Sen. Collins bill mandating accurate communist teachings in public schools clears committee

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida legislation by Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa, creating a task force to evaluate and determine the accurate teaching of communist history in classrooms passed its first committee assignment on Tuesday.

Collins’ bill, SB 1264, passed favorably by the Senate Committee on PreK-12 Education.

The legislation would create a task force to work with the Florida Department of Education to craft curriculum standards on the “instruction and history of communism.”