The bill would allow parents to sue teachers for $10,000 "per incident, per individual." The fine would need to be paid by the teacher "from personal resources" and the educator cannot "receive any assistance from individuals or groups" or they'll be fired.
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Oklahoma Sen. Rob Standridge (R) has introduced legislation that
would allow parents to sue any public school educators who teach anything "in opposition to closely held religious beliefs of students." Standridge has also introduced a bill that would give individual parents the power to
demand the removal of any bookfrom school shelves that they believe contains LGBTQ content.
The bill would allow parents to sue teachers for $10,000 "per incident, per individual." The fine would need to be paid by the teacher "from personal resources" and the educator cannot "receive any assistance from individuals or groups." If the teacher is unable to pay and receives assistance, they will be fired immediately and unable to teach in the state for five years.
"A biology teacher who explains evolution could be ratted out by a Creationist who's failing science class. A health teacher who educates students about different forms of birth control won't be in that classroom for very long if an abstinence-promoting teenager is on the roster,"
journalist Hemant Mehta explained.
"A history teacher who correctly describes the Founding Fathers as a mix of religious and non-religious individuals could be a target of conservative evangelicals who believe Christian pseudo-historian David Barton's lies. An English teacher who wants to challenge kids with controversial thought-provoking literature would be forced to stick to only the blandest books."