Actions Proposed to the school system

Suggested language to address issues with CRT

A public school system shall not include or promote the following concepts as part of a course of instruction or in a curriculum or instructional program, or allow teachers or other employees to use supplemented instructional materials that include or promote the following concepts:

1. One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex;

2. An individual by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive whether consciously or subconsciously;

3. An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of the individual's race or sex;

4. An individual’s moral character is determined by the individual’s race or sex;

5. An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex;

6. An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or another form of psychological distress solely because of the individual's race or sex;

7. A meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist, or designed by a particular race or sex to oppress members of another race or sex;

8. The state of the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist;

9. Promoting or advocating the violent overthrow of the United States government;

10. Promoting division between or resentment of a race, sex, religion, creed, nonviolent political affiliation, social class, or class of people;

11.  Ascribing character traits, values, moral or ethical codes, privileges, or beliefs to a race or sex, or to an individual because of the individual's race or sex;

12.  The rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships and struggles among racial or other groups;

13.  All Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or;

14.  Governments should deny to any person within the government’s jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.

B. Notwithstanding Section A, this section does not prohibit a public school system from including, as part of a course of instruction or in a curriculum or course of instructional program, or from allowing teachers or other employees of the public school system to use supplemental materials that include:

1. The history of an ethnic group, as described in the textbooks and instructional material adopted in accordance with the prescribed curriculum;

2. The impartial discussion of controversial aspects of history;

3. The impartial instruction on the historical oppression of a particular group of people based on race, ethnicity, class, nationality, religion, or geographic region; or

4. Historical documents relevant to subsections B. 1,2,3 that are permitted under policy guidelines.

C. Penalty: An employee who violates this policy will be subject to the provisions of progressive discipline in the Policy Manual under Staff Discipline, Section 3139, Code po3139, Revised 6/14/18.

  Proposed Policy for Parental Rights

The Jennings County School Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the “school corporation” in order to protect the students in the school corporation and the parental rights of the parents who have enrolled their children in the school corporation adopt the following school policy:

I. The school corporation shall obtain prior written informed parental consent before any student may participate in:

A. Any mental health service or treatment, including but not limited to any treatment, screening, testing, examination, survey, assessment, evaluation, or counseling done on an individual basis or any group activity or setting that is conducted by the school corporation or any individual, agency, organization, or entity that the student is referred to or made available to by the school corporation.

B. Any medical service or treatment, including but not limited to any treatment, screening, testing, examination, survey, assessment, evaluation, or counseling done on an individual basis or in any group activity or setting that is conducted by the school corporation or any individual, agency, organization, or entity that the student is referred to or made available to by the school corporation or

C. Any psychological services or treatment including but not limited to any treatment, screening, testing, examination, survey, assessment, evaluation, or counseling done on an individual basis or in any group activity or setting that is conducted by the school corporation or any individual, agency, organization, or entity that the student is referred to or made available to by the school corporation.

II. Before obtaining the prior written informed parental consent required under this policy, the school corporation shall provide the parent informed written notice describing in detail the mental health services or treatment; medical services or treatment; or psychological services or treatment including:

A. The purpose for the treatment, screening, testing, examination, survey, assessment, evaluation or counseling to be done on an individual basis or in any group activity or setting;

B. The school employee, school volunteer, provider, or contractor providing the treatment, screening, testing, examination, survey, assessment, evaluation or counseling to be done on an individual basis or in any group activity or setting is to take place; and

C. The date and time at which the treatment, screening, testing, examination, survey, assessment, evaluation or counseling to be done on an individual basis or in any group activity or setting is to take place; and 

D. When and how a parent of a student will be provided with access to and the ability to inspect any and all materials used in conjunction with any mental health services or treatment; or any psychological services or treatment. 

III. Penalty: An employee who violates this policy will be subject to the provisions of progressive discipline in the Policy Manual under Staff Discipline, Section 3139, Code po3139, Revised 6/14/18.