values and the teachings of western
civilization.
3. Public tax dollars should not be used to
promote political, religious, ideological or cultural beliefs or values as
truth when such values are in conflict with the values of American citizenship
and the teachings of western CIVILIZATION.
START_STATUTE15-108. Denigration, disparagement or
encouragement of dissent from values of American democracy and western
civilization; prohibition; enforcement; prohibition of race-based
organizations; definition
A. A public school in this state shall not
include within the program of instruction any courses, classes or school
sponsored activities that promote, assert as truth or feature as an exclusive
focus any political, religious, ideological or cultural beliefs or values that
denigrate, disparage or overtly ENCOURAGE dissent from the values of American
democracy and western civilization, including democracy, capitalism, pluralism
and religious toleration.
B. This section does not prohibit the inclusion
of diverse political, religious, ideological or CULTURAL beliefs or values if
the course, CLASS or school sponsored activity as a whole does not denigrate,
disparage or overtly ENCOURAGE dissent from the values of American democracy
and western civilization.
C. On request of the superintendent of public
instruction or the superintendent's designee, a public school shall promptly
provide copies of curricula, course materials and course syllabi to the
superintendent of public INSTRUCTION. the superintendent of public
instruction, after providing appropriate notice and conducting an appropriate
hearing, may withhold a proportionate share of state monies from any public
school that violates subsection A. The superintendent of public instruction
may take reasonable and APPROPRIATE regulatory actions to enforce this
subsection. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to enlarge the
authority of the superintendent of public instruction to regulate the CONTENT
of curriculum in public schools.
D. A public school in this state, a university
under the JURISDICTION of the arizona board of regents and a community college
under the JURISDICTION of a community college DISTRICT in this state shall not
allow organizations to operate on the CAMPUS of the school, UNIVERSITY or
community college if the organization is based in whole or in part on
race-based criteria.
E. For the purposes of this section, "public
school" means any of the following:
1. A school district.
2. A school in a school district.
3. A charter school.
4. An accommodation school.
5. The arizona state schools for the deaf and the
blind." END_STATUTE
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