A writer-editor-teacher’s quote of the week 184
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would prohibit certain public entities, including state agencies, local boards of education, and public institutions of higher education, from promoting or endorsing, or requiring affirmation of, certain divisive concepts relating to race, sex, or religion.
This bill would prohibit certain public entities from conditioning enrollment or attendance in certain classes or trainings on the basis of race or color.
This bill would also authorize certain public entities to discipline or terminate employees or contractors who violate this act.
— from the page-one introductory text to Alabama’s version of the “divisive concepts” bill HB7, which is currently under consideration in the state legislature