Oklahoma lawmakers oppose schools teaching on evils of communism [View all]

Members of a House subcommittee have voted to kill legislation that would require Oklahoma schools to teach children about the evils of communism.

House Bill 1094, by state Rep. Gabe Woolley, R-Broken Arrow, would have required that children in grades six through 12 be taught about “the atrocities of communism” in accordance with existing Oklahoma Academic Standards by integrating the material into one or more existing courses of study.

Woolley taught school for nine years and noted that some units do not get taught in schools when officials feel pressed for time at the end of a school year. As a result, he said the evils of communism may not always be taught to Oklahoma students even though aspects of that topic are included in state academic standards.

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