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Committee debates bill to emphasize constitutional republic and failures of autocratic systems; amendment passes, final bill pulled for revision
Summary
Representative Scott Richardson's bill would require schools to teach failures of autocracies and the strengths of a constitutional republic; the committee approved an amendment changing the effective school year but the sponsor said he will pull the bill to revise language after committee feedback.
Representative Scott Richardson presented House Bill 1060 to the House Education Committee, a measure that instructs schools to include instruction comparing autocratic and communist systems with the United Statesconstitutional republic and to reinforce civic participation for students in grades 7 through 12.
Richardson said the bill builds on a prior measure from the legislaturethat passed the House last session but died in the Senate and that the new version adds an explicit emphasis on "constitutional republic" as a form of government. "I find many references to our democratic approach or democrat ideas, but I found no real reference, to constitutional republic," Richardson said, arguing students should learn differences between a constitutional republic and…
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