Story out of Kansas:
Teachers and school administrators could be prosecuted for presenting material perceived as harmful to minors under a bill considered in a House committee Tuesday.
SB 56, which passed the Senate last year, stems from a 2014 controversy in the Shawnee Mission school district over a poster in a sex education classroom that listed oral sex and other acts under the heading: “How do people express their sexual feelings?”
Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, R-Shawnee, the bill’s sponsor, said children could have been irreparably harmed by viewing the poster “because it affects their brains.” She added that “state laws should protect parents’ rights to safeguard our children against harmful materials, especially in schools.”
Current law protects teachers and school administrators against the misdemeanor charge of presenting harmful material, a blanket term for material of a sexual nature, to minors if it is part of a lesson. The bill would remove that protection for teachers at public, private and parochial schools. Conviction on the charge could mean a fine or up to six months in jail.
Opponents say teachers would be vulnerable to prosecution for presenting controversial works of art and literature. Cont.
Story from - The Wichita Eagle
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