Are We Really OK With This?
The Legislative Breakfast meeting in Dubois County with State Reps Bartels, Lindauer and Senator Messmer was a mix of vague condescending answers, along with some arrogance on the part of the State Senator. The most concerning take away from this lecture by these Legislators was their explanation of the vote in the House by Bartels and Lindauer for the hideous, public school destroying House Bill 1134. They voted NO which seemed on the surface to be good, but as Mr. Lindauer stated, and Mr. Bartels agreed, they voted no because they did not like with the provision that teachers post curriculum material for the year all at once on the school website, and that another board to oversee curriculum material would be created. Sounds good but, it is still a horrible bill. Take out the provisions they objected to, and this is what you have left and they all said they were “OK with the rest.”
- Parents can take their kid out of any class they object to and make the teachers provide an alternate lesson.
- Teachers at any public school, cannot have curriculum material that supports anything regarding an individual's sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
- Schools cannot require teachers to engage in training, orientation, or therapy that presents any form of racial, or sex stereotyping or blame based on sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
- Provides that a student shall not be required to participate in a personal analysis, an evaluation, or a survey that reveals or attempts to affect the student's attitudes, habits, traits, opinions, beliefs, or feelings without parental consent, meaning any school professional that is supposed help students with learning cannot evaluate the problem and offer services to the family and the student.
- Provides that, if a school corporation or qualified school uses a third party vendor in providing a personal analysis, evaluation, or survey that reveals, identifies, collects, maintains or attempts to affect a student's attitudes, habits, traits, opinions, beliefs, or feelings, the third party vendor and the school corporation or qualified school may not collect or maintain the responses to or results of the analysis, evaluation, or survey in a manner that would identify the responses or results of an individual student. As in the previous provision, meaning any school professional that is supposed help students with learning cannot evaluate the problem and offer services to the family and the student.
- A student tells a teacher they need help the school corporation or qualified school may not provide or administer certain mental, social-emotional, or psychological services to a student, the school must provide the parent of the student or the student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, with a written request for consent to provide or administer certain mental, social-emotional, or psychological services.
- Makes changes to the definition of "sexually explicit" for the purpose of trade regulation.
- Removes schools and certain public libraries from the list of entities eligible for a specified defense to criminal prosecutions alleging: (1) the dissemination of material harmful to minors; or (2) a performance harmful to minors. In other words, school librarians can be sued for books on the shelves if parents determine it is harmful to their child
House Bill 1134 is a car-wreck waiting to happen. Shoving teachers
off a cliff. Bleeding them dry, and taking schools to the cleaners.
It is the equivalant of Chernobyl, Three-Mile Island, Appollo 13 and the 1918
Flu and Covid 19 Pandemic all rolled into one. This legislation will
drive out the teachers we have and end our public schools that communities need.
Call, write and email Bartels, Lindauer and Messmer and let them
know how you feel abou this legislation.
Senator Messmer s48@iga.in.gov
Representative Lindauer h63@iga.in.gov
Representative Bartels h74@iga.in.gov
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