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    The Forest Hills board of education will vote on this proposed resolution banning critical race theory at a regular business meeting on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

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    The Forest Hills board of education will vote on this proposed resolution banning critical race theory at a regular business meeting on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

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    RESOLUTION TO CREATE A CULTURE OF KINDNESS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL

    STUDENTS AND STAFF

    WHEREAS, the Board of Education (BOE) of Forest Hills Local School District (FHSD), resolves to declare
    its official opposition to the use of race-based and/or identity-based training, curricula, and methodology
    in public education; and

    WHEREAS, EdWeek.com identifies the core idea of Critical Race Theory as racism being “a social
    construct” “that it is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice, but also something
    embedded in legal systems and policies”; and

    WHEREAS, the SWiFT Education Center observes that “Intersectionality, a concept defined by Kimberle
    Crenshaw (1989), describes the social, economic, and political ways in which identity-based systems of
    oppression connect, overlap, and influence on another”; and

    WHEREAS, Ohio Administrative Code 3301-32-10-24 provides that the policies and procedures for school
    programs governed by the Ohio Department of Education shall include a provision that such programs
    shall be nondiscriminatory “in providing services to children and their families on the basis of race,
    religion, cultural heritage, political beliefs, disability, or marital status”; and

    WHEREAS, FHSD policy code po1422, Nondiscrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity, includes
    the following provision: “The Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
    national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, military status, ancestry, genetic information, or any other
    legally protected category, in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities”; and

    WHEREAS, FHSD policy code po2240, Controversial Issues, includes the following provisions: “A
    controversial issue may be the following: (1) any problem that society is in the process of debating, (2)
    any problem for which more than one solution is being supported, or (3) any issue that may arouse
    strong emotions. These issues may be a part of the instructional program only when they are germane to
    the subject being taught and only after consideration has been given to the age and maturity of the
    students. No individual may impose personal views on the students, and a balance must be maintained
    through the presentation of all sides of an issue”; and

    WHEREAS, Public education, properly designed, includes age-appropriate exposure to history,


    philosophies, and structures which comprise that American experience. Pertinent instruction regarding
    history of racism and inequality in America should not purport to deliberately undermine race groups,
    student/family values, religious beliefs, or founding principles; and

    WHEREAS, Public educators are not authorized to endorse or proselytize on behalf of a specific
    perspective on any areas of faith, civil rights, economics, international affairs, sociology or politics; and

    WHEREAS, Critical Race Theory (CRT), anti-racism, and all related euphemistic surrogates should similarly
    not be advocated in any form, in FHSD’s curricula or staff training; and

    WHEREAS, FHSD schools and teachers are expected to provide a comprehensive education on America’s
    history that neither sanitized its past, nor denies the possibility of moral progress; and
    WHEREAS, FHSD partners with parents to assist in their responsibility to education their children in
    accordance with the principle that America is a nation founded on the premise that all men and women
    are created equal complemented by the Civil Rights Acts as well as federal and state laws and
    Constitutional provisions that address the enforcement of Civil Rights, equal protection and equal
    opportunity.

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

    FHSD will not utilize Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, identity, or anti-racism curriculum, for student
    education or any staff training. With this statement, FHSD reiterates that:

    ● Schools may not use race, socioeconomic class, religion, gender identity, sex, ethnicity, or culture
    as a consideration when hiring or administering academic programs or evaluation systems.
    ● Neither schools, nor instructors or guest speakers, shall have student participate in class or
    complete assignments that require, guide, or nudge the student to consider his or her race,
    socioeconomic class, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual preference, ethnicity, or culture as a
    deficiency or a label to stereotype the student as having certain biases, prejudices or other
    unsavory moral characteristics or beliefs based on these immutable characteristics.
    ● Schools shall not discipline differently on the basis of race, socioeconomic class, religion, gender
    identity, sex, sexual preference, ethnicity, or culture.
    ● Schools shall not engage in stereotyping based upon race, socioeconomic class, religion, gender
    identity, sex, sexual preference, ethnicity, or culture, including ascribing character traits, values,
    moral and ethical codes, privileges, status, or belief.
    ● Schools shall not force individuals to admit privilege or oppression, or to “reflect,” “deconstruct,”
    or “confront” their identities based on race, socioeconomic class, religion, gender identity, sex,
    sexual preference, ethnicity, or culture.

    BE IT ALSO RESOLVED:

    FHSD, as a whole, will embrace and implement a culture of kindness and equal opportunity for all
    students and staff.

    Nothing in these resolutions shall be construed to restrict any expressive activities protected under the
    Constitution generally or the First Amendment to the United States Constitution specifically, including
    but not limited to academic freedom or student political speech.

    ADOPTED AND APPROVED this (DATE)

    BOE President
    ATTEST:

    SUPERINTENDENT

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