CONCORD (N.H.) -- Republican Governor. Chris Sununu, Republican Governor of New Hampshire, denounced Thursday's offer by a conservative group to pay $500 to the first person to "catch" a teacher in a public school for violating New Hampshire’s new restrictions on discussing systemic racism or other topics.
Sununu canlı bahis siteleri opposed an earlier version that was similar to a Trump administration order. It sought to ban the discussion of "divisive ideas" in schools. He later supported language in the state budget that would have prohibited teaching children that they were inferior, racist or sexist based on their race, gender, or other characteristics.
Moms for Liberty, New Hampshire's chapter, tweeted that the state Department of Education had set up a website to collect complaints about teachers. The conservative parent organization asked supporters to call online donations "CRT Bountys" to refer to critical race theory.
Sununu spokesperson Ben Vihstadt stated in an email that "The Governor condemns tweets referencing 'bounties.' Any kind of financial incentive is wholly inappropriate.
When asked about the tweets this week by Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, he offered some mild criticism.
He said that he would urge people to be careful with social media. "There is a lot of negative and destructive rhetoric on social media."
Republicans argued that the law was an attempt to strengthen anti-discrimination laws. They also claimed it would allow teaching such concepts in historical contexts. Democrats claim it will not allow teaching about implicit bias, structural racism, and sexism.
Although the Department of Education has published the online reporting form on its website, all complaints will be sent directly to the state Commission on Human Rights. They can either dismiss the complaint or continue investigating. The state Board of Education could use decisions against teachers to discipline them and even revoke their licenses.
Deb Howes, the president of the American Federation of Teachers New Hampshire has accused Edelblut of starting a "war against teachers." The New Hampshire School Administrators Association is asking Sununu and educators to collaborate with families and students to determine what teaching methods are appropriate in history and race relations. Sununu was asked by the association to denounce Wednesday's "bounty tweets".
"Our state is at an important turning point. Are we allowing these attacks to continue driving good, caring teachers away from our schools? "Do we value schools as community assets or as political punching bags of the Commissioner?" said the association in a statement.
Edelblut claimed that the new reporting process protects teachers as it establishes a neutral process to resolve complaints. It is similar to systems that are used to deal with complaints against licensed professionals such as lawyers, doctors and cosmetologists.
He said that the shock at the provision of a website seems to be inconsistent with the rest of what's going on in the professional world. This is not an attack on cosmetology, because someone files a complaint.
Some conservatives are using critical race theory as a rallying cry to criticize schools' efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. Although the theory can be used to analyze American history through the lense of racism, it is not a standard part of K-12 education.
