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RandySF

(57,657 posts)
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 02:10 AM Mar 2023

AZ: Teachers could go to prison for recommending 'sexually explicit' books under GOP proposal

Republican lawmakers want to put Arizona teachers behind bars if they so much as recommend a book to students that is considered too “sexually explicit.”

On Thursday, Senate Republicans advanced a measure punishing teachers who “refer students to or use sexually explicit” materials with a class 5 felony, which carries with it a prison sentence as long as two years.

The only exception included in the bill is if the school has first obtained written parental consent, and the material has serious educational value for minors or possesses serious “literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”

Critics warned that Senate Bill 1323 threatens to jeopardize the free speech of teachers and criminalize honest mistakes.

“What if a teacher has a book on their desk? Or what if they refer to a classic novel in conversation with a student or another teacher?” asked Sen. Anna Hernandez.



https://www.azmirror.com/2023/03/09/teachers-could-go-to-prison-for-recommending-sexually-explicit-books-under-gop-proposal/

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AZ: Teachers could go to prison for recommending 'sexually explicit' books under GOP proposal (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2023 OP
What if they recommend pronhub? Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #1
So any teacher who yammers about the Bible will get get jailed for up to 2 years, yeah? RockRaven Mar 2023 #2
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. What if they recommend pronhub?
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 02:35 AM
Mar 2023

It's not one of those dreadful, dangerous 'book' thingies, so ... presumably that doesn't run afoul of the rule?

Or maybe it counts as 'materials'.

RockRaven

(14,784 posts)
2. So any teacher who yammers about the Bible will get get jailed for up to 2 years, yeah?
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 02:45 AM
Mar 2023

That book has all sorts of stuff in it about rape, incest, penis mutilation, ejaculate, etc...

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