Tuscon Citizen: AZ Senate rejects opt-out for students objecting to course material
The Arizona Senate on Wednesday refused to give university and community college students a right to alternative coursework if they object to material that they find personally offensive.
The Chronicle
TAKING THE OFFENSIVE: The Arizona Senate defeated legislation on Thursday that would have allowed college students to opt out of required reading that they found personally offensive or pornographic. The measure would have given students the option of completing alternative course work if an assignment conflicted with their “beliefs or practices in sex, morality, or religion.” College officials objected to the bill, criticizing it as overly broad and an intrusion by the Legislature into the classroom. The bill’s sponsor reworked the bill so that it applied only to materials considered obscene under state law, but it was still defeated, 17 to 12.
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