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Republican state legislators move to ban the New York Times’ 1619 Project from schools
Republican-controlled state legislators in several states have moved to ban the
New York Times’1619 Project from public school instruction. The laws would deny funding to schools that teach the curriculum, which frames all of American history as a struggle between races, and argues, among other things, that the American Revolution was a conspiracy waged by the Founding Fathers to defend slavery from the British monarchy.
The State Capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa (Library of Congress/Carol M. Highsmith)
The first such legislation was introduced in July of last year in Arkansas, with the support of the state’s fascistic US senator, Tom Cotton, who said in an interview with the
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed 14 bills into law:
HB 1001 corrects technical errors in statutory cross-references regarding insurance.
HB 1002 revises certain provisions regarding fingerprint-based background checks for the Real Estate Commission and the appraiser certification program.
HB 1003 revises certain provisions regarding credit for reinsurance.
HB 1009 revises certain provisions regarding the licensing of electricians and electrical contractors.
HB 1022 repeals certain obsolete state estate and inheritance tax provisions.
HB 1023 repeals obsolete property tax provisions and revises property tax cross-references and land classification statutes.
HB 1024 repeals obsolete provisions and revises statutory cross-references for the energy minerals severance tax, state and municipal sales taxes, contractor’s excise tax, alcohol licenses, and gaming tax.