Supervision of Schools Law (Amendment – Ban on Employing Persons Convicted of Terrorism and Terror Supporters and Supervision of Curriculum Content to Prevent Incitement) Bill

What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the Supervision of Schools Law (1969) with main goals: (1) a prohibition on the director general of the Ministry of Education granting approval for the employment of an education worker convicted of a terrorism offense; (2) adding a security background check for every candidate for the position of education worker, to verify the absence of a connection to terrorist activity; (3) canceling or suspending the employment approval of an education worker who was convicted of a terrorism offense, or against whom criminal proceedings were opened on suspicion of such an offense, or who identified with a terrorist organization; (4) regulating in legislation the curriculum content to be taught in schools subject to the supervision of the State of Israel, in accordance with the basic guidelines of the Israeli curriculum.