The is extremely scary stuff, and with increased security, surveillance, and a tightening grip on freedom of speech, it is not just a random anomaly. There is a definite agenda on the part of the right to undermine the core values of the public university system.
-J
Arizona public schools would be barred from any teachings considered counter to democracy or Western civilization under a proposal endorsed Wednesday by a legislative panel. Additionally, the measure would prohibit students of the state's universities and community colleges from forming groups based in whole or part on the race of their members, such as the Black Business Students Association at Arizona State University or Native Americans United at Northern Arizona University. Those groups would be forbidden from operating on campus.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/114048
Arizona schools whose courses "denigrate American values and the teachings of Western civilization" could lose state funding under the terms of legislation approved Wednesday by a House panel.
SB1108 also would bar teaching practices that "overtly encourage dissent" from those values, including democracy, capitalism, pluralism and religious tolerance. Schools would have to surrender teaching materials to the state superintendent of public instruction, who could withhold state aid from districts that broke the law.
Another section of the bill would bar public schools, community colleges and universities from allowing organizations to operate on campus if it is "based in whole or in part on race-based criteria," a provision Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, said is aimed at MEChA, the Moviemiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, a student group.
The 9-6 vote by the Appropriations Committee sends the measure to the full House.
http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=4338&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
An Arizona legislative committee has passed an amendment to a routine homeland-security bill that would prohibit students at the state’s public universities and community colleges from organizing groups based on race. The amendment was approved by the Arizona House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday. It still awaits a vote by the state’s full House and Senate.
The amendment, introduced by State Rep. Russell K. Pearce, a Republican, would also allow state officials to withhold funds from public schools sponsoring activities that “denigrate American values and the teachings of Western civilization.” The proposal was added to Senate Bill 1108, a measure that has nothing to do with education but was intended to allow designees of mayors and police chiefs to serve on homeland-security advisory councils.
“This bill basically says, ‘You’re here. Adopt American values,’” State Rep. John Kavanagh, a Republican, told The Arizona Republic. “‘If you want a different culture, then fine, go back to that culture,’” he said.
http://www.aztlan.net/arizona_targets_mecha.htm
Arizona legislation will outlaw MEChA and Mexican-American studies
The Appropriations Committee of the Arizona House of Representatives has approved provisions to a "Homeland Security" measure that would essentially destroy the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) and Mexican-American study programs in the state's public schools, colleges and universities.
The anti-Mexican provisions to SB1108 were approved yesterday and the bill is now scheduled for a vote by the full House. The provisions would withhold funding to schools whose courses "denigrate American values and the teachings of European based civilization." One section of SB1108 would bar public schools, community colleges and universities from allowing organizations to operate on campus if it is "based in whole or in part on race-based criteria," a provision Rep. Russell Pearce said is aimed at MEChA. Pearce is a Republican and the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee out of Mesa, Arizona.
According to Chairman Pearce, SB1108 would also bar teaching practices that "overtly encourage dissent from American values" such as Raza Studies at the Tucson Unified School District. In addition, SB1108 mandates the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to confiscate books and teaching materials that are deemed anti-American. Chairman Pearce said some of the teaching materials amount to "sedition" by suggesting that the current border between the United States and Mexico disappear with La Raza taking over the American Southwest. One book that would be confiscated mentioned by Pearce is "Occupied America - A History of Chicanos" by Professor Rodolfo Acuña.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/17/20080417unamerican0417.html?source=nletter-news
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/234865
Approved Amendment Text
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/2r/summary/h.sb1108_04-17-08_caucuscow.doc.htm
Summary of the proposed strike-everything amendment to SB 1108:
The proposed strike-everything amendment to SB 1108 states that a primary purpose of public education is the promotion of the values of American citizenship.
History
Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.), Title 15, Section 721 states that the governing board of a school district is required to approve the course of study of a common school, including the basic textbook for each course and all other units recommended for credit prior to implementing the course in the school. A.R.S. § 15-722 grants the same authority to a governing board to approve the course of study and textbooks of each course for a high school.
A.R.S. § 15-705 grants the governing board, in consultation with parents and teachers, to adopt policies and procedures relating to pupils’ participation in extracurricular activities. The State Board of Education is also required to prescribe rules for policies regarding pupils’ participation in extracurricular activities, including minimum statewide requirements.
Provisions
· States that the primary purpose of public education is the inculcation of the values of American citizenship.
· States that public tax dollars used in public schools should not be used to denigrate American values and the teachings of Western civilization.
· States that public tax dollars should not be used to promote political, religious, ideological, or cultural values as truth when such values are in conflict with the values of American citizenship and the teachings of Western civilization.
· Prevents public schools in Arizona from including any courses, classes, or school sponsored activities within the program of instruction that feature or promote as truth any political, religious, ideological, or cultural values that denigrate or overtly encourage dissent from the values of American democracy and Western civilization, including democracy, capitalism, pluralism, and religious toleration.
· Requires a public school to provide copies of curricula, course materials and syllabi to the superintendent of public instruction, upon his or her request. After a hearing is conducted, if a public school is found to have included such courses, the superintendent of public instruction may withhold a proportionate share of state monies and take reasonable and appropriate regulatory actions.
· Allows for the inclusion of diverse political, religious, ideological, or cultural beliefs within the program of instruction provided that the course, class, or school sponsored activity as a whole does not denigrate or overtly encourage dissent from the values of American democracy and Western civilization.
· Prohibits public schools in Arizona, universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents, and community colleges under the jurisdiction of community college districts in Arizona from allowing organizations to operate on the campus of a school, university, or community college if the organization is based in whole or in part on race-based criteria.
· Defines public school.
Amendments
Appropriations
The strike-everything amendment was adopted.
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