Posted on 05/12/2010 5:56:20 AM PDT by lbryce
A bill that aims to ban ethnic studies in Arizona schools was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jan Brewer, cheering critics who called such classes divisive and alarming others who said it's yet another law targeting Latinos in the state.
The move comes less than 20 days after Brewer signed a controversial immigration bill that has caused widespread protests against the state. The governor's press office did not return requests for comment Tuesday evening.
HB 2281 bans schools from teaching classes that are designed for students of a particular ethnic group, promote resentment or advocate ethnic solidarity over treating pupils as individuals. The bill also bans classes that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government.
The bill was written to target the Chicano, or Mexican American, studies program in the Tucson school system, said state Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Horne.
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School districts that don't comply with the new law could have as much as 10% of their state funds withheld each month. Districts have the right to appeal the mandate, which goes into effect Dec. 31.
Tucson Unified School District officials say the Chicano studies classes benefit students and promote critical thinking. "We don't teach all those ugly things they think we're teaching," said Judy Burns, the president of the district's governing board.
She has no intention of ending the program, which offers courses from elementary school through high school in topics such as literature, history and social justice, with an emphasis on Latino authors and history. About 3% of the district's 55,000 students are enrolled in such classes.
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If it were only that easy..
**If it were only that easy..**
DITTO!!!
We can only DREAM this could be happening!
double ditto
Pretty sad that this has to be written into a law.
...well done AZ...now show us the way to end Women’s Studies in colleges(Man-Hating101)
The AZ legislature and Brewer seem to have some serious stones.
Hope they keep it up!
Omg. What are they doing to those poor kids? Social justice (communism), and Latino studies? What would they need those for in America? This isn't red China, nor is it Mexico.
Wow, I sure hope McLame can’t survive this onslaught of common sense in Arizona!
Let's hope so. Political correctness has done more to harm the world than any war in world history. Neighbor is rising up against neighbor. Nations are rising up against nations, and kingdoms are rising up against kingdoms with perplexity.
If everyone is a victim, then everyone must also be a villain! It's creating psychological chaos.
Will the UN convene a panel of “experts” to denounce this law too? After all, multiculturism and societal balkanazation is a principal tenet in the religion of global leftism.
And the hits keep coming. Way to go AZ!
I suppose all those lame classes do is flame anti-white race hate.
Hey. Jan Brewer isn't letting any grass grow under her feet.
Go, Jan Brewer.
Good for Arizona. Take out the trash and replace it with studying the Constitution and our Founding Fathers.
Once again, it seems the only Republicans with any stones are the females. May Arizona be blessed with abundant economic prosperity. Thank you again Jan Brewer.
Thank you, Gov. Brewer.
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