Now that the radical conservatives have been temporarily beaten back from the State Board of Education, they are trying a new tact to control schools. Lance Kinzer from Olathe has proposed a bill to strip primary and secondary school teachers from protections against laws related to obscenity.
Kansas has been at the center of a number of controversial book decisions that have upset conservatives and it seems that this bill is an attempt to muzzle teachers ability to select materials deemed offensive to delicate religious conservative sensibilities. It is not enough that school districts already have opt out provisions for parents who might object to certain material, now the conservatives lead by Kinzer want to control what all kids are exposed to regardless of what parents might want.
The story is reported in today's Lawrence Journal World.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/feb/27/bill_could_put_limits_book_choices/?kansas_legislature
Technorati tags:
Kansas
censorship
obscenity
education
1 comment:
Kansas conservatives will continue to do every thing they can to railroad science and non biased education, for conservatives know that if the scientific theory of evolution and social tolerance and other modern ideas are instilled upon the children of Kansas that the tradition of right wing politics will come to an end. If I have kids I will likely move out of the state of Kansas or home school them in many fields of education rather than let them become victim to a school system that has been forced to teach to appease the personal views of the politicians of Kansas.
Post a Comment