Daily News | Central Bucks school board to vote on policy banning staff ‘advocacy,’ including Pride flags
The school board, which says it’s trying to create a neutral environment for students, tabled the policy in November while announcing it hadIt then took up a new version during a committee meeting last month.
— revised at the recommendation of Duane Morris — no longer refers directly to “beliefs about sexual orientation” or “beliefs about gender identity” as issues teachers cannot advocate to students.
ACLU attorneys have also criticized the policy as overbroad, warning of a chilling effect on teachers who self-censor because they aren’t sure what topics are permissible to discuss. If the Republican-majority board approves the policy, Central Bucks will join the Pennridge School District, also in Bucks County, in enacting a ban related to teacher advocacy. The day after Pennridge’s school board passed its policy in September, the district’s superintendentincluding Pride flags and crosses, from classrooms.
The Central Bucks board originally planned for more discussion on the policy at Tuesday’s 7 p.m. meeting, but instead decided to schedule a final vote.
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