This bill defines character education and creates restraints on certain entities regarding the use of character education.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- repeals certain requirements related to:
civics education; andcharacter education;
- prohibits administrative and instructional personnel from:implementing character education;measuring, quantifying, tracking, or grading a student's character education; andcollecting and distributing character education data about a student;
- outlines constitutional protections for a parent and the parent's children;
- requires the state auditor to:receive certain reports;conduct certain investigations; andenforce the provisions of the section;
- creates a private right of action;
- prohibits a public entity 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
Substitute #2: 53E-2-301, 53E-4-204.1, 53E-9-203, 53F-4-207, 53G-10-204, 53G-10-402, 67-3-1
Substitute #1: 53E-2-301, 53E-4-204.1, 53E-9-203, 53F-4-207, 53G-10-204, 53G-10-402, 67-3-1