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Pennacchio Bill Would Ban CRT Teachings in Schools

Proposed law looks to prohibit controversial topics to students younger than high school age

James Hickey by James Hickey
March 23, 2022
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With GOP Senators raising the subject of critical race theory (CRT) during the Supreme Court nomination hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a North Jersey lawmaker is reconforming his party’s push to limit their teachings in the Garden State.   

State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-26), along with Michael Testa (R-1), have introduced legislation reaffirming parental rights and amending current law to prevent schools from teaching some concepts related to CRT and various controversial topics to students younger than high school age.

“The term ‘unconscious bias’ is one of the key tenets of CRT. They are intent on teaching students that they are racists even if they don’t mean to be, and they are teaching this to kids as young as kindergarten-age,” said Pennacchio. 

Grade Appropriate Teaching

Supporters of the bill argue that it is needed to redresses some of the directives contained in legislation passed in the previous legislative session and signed into law on March 1, 2021. Pennacchio and Testa previously introduced legislation to prohibit teaching critical race theory in public schools and bar public school teachers from engaging in political, ideological, or religious advocacy in classroom.

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When originally introduced, the new law would have established standards for high school education. But before it was passed it was amended to include students as young as 4 and 5 years old. Pennacchio and Testa’s bill would return the focus to higher grades.

Trusting Parents

“The moral and sexual upbringing of young children is the responsibility of mothers and fathers,” said the Morris County lawmaker. “In their effort to redraw the lines of authority and societal mores, Democrats in the Legislature have deliberately and stealthily moved toward an extreme curriculum on topics such as sexuality and critical race theory.”

Testa added “This common-sense bill reforms an out-of-control attempt to unnecessarily introduce sexuality into our kindergarten and elementary school children. We trust parents to know what is best for their kids in this area and believe that they should have the final say, not the woke crowd who want to insert their progressive agendas into our classrooms.”

The issue has been front and center on the national stage as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned Brown Jackson about CRT and whether it might influence her work as a justice during her confirmation hearing on March 22.

Supreme Court Hearings

Cruz singled out a book titled “Antiracist Baby,” which argues that babies are taught to be racist or anti-racist and there is no neutrality. He said he raised the issue as the book was taught to four- to seven-year-olds at Washington’s Georgetown Day School, where the judge serves as a member of the board of trustees.

Jackson explained that Georgetown Day School has a “special history” as a private school that was founded by three White families and three Black families at time when racial segregation was mandated by law.  She said equality and justice are “at the core” of the school’s mission

“I do not believe that any child should be made to feel as though they are racist or though they are not valued or though they are less than their victims, that they are oppressors. I don’t believe in any of that,” said Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to serve on the Supreme Court.

Give It Back Initiative

Asked by Cruz to define CRT, she stated it is “an academic theory about the ways in which race interacts with various institutions.”

The proposed law in New Jersey is part of the GOP’s both national and state push on parental rights. Republican state senators have stated it is a key component in their Give It Back initiative, which they believe provides New Jerseyans an opportunity to tell Gov. Phil Murphy to give back everything he has taken from them. 

“The Democratic legislative majority is fixated on manipulating the beliefs and philosophies of the next generation, and they are willing to trample on the rights of parent to raise their offspring,” claimed Pennacchio. “We want to prevent schools from teaching little kids about gender identities or deprogramming their ‘unconscious racial and sexual biases.’ Leave it to parents to decide how they want to approach these issues with their young children.”

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  1. Michael Fremer says:
    10 months ago

    CRT is a graduate school level course. It is not taught in public schools. Pinocchio’s nose grows with each idiotic thought he makes public. He has no idea what CRT even is, because he’s not got the intellect to understand it, agree or disagree. Banning ideas is very Putin-esque. I have no doubt Pinocchio rails against “cancel culture” but of course that’s in what he’s indulging. So in addition to pathetically playing a race card, he’s an utter hypocrite.

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  2. countrypaul says:
    10 months ago

    CRT, if taught at all, is a college level course. Racial equity is something we should be living with every day. enough straw men, Republicans! Get over yourselvwes.

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  3. JSB16 says:
    10 months ago

    Every book that talks about a mommy and a daddy and every picture of an adult’s family teaches kids about sexuality. Do the Republicans want to remove all those books and tell teachers they can’t have pictures of their spouse and/or kids on their desks? Or is it only other people’s sexualities that Republicans don’t want kids to know about?

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  4. rob kwiatk says:
    10 months ago

    BUT; Why & What is the purpose for’n or’n reason’s to be teaching these Youngster’s such thing’s in the 1st place?? Could it have something to do with adding these curriculum’s, then they’ll also be adding Teacher’s!! YO; We should All be Now considering using MORE Victual via Computer stay at Home Teaching’s!! This makes Good Sense & gives Parents an opportunity to Monitor their Children’s progress on line!! Also they can Address Negatives to any Teaching subjects & Mal practices used that the Parents deem unsafe or’n is against their Belief’s.. AND; LIKE America, It’s SCHOOL’S are Broke..//

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