The Arizona Legislature is prioritizing the will of partisan voters over the needs of young people, writes Star contributor Heather Mace.
The Arizona state Legislature’s spring session is coming to a close, and a number of the bills that have been considered share a common theme: regulating what happens in our children’s schools.
In fact, some of the bills were not even crafted with Arizona’s children in mind. They are simply copies of “model bills” written by special interest groups to advance their own agendas. As a result of this highly politicized process, these bills rarely address the issues that would truly benefit our children. While this may leave Arizonans feeling disheartened, it also provides an opportunity for us to imagine how a true child-first policy agenda might look.
Next, legislators would ensure that students are getting the mental health services they require. A recent CDC study showed that nearly 1 in 3 high school girls considered suicide, and almost 60% felt persistently sad or hopeless for prolonged periods last year. School counselors can help students in crisis, but while Arizona’s counselor-to-student ratio has improved in recent years, it still ranks second-to-last in the nation.
Finally, an education policy centered on children would respect and celebrate the diversity of our students. Some legislators have bent over backwards to do the opposite, expending extraordinary effort to regulate transgender students’ bathroom use or ban equity and diversity training programs for school employees. Child-first legislation would not exclude children or silence discussions about equity but would ensure all students feel safe, welcome, and respected in their schools.
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