Gov. Jay Inslee has signed Senate Bill 5462 into law with the goal of introducing “inclusive learning standards and instruction materials” into public school classrooms, according to a Daily Caller story.
The curriculum will be required in every grade, kindergarten through 12th grade, when classes begin in the fall of 2025.
Meg Kilgannon, an education expert at the Family Research Council, tells AFN she was a “little bit surprised” liberal Washington took so long to follow other liberal states New Jersey, California, and Oregon.
“I think that we will see this, unfortunately, this trend continuing across the country,” she predicts.
Such history lessons typically include tracing the history of the homosexual rights movement, which can be traced back to the Stonewall Riots in 1969.
Historical figures might include Martina Navratilova, the Czech-born tennis great and open lesbian, but she might not be included after she openly criticized the transgender movement for harming women sports.
The new Washington law caught the attention – not in a good way – of the group Gays Against Groomers. As its name states, that group is critical of LGBT indoctrination that targets children.
“We are very much against this,” the group stated on X. “Children all around the country are FAILING at rates never seen before. Schools have become nothing more than indoctrination centers now.”
In a related post on X, Seattle radio host Jason Rantz pointed out state legislators “killed” legislation that would have included history lessons about the Holocaust and the Pledge of Allegiance.
“This is all political,” he wrote.
According to The Columbian newspaper, legislation mandating school lessons about the Holocaust died in both the state House and state Senate.
The bills were criticized for not being inclusive enough to other victims of genocide, the story said.
