Virginia Legislature Passes Bill Banning Public Schools From Teaching January 6 Was a Peaceful Protest'

"The text of the bill, HB333, adds new language to the Virginia statutes that requires any local school board that imposes new restrictions on any program of instruction on or relating to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol and any accompanying curriculum or instructional materials, or any instruction provided by a teacher as a part of any program of instruction."

"Any school that teaches about the events of Jan. 6, 2021 is required by HB333 to describe the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol as an unprecedented, violent attack on United States democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election."

"The new statutory language also says that schools shall not describe, portray, or present as credible a description or portrayal of the actions precipitating or involved in the events of the January 6, 2021, insurrection as peaceful protest or state, suggest, or present as credible a statement or suggestion that there was extensive election fraud that could have changed or actually changed the results of the 2020 presidential election."

Virginia's legislature passed HB333, a bill prohibiting public schools from teaching that the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack was a peaceful protest or that extensive election fraud occurred in the 2020 presidential election. The bill, passed on party-line votes by Democratic majorities, requires schools teaching about January 6 to describe it as an unprecedented violent attack on democratic institutions aimed at overturning the election results. Schools are prohibited from presenting the attack's actions as peaceful protest or suggesting credible election fraud claims. Governor Abigail Spanberger is expected to sign the legislation, believed to be the first of its kind in the United States.

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