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Committee adopts amendment and advances bill to expose students to founders’ religious affiliations
Summary
An amendment to House Bill 23,95 requires public school students to view a video about the religious affiliations and worldview of the nation's founders; legal staff confirmed the Declaration of Independence contains a preamble; the committee advanced the bill to calendar and rules.
House Bill 23,95, with an adopted amendment, would require that public-school students be exposed at least twice (middle and high school) to a video explaining the religious affiliations and philosophical views of the nation’s founders and the meaning behind key founding texts.
Representative Bozzo asked about language referencing a "preamble" to the Declaration of Independence; legal services counsel Katie Robertson told the committee there is a preamble and confirmed the bill’s quoted text. Sponsor said the amendment tasks the textbook commission to recommend the video to the state board and emphasized the bill is intended to teach history, not to promote religion.
After discussion and a recorded vote, the committee advanced the measure to calendar and rules (13 ayes, 3 nays reported).
Provenance: topicintro SEG 1900, topfinish SEG 2045.
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