SD Gov. Kristi Noem drafts bill limiting 'action civics' following similar bill weeks ago

[Eugene]

Source: Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Gov. Kristi Noem drafts bill limiting 'action civics' following similar bill weeks ago

Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Tue, January 11, 2022, 12:05 PM·2 min read

Gov. Kristi Noem announced Monday she drafted new legislation to block “action civics.”

This legislation prohibits public colleges, technical colleges or state-accredited school districts from directing, requiring or compelling students to protest or lobby as part of a grade, course or credit.

The draft states that it doesn’t prevent students from voluntarily and freely exercising their freedom of speech, and doesn’t include education activities or assignments that simulate protest or lobbying in a school setting.

Students shouldn’t be “forced to choose one political ideology over another or be forced to protest or lobby as part of their education,” according to a release from her office.

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Gov. Noem's spokesman, Ian Fury, didn't provide an example of if any student in South Dakota had ever been forced, in an educational setting, to lobby or protest for a grade, course or credit.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/gov-kristi-noem-drafts-bill-220431107.html

[TheRealNorth]

1. Lol. This sounds like a no existent issue....

Although I do remember being assigned to write a letter to my congressman and Senator in 9th Grade (could be about anything we had an opinion on) - so maybe that would count.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

2. These people...

don't live in any semblance of reality.

[madaboutharry]

3. 10 Bucks that Kristi Noem couldn't pass a 10th grade civics test.

She probably couldn’t pass the U.S. Citizenship test.