Arizona Lawmaker Lifted Teacher Code of Ethics From Far-Right Group
The language of an Arizona legislator’s proposed educator code of ethics restricting teachers from engaging in political advocacy in the classroom was lifted from a campaign by a far-right organization.
Representative Mark Finchem, a Republican from Oro Valley near Tucson, introduced HB 2002 last month. The nine points of Finchem’s proposed ethical code are identical to the proposed code of ethics from the Stop K-12 Indoctrination campaign, a project sponsored by the far-right, anti-Muslim David Horowitz Freedom Center.
In some cases, minor differences in wording differentiate the two versions of the code, but the substance of each of the nine points is the same in both. The similarities were first spotted by Peter Greene, an education policy blogger.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups, describes founder David Horowitz as “a driving force of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, and anti-black movements.”
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