Against Censorship

Written testimony for today's House K-12 Subcommittee Meeting on H. 3728

The following is closely adapted from an email to the House K-12 Subcommittee, which is meeting today to discuss the censorship bill H. 3728. If you have time to support intellectual freedom in education, please submit testimony to gingerlee@schouse.gov. The subcommittee is meeting as soon as the Education and Public Works Committee adjourns. You can read the bill in full here. You can also read more about how the “SC Freedom Caucus” interpreted some of the included language in its lawsuit against Lexington School District One here. We know where this is headed: teachers in Florida are currently hiding and removing all books from their classrooms for fear of being charged with a felony.

Members of the Subcommittee, and sponsors of H. 3728,

I am writing to oppose H. 3728 as currently written.

These written remarks will be brief, because I am a public high school English teacher and since finding out about this hearing last night, I have had little time to write anything or get my thoug…