Idaho Professors Sue Over Law That Criminalizes Teaching About Abortion
Say law tramples First Amendment rights
https://truthout.org/articles/idaho-professors-sue-over-law-criminalizing-teaching-about-abortion
* No Public Funds for Abortion Act: https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH87.pdf
* prohibits use of public funds to promote/counsel in favor of abortion
* law that they say punishes teachers with up to 14 years in prison for discussing or teaching about abortion in the classroom
#GOP #neofascism #censorship #education #Idaho #FirstAmendment #abortion
Addendae 1
Idaho’s Teacher of the Year Leaving State Following Right-Wing Harassment
Attacked for discussing world cultures, recognizing existence of United Nations
* 2022 Idaho Teacher of the Year harassed so frequently by right-wing parents, community members she decided to leave Idaho to pursue different career
MAGA Republicans are destroying public schools
#Idaho #IdahoEducation #CultureWars #GOP #neofascism #censorship #education #FarRight
Addendae 2
Who picks school curriculum? Idaho law hands more power to parents
New law expanding input from non-educators
https://hechingerreport.org/who-picks-school-curriculum-idaho-law-hands-more-power-to-parents
* dept. chair at Twin Falls High School told 2022 that half of committee he was leading to pick new texts & materials for the district’s English Language Arts classrooms would be parents & community members
* new Idaho law gave him no choice
* includes how subjects like climate change, social movements discussed in some courses
#Idaho #education
