HCR003S02 | Concurrent Resolution Regarding Native American Mascots and Equality in Public Schools

Description

General Description:

This resolution recognizes the harm done by using Native American mascots, encourages schools in the public education system to consider retiring those mascots, and encourages the State Board of Education and local education agencies to provide instruction in Native American culture and history.

Highlighted Provisions:

This bill recognizes that using Native American names, imagery, symbols, and regalia as school mascots wrongfully characterizes and causes harm to Native Americans; explains the harmful effects that using these mascots creates in the education and development of all students, including the contribution to high rates of school drop out and death by suicide among Native American youth; encourages school leaders to engage with Native American communities to develop processes for retiring these mascots; and encourages the State Board of Education and local education agencies to include instruction on the history, culture, and traditions of Native Americans in school curriculum.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HCR003S02

Year:

2021

Status:

House/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 05, 2021

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Local Issue

Impact on Children:

Part of Utah PTA’s mission is to engage the public in united and equitable efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of all children and youth. This bill may help promote the well being of Native American children and youth.

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Position Statements:

National PTA Position Statement - Addressing Systemic or Institutional Racism
National PTA believes that it is our duty to disrupt the systems that propagate institutional racism. We call upon our PTA members to listen, educate and advocate to demand meaningful change to end institutional racism.