The New Hampshire House passed HB 1792, named the CHARLIE Act, which bars public schools from instructing children in critical race theory and what supporters call radical gender ideology. As reported by NH Journal, House Majority Leader Jason Osborne said the bill lets schools focus on core academics while giving parents a way to hold them accountable.
Osborne made his pitch on the House floor.
A vote for the CHARLIE Act is a vote for parents, a vote for academic excellence, a vote for the basic idea that schools should teach reading, writing, and arithmetic and leave the rest to their families,
Jason Osborne
NH Journal described what the legislation prohibits in the classroom.
The bill bans curricula such as critical race theory or LGBTQ+ ideology from being used as teaching models in classrooms.
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According to NH Journal, Osborne stressed the bill does not ban books or restrict teaching the full history of the country.
It does not ban a single book from a shelf. It does not prevent a teacher from teaching the full, unvarnished history of this country, including, say, slavery, including the civil rights movement, including every hard truth that we want our children to learn about,” Osborne said.
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NH Journal reported that the bill creates a private enforcement mechanism for parents.
The bill also allows parents to pursue civil lawsuits against schools and school officials who break the law by indoctrinating rather than educating.
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