00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 330                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the instruction provided by public school employees and                                             
02 contractors."                                                                                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05         Article 15. Instruction and Public School Employees and Contractors.                                          
06            Sec. 14.30.800. Instruction and public school employees and contractors.                                   
07       (a) An employee or contractor of a public school may not                                                          
08                 (1)  indoctrinate or persuade, or attempt to indoctrinate or persuade, a                                
09       student to affirm, adopt, or adhere to a particular point of view that is inconsistent with                       
10       standards adopted by the board; or                                                                                
11                 (2)  provide a course of instruction or a unit of study that directs or                                 
12       otherwise compels a student to affirm, adopt, or adhere to the following tenets:                                  
13                      (A)  a given sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national                                    
14            origin is inherently superior or inferior;                                                                   

01                      (B)  an individual, by virtue of the individual's sex, race,                                       
02            ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin,                                                              
03                           (i)  is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, either                                      
04                 consciously or subconsciously;                                                                          
05                           (ii)  is inherently responsible for actions committed in                                      
06                 the past by other members of the same sex, race, ethnicity, religion,                                   
07                 color, or national origin;                                                                              
08                           (iii)  should be treated adversely to achieve the goals of                                    
09                 diversity, equity, or inclusion;                                                                        
10 (iv)  should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or other                                                                  
11                 forms of psychological distress;                                                                        
12 (C)  an individual's character or status as privileged or                                                               
13 oppressed is determined by virtue of the individual's sex, race, ethnicity,                                             
14            religion, color, or national origin;                                                                         
15 (D)  an individual should be treated adversely based on the                                                             
16 individual's sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin or on the                                        
17 basis that an individual is inherently responsible for actions committed in the                                         
18 past by other members of the same sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or                                             
19            national origin;                                                                                             
20 (E)  the doctrines of merit, excellence, hard work, fairness,                                                           
21 neutrality, objectivity, and racial colorblindness are racist or sexist, or were                                        
22 created by members of a particular sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or                                            
23 national origin to oppress members of another sex, race, ethnicity, religion,                                           
24            color, or national origin.                                                                                   
25 (b)  Nothing in this section prohibits discussion of the concepts listed in (a)(2)                                      
26 of this section as part of a course of instruction, if the instruction is provided in an                                
27       objective manner without endorsement of the concepts listed in (a)(2) of this section.                            
28            (c)  In this section, "public school" includes a public postsecondary institution.