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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