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Prosecution of the Persecuting Parent
Introduced by the brilliantly brave State Representative La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago), HB 4040 would criminalize any discipline, correction or action perceived as "persecution" by a parent toward their minor child--aka, “bullying.” If passed, this law would give a minor child the legal ability to sue their parents for the emotional damage caused by a word or look.
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Lawmakers Want Mandatory Kindergarten in Illinois
Despite the COVID-19 lockdown, Illinois House members are headed to Springfield for a Lame Duck session. State Senator Kimberly Lightford (D-Chicago) is working to expand the state's compulsory school attendance laws, and in the process, diminish the rights of parents. In February 2019, she introduced a bill to lower the mandatory age for school attendance in Illinois from 6 to 5 years of age. This bill passed the Illinois Senate and is now pending in the Illinois House.
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Tagged compulsory school attendance, Curtis Tarver, Kambium Buckner, Kimberly Lightford, La Shawn Ford
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U.S. Senator Tom Cotton Calls Out 1619 Project for Revisionism
The 1619 Project has been controversial since its publication by the New York Times a year ago. While many on the left have praised it, with Oprah Winfrey even announcing plans to adapt the project into a television series, historians and those on the right have noted errors and call the collection of essays and poems revisionist history. Now, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has proposed a bill seeking to ban public schools from teaching it as part of their curriculum.
While the project acknowledges the founding of the United States as taking place in 1776, it seeks “to reframe …
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Tagged HB 4954, history curriculum, Illinois State Board of Education, Jordan Cohen, La Shawn Ford, New York Time, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Pulitzer Prize, Saving American History Act of 2020, The 1619 Project, Tom Cotton
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