Legislation

SB 1240 would prohibit and remove language in property deeds which restricts ownership based on race, ethnicity, or national origin. Private property owners, land owners, and developers all utilized racially restrictive covenants throughout the early 20th century.

This bill shows a fundamental misunderstanding of Critical Race Theory. Idaho has nondiscrimination statutes in place to protect students from discrimination. The vague language of the statute chills and censors discourse about implicit bias and racism and sexism in public schools and institutions.

HB 329 would require school boards to approve or reject the existence of any student group or organization within its district. Similar rules in other states have been used to ban groups that facilitate conversations about issues like LGBTQ+ rights, systemic racism, and intersectionality.