Citing a “coordinated misinformation campaign” against his bill, a Utah lawmaker said he's dropping the controversial efforts he’d proposed to require teachers post their class syllabuses and a list of learning materials online for parents to inspect.
Under SB114, every public K-12 school district and charter in Utah would bethrough their local school board — allowing for parents to review curriculum and weigh in before it could be taught in the classroom.
HB234, Teuscher said, was also meant to give parents more transparency into the classroom and “help alleviate feelings of mistrust between parents and teachers.” Both bills have the support of, an outspoken right-wing coalition of roughly 4,000 parents that push for conservative policies in schools across the state. Both have been opposed by teachers.
Teuscher said the syllabuses didn’t have to be a “complete itemization of every lesson.” But the bill noted that the educator must “ensure that any learning materials used for student instruction that the educator did not list on the online syllabus are listed in the school’s learning management system.”The petition from the UEA
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