The Georgia Association of Educators and two educators filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Cobb County School officials over alleged education “censorship” due to two bills that have restricted what topics teachers can tackle in the classroom.
The complaint argues that these “vague” laws “pose a continuing threat to other teachers in the school district … and harm Cobb County students’ ability to learn in safe and inclusive classrooms.”
ABC News has reached out to the Cobb County superintendent Chris Ragsdale and the district school board members.
The Protecting Students First Act , passed in 2022, prohibits educators from “espousing personal political beliefs” concerning “divisive concepts,” which is defined by a list of concepts regarding race, unconscious bias, racial privilege, and the role of racism in American history.
The Parents’ Bill of Rights law, passed the same year, states that “all parental rights are reserved to the parent of a minor child in this state without obstruction or interference from a state or local government entity,” including “the right to direct the upbringing and the moral or religious training of his or her minor child.”