SA3 would amend, HB69, Alaska’s budget bill for fiscal year 2021-22, to prevent public funds from being used to teach critical race theory in public schools.
The Senate failed to pass SA3 on May 19, 2021, by a vote of 9 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because education–let alone efforts to indoctrinate children with false, race-based historical narratives–is not the role of government. Rather, a child’s education is the responsibility of, as well as a fundamental right of choice retained by, his or her parents. Forcing American citizens to furnish taxpayer money for a compulsory, failing, and government-run K-12 school system violates individual protections guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment.