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The Republican presents a plan to strip K-12 schools that teach critical race theory and “divisive concepts” of federal funding to get “racist” lessons out of classrooms.
- Republican Rep. Chip Roy is introducing a bill to defund public schools that practice “racist teaching” by exposing students to “divisive concepts” like CRT
- The legislation identifies teachings such as those that “any race is inherently superior to or inferior to any other race, color, or national origin.”
- Roy also highlighted another bill he is spearheading, the SCHOOL Act, which would send federal education funds to follow a student, rather than a school.
Republican Rep. Chip Roy is introducing a bill to defund public schools that practice “racist teaching” by exposing students to “divisive concepts” like critical race theory.
The Anti-Racist Teaching in Schools Act, or CRT Act, would block federal funding in K-12 schools that promote such ‘race-based theories.’
The legislation identifies teachings such as ‘any race is inherently superior to or inferior to any other race, color or national origin’; ‘America is a fundamentally racist country’; or that ‘the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States are fundamentally racist documents’.
It also focuses on teachings such as conscious or subconscious race-based bias or teachings that members of a race are responsible for actions committed by other members of their race.
‘The American people gave House Republicans the power of the stock market in November. We must use this power to stop funneling dollars into an education system that is poisoning the minds of our children and put parents back in the driving seat of their children’s education,” Roy, a Texas Republican, said in a statement. communicated to DailyMail.com. .
Republican Rep. Chip Roy is introducing a bill to defund public schools that practice “racist teaching” by exposing students to “divisive concepts” like critical race theory.
Roy highlighted the legislation along with another bill he is spearheading, the SCHOOL Act, which would send federal education funds to follow a student, rather than a school, meaning they could choose to use those funds at private schools or Homeschooling.
The CRT Act is cosponsored by Reps. Jeff Duncan, RS.C., Pete Sessions, R-Texas, Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Dan Bishop, RN.C., Tom McClintock, R-Calif., and Alex Mooney, RW.Va.
Numerous cases over the past year have drawn attention to teachings that target institutional and inherent racism in America, causing uproar among Republican lawmakers.
People protest outside the New Mexico Public Education Department offices, Friday, November 12, 2021
States like Florida and Georgia have banned critical race theory from their classrooms.
In October, a study found that critical race theory was being taught to millions of American schoolchildren every day.
Researchers at the Manhattan Institute, a right-wing think tank with a history of highlighting CRT, found that 93 percent of respondents, ages 18 to 20, had learned about at least one aspect of the controversial theory of racial justice in the schools.
CRT is founded on the premise that racial bias, intentional or not, is built into American laws and institutions, and that the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow racial segregation laws continue to create an uneven playing field for non-white Americans.
Conservatives say that teaching about the evils of slavery and racism is one thing, but focusing on ‘awakened’ CRT ideology is another.