By Hannah Nightingale
Ohio Reps. Loychik and Schmidt introduced a bill that would prohibit schools from teaching “divisive or inherently racist concepts,” bans teaching young children about sexual orientation or gender identity.
On Tuesday, Ohio Reps. Mike Loychik and Jean Schmidt introduced a bill that would prohibit schools from teaching “divisive or inherently racist concepts,” and in a similar fashion to Florida, bans teaching young children about sexual orientation or gender identity.
House Bill 616Â states that no schools “that enrolls students who are participating in a state scholarship program” shall “Teach, use, or provide for use by any student any curriculum, instructional material, or assignment designed to promote or endorse divisive or inherently racist concepts.”
These schools will also be prohibited from “offer[ing] training or professional development to employees that promote or endorse divisive or inherently racist concepts.”