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Committee gives favorable report to bill requiring schools to teach three-step "sequencing" aimed at reducing poverty
Summary
A legislative committee voted to give Senate Bill 289 a favorable report. The bill would require school boards to set an age-appropriate policy, taught at least twice before graduation, that presents a three-step sequence—graduate high school, get a job, marry before having children—cited by the sponsor as reducing likelihood of poverty.
Chairman Garrett carried Senate Bill 289 on behalf of Senator Orr and told committee members the measure is intended to give students information the sponsor said could reduce the chance of living in poverty.
The bill would require local school boards to adopt an age-appropriate policy to teach a three-step sequence to students at least twice before they graduate from high school. "There’s three things you can do in this order that will minimize the likelihood that you will live a life in poverty. Number 1 is graduate high school. The next thing is get a job. And the third thing is marry before you have children," Chairman…
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