, requires that colleges and universities be reviewed for “intellectual freedom” and “viewpoint diversity.”
This law is supplemented by the Parental Rights in Education law, which restricts curriculum or programs related to gender identity or sexual orientation, as well as Senate Bill 266, which bars state or federal funding from being used for programs or campus activities related to diversity, equity and inclusion or social activism in higher education.
Lessons on the civil rights movement and Black history also have been changed. For example, discussion of Black social justice movements in the 2000s, including the anti-police brutality Black Lives Matter movement, have been removed fromCivics education in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics, refers to the knowledge and skills in "democratic citizenship, government, and American constitutional democracy.
They argue it should teach students about how to be an active and knowledgeable member of one's community, according to CivXNow, a bipartisan coalition of academics advocating for civics education expansion.