Tucson Unified School District

April 25, 2008 - 2:49pm

Backing off the American values teaching bill

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

A firestorm of controversy was touched off when Rep. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa) and the House Appropriations Committee transformed a homeland security bill, SB1108, into one that would ban teaching in a manner that is contrary to "American values" and "Western civilization."

Though aimed specifically at a Raza Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District, criticism arose claiming the bill was too broad and raised troubling First Amendment issues. Tom Horne, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, who would be in charge of enforcing the law, agrees. So, apparently, does Russell Pearce.

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