To prohibit activities that promote critical race theory and diversity, equity, and inclusion at schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates prohibition on funding for CRT instruction at DoDEA schools - bans teaching, promoting, or coercing students to support CRT; bans CRT training and curricula; defines CRT broadly covering nine beliefs, creates prohibition on DEI practices at DoDEA - bans DEI offices, chief diversity officers, affinity groups, equity teams, DEI training, data dashboards, and DEI-related positions; preserves EEO and ADA offices, and requires enforcement and penalties for CRT/DEI prohibition violations - Secretary of Defense must ensure compliance; willful violators face suspension or termination; parent complaint process established. It relies on prohibition, appropriation restriction, regulatory change, and penalty. The main policy areas are Defense, Education, Finance, and Technology.
Who Benefits and How
Parents of DoDEA students would be affected, Military families opposed to CRT in schools would be affected, and Equal Employment Opportunity offices would be affected.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DoDEA DEI officers and staff could lose revenue opportunities, Department of Defense Education Activity schools would be affected, and DoDEA teachers and educators would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates prohibition on funding for CRT instruction at DoDEA schools - bans teaching, promoting, or coercing students to support CRT; bans CRT training and curricula; defines CRT broadly covering nine beliefs.
- Creates prohibition on DEI practices at DoDEA - bans DEI offices, chief diversity officers, affinity groups, equity teams, DEI training, data dashboards, and DEI-related positions; preserves EEO and ADA offices.
- Requires enforcement and penalties for CRT/DEI prohibition violations - Secretary of Defense must ensure compliance; willful violators face suspension or termination; parent complaint process established.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates prohibition on funding for CRT instruction at DoDEA schools - bans teaching, promoting, or coercing students to support CRT; bans CRT training and curricula; defines CRT broadly covering nine beliefs, creates prohibition on DEI practices at DoDEA - bans DEI offices, chief diversity officers, affinity groups, equity teams, DEI training, data dashboards, and DEI-related positions; preserves EEO and ADA offices, and requires enforcement and penalties for CRT/DEI prohibition violations - Secretary of Defense must ensure compliance; willful violators face suspension or termination; parent complaint process established.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Education, Finance, Technology
Primary Purpose
The bill creates prohibition on funding for CRT instruction at DoDEA schools - bans teaching, promoting, or coercing students to support CRT; bans CRT training and curricula; defines CRT broadly covering nine beliefs, creates prohibition on DEI practices at DoDEA - bans DEI offices, chief diversity officers, affinity groups, equity teams, DEI training, data dashboards, and DEI-related positions; preserves EEO and ADA offices, and requires enforcement and penalties for CRT/DEI prohibition violations - Secretary of Defense must ensure compliance; willful violators face suspension or termination; parent complaint process established.
Policy Domains
No Woke Indoctrination Act
Identified Gains
- Parents of DoDEA students
- Military families opposed to CRT in schools
- Equal Employment Opportunity offices
Identified Costs
- DoDEA DEI officers and staff
- Department of Defense Education Activity schools
- DoDEA teachers and educators
- DEI consulting and training firms
- Secretary of Defense
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
DoDEA school administrators, DoDEA teachers and educators, Military families opposed to CRT in schools
Positive-direction: Military families opposed to CRT in schools, Parents of DoDEA students
Negative-direction: DoDEA school administrators, DoDEA teachers and educators
DoDEA DEI officers and staff, Equal Employment Opportunity offices, Secretary of Defense
Positive-direction: Equal Employment Opportunity offices
Negative-direction: DoDEA DEI officers and staff, Secretary of Defense
Curriculum publishers with CRT-related content
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Defense
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Any theory, framework, or ideology that holds or teaches that any race is inherently superior or inferior, that individuals are inherently racist by virtue of race/sex, that meritocracy is inherently racist, or that individuals should feel guilt on account of race/sex, among other enumerated beliefs.
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