Sex and diversity, for instance, are on the mind of state Sen. Rob Standridge, R-Norman.
Standridge filed two bills last week, including one that would prohibit public schools from having or promoting materials “that address the study of sex, sexual preferences, sexual activity, sexual perversion, sex-based classifications, sexual identity, gender identity, or books that contain content of a sexual nature that a reasonable parent or legal guardian would want to know about or approve of before their child was exposed to it.”
The second would prohibit public colleges and universities from requiring courses in “gender, sexual, or racial diversity, equality or inclusion” unless they are central to a student’s major.
Similar legislation failed in the Legislature’s most recent session.
And, as reported earlier, state Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, wants to dictate teaching about Thanksgiving and bring in third-party contractors to handle “founding document” instruction.
Trail driver: State Sen. Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, has launched an effort to get Oklahoma’s remaining Black towns, as well as Tulsa’s Greenwood Rising and Oklahoma City’s Clara Luper Center, on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
The effort formally began earlier this month with an open house event in Boley, the largest of the 13 remaining Black towns. At one time, Oklahoma had at least 50 such communities.
