Teacher training programs would have to stop instruction on systemic racism under this bill

A proposal to restrict curricula for teacher education programs is making its way through the Florida Senate. The proposal hearkens back to efforts to remove instruction on systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege from public schools.

Republican Sen. Blaise Ingoglia argued that removing identity politics from programs training teachers is necessary to block them from being transmitted to students.

SB 1372 states that educator certification programs and school leader preparation programs “may not distort significant historical events or include curriculum or instruction that teaches identity politics or is based on theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States and were created to maintain social, political, and economic inequities.”