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HB 634: Don’t Say Gay

26 Sunday Feb 2023

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A bill, sponsored by Ann Kelley (r):

HB 634
Establishes protections of parental rights to direct the mental, emotional, and physical health and well-being of children
Sponsor: Kelley, Ann (127)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2023
LR Number: 0414H.02I
Last Action: 02/15/2023 – Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)
Bill String: HB 634
Next House Hearing: Elementary and Secondary Education
Date: 3/1/2023 Time: 8:00AM Location: House Hearing Room 7 – Submit Testimony
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar

There’s a committee hearing on Wednesday.

Seem innocuous? Not really. From the bill text [pdf]:

[….]
4. No classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties relating to sexual orientation or gender identity shall occur.
[….]

(2) If a concern is not resolved by the school under subdivision (1) of this subsection, a pupil’s parent may:

(a) Request the state board of education to appoint a neutral mediator from a list maintained by the department. Any mediator on such list shall be a member of the Missouri Bar in good standing and have at least five years of experience in administrative law. The mediator shall determine facts relating to the dispute over the school’s procedure or practice, consider information provided by the school, and render a recommended decision for resolution to the state board within fifteen days after receipt of the parent’s request for appointment of a mediator. The state board shall approve or reject the recommended decision at its next regularly scheduled meeting that is more than seven calendar days and no more than thirty days after the date the recommended decision is transmitted to the state board or at a meeting called by the state board president for the purpose of approving or rejecting such recommended decision. The costs of the mediator shall be borne by the school. The state board shall adopt rules and develop forms necessary to implement this paragraph;
or
(b) Bring an action against the school requesting a declaratory judgment that the school procedure or practice violates this section and seeking appropriate injunctive relief or actual damages, or both. A court may award damages and shall award reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs to a parent who receives declaratory or injunctive relief.
[….]

[emphasis added]

Because bullies in school always follow the “appropriate” guidelines as promulgated by the right wingnut majority in the Missouri House of Representatives?

“…The costs of the mediator shall be borne by the school…” Yep, that’ll ensure school administrators will always do the right thing for a child. Not.

Ann Kelley (r) really likes to micromanage K-12 schools.

Previously:

HB 1625: “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US” (December 4, 2021)

HB 1572: for crying out loud (December 5, 2021)

HB 1572: for crying out loud

05 Sunday Dec 2021

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Bill prefiling for the Missouri General Assembly session started on December 1st.

Yet another bill, addressing a matter of great urgency for right wingnuts:

HB 1572
Designates January 22 as the “Day of Tears” in Missouri
Sponsor: Kelley, Ann (127)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2022
LR Number: 3597H.01I
Last Action: 12/01/2021 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 1572
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar

The bill language:

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1572
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KELLEY (127).
3597H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the day of tears.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 9.342, to read as follows:
9.342. January twenty-second each year is hereby designated and shall be known as the “Day of Tears” in Missouri. The day shall commemorate all those lost to abortion. The United States flag and Missouri state flag shall be flown at half-staff on all government buildings on the day of tears.

Lack of access to healthcare? No problem. Resistance to simple and effective public health measures? No problem. Death penalty? No problem. Mass shootings in schools (and elsewhere)? No problem.

That silence is defeaning.

Previously:

Celebrating forced birth (December 4, 2021)

More from forced birthers (December 4, 2021)

HB 1625: “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US”

04 Saturday Dec 2021

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The August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing (declassified excerpt) [pdf]

Bill prefiling for the Missouri General Assembly session started on December 1st.

Yet another right wingnut bill proposing curricular micromanagement in public education:

HB 1625
Requires the provision of 9/11 instruction in public schools
Sponsor: Kelley, Ann (127)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2022
LR Number: 3101H.01I
Last Action: 12/01/2021 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 1625
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar

The bill language:

SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1625 [pdf]
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KELLEY (127).
3101H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 170, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to an educational program for pupils.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 170, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 170.271, to read as follows:

170.271. 1. For all school years beginning after June 30, 2023, each public school, as such term is defined in section 160.011, shall provide age-appropriate instruction to pupils in grades kindergarten to twelve about the events of September 11, 4 2001.
2. The instruction required in this section shall occur annually on September eleventh. If September eleventh falls on a day when school is not in session, the instruction shall be provided to students on the last regular school day that immediately precedes September eleventh of that year.
3. A public school providing instruction as required in this section shall, if practicable:
(1) Begin the instruction at eight forty-six a.m.;
(2) Continue the instruction for a minimum of nine minutes and eleven seconds;
(3) Incorporate the phrases “United We Stand” and “Never Forget” into the instruction; and
(4) Focus the instruction on heroism, patriotism, and the sacrifices made by the first responders and volunteers who aided in the rescue and recovery efforts.
4. The department of elementary and secondary education shall provide each school board with a variety of age-appropriate and grade-appropriate internet resources and materials that may be used to educate pupils about the events of September 11, 2001. The resources and materials identified by the department should aid educators and curriculum coordinators in creating programs and lesson plans. Each school board shall determine the resources and materials that will be used to provide the instruction required in this section.

“…Begin the instruction at eight forty-six a.m….” Is that Eastern Time? Just asking.

Other excercises for the day could include a reading of “The [My] Pet Goat”, reading about the first and only invocation of Article V of the Nato Charter in its history, and researching the exodus of Saudi nationals from the U.S. in the days following September 11th.