Top Montana GOP lawmaker, school superintendent propose bill to end ‘woke’ teacher conference

Republican leaders in Montana are proposing legislation to strip education credits from teacher conferences they claim promote “extreme leftist ideology,” but the state’s largest union is pushing back against what they call misrepresentation of professional development programs.

Senate President Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, announced the proposed bill alongside Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Susie Hedalen, who is also a Republican. The bill targets the long-standing practice of teachers attending educator conferences.