District staff say new state guidance on House Bill 147 aligns with current classroom practice

District staff briefed the Laramie County School District #2 board on state guidance interpreting House Bill 147, saying it reinforces existing local practice.

Speaker 3 told the board the state superintendent has increased meetings with district superintendents and circulated guidance on implementing House Bill 147, which the transcript describes as relating to the removal of diversity, equity and inclusion language and addressing institutional discrimination. Speaker 3 said the district’s approach since summer was to instruct staff to “convey facts and not to...have our students believe that our opinions are associated with those facts,” and that the guidance is consistent with that practice.

Board members treated the item as informational; no formal action was recorded. Speaker 3 said the guidance had been shared with district staff and would be shared with the district as well.

Next steps: none recorded; the board received the guidance as informational and asked for no immediate action.