This bill defines character education and creates restraints on a local education agency regarding the use of character education.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- repeals certain requirements related to:
civics education; andcharacter education;
- prohibits certain local education agency personnel from providing character education to a student in most instances;
- provides that this bill does not affect certain individual rights;
- requires the state auditor to:receive certain reports;conduct certain investigations; andenforce the provisions of the section;
- creates a private right of action;
- prohibits the State Board of Education from creating certain rules related to character education; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53E-9-203, 53F-4-207, 53G-10-204, 67-3-1