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Gov. Tom Wolf vetos curriculum transparency bill, calling it a ādangerous and harmful impositionā
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/12/gov-tom-wolf-vetos-curriculum-transparency-bill-calling-it-a-dangerous-and-harmful-imposition.html
Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday vetoed legislation that would have required public schools to post online educational materials used in their classrooms.
The legislation was billed as a way to give parents easier access to the curriculum being taught to their children but the governor and Democrats saw it as an unfunded mandate meant to intimidate educators and hurt studentsā learning opportunities.
āUnder the guise of transparency, this legislation politicizes what is being taught in our public schools,ā Wolf said in his veto message.
The bill would have required school administrators to post and periodically update course syllabuses, course summaries, the state academic standard to each instructional course, and title or link to textbooks used in the school, unless it violated a copyright law.
The governor opposed this bill from the outset. In his veto message, he said, āThis legislation is a thinly veiled attempt to restrict truthful instruction and censor content reflecting various cultures, identities, and experiences. My administration is committed to creating a safe learning environment for all students, and we will not take part in this dangerous and harmful imposition.ā
The billās sponsor, Rep. Andrew Lewis, R-Dauphin County, said many schools already do this so his bill intended to standardize this practice across all school districts, charter schools, intermediate units and career and technical schools. Private and parochial schools would have been exempt from the bill.
In a statement in response to the governorās veto, Lewis said, āIt is infuriating that the governor wants to maintain the status quo and have parents jump through hoops to access information about their own childrenās education.ā
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