Legislation to Prohibit Discriminatory Teaching in K-12 Classrooms Advances in South Carolina House

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South Carolina legislation that would prohibit the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in the K-12 classroom advanced in the House on April 21. House Bill 5183, or the South Carolina Transparency and Integrity in Education Act, would prevent “ideological and viewpoint biases” being presented as fact instead of theory while maintaining “complete histories of South Carolina and the United States.” The bill was introduced by the Education and Public Works Committee in March and passed a second reading in the House with a 73-40 mostly party-line vote. The bill gives parents and students a voice in raising objections to material that they believe has been presented in a biased manner. ...

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