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LITTLE ROCK (LifeSiteNews) — Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a new law Wednesday to formally prohibit Critical Race Theory (CRT) and LGBT indoctrination in the state’s public schools.
Senate Bill 294, the LEARNS Act, bans the use of materials that “indoctrinate students with ideologies such as Critical Race Theory,” in addition to increasing teachers’ starting salaries to $50,000 and establishing an “education freedom account,” i.e., a voucher program, for parents to choose to send their children to private schools or pursue homeschooling, among other reforms.
“Steps required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall include the review of the rules, policies, materials, and communications of the Department of Education to identify any items that may, purposely or otherwise, promote teaching that would indoctrinate students with ideologies, such as Critical Race Theory, otherwise known as ‘CRT’, that conflict with the principle of equal protection under the law or encourage students to discriminate against someone based on the individual’s color, creed, race, ethnicity, sex, age, marital status, familial status, disability, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by federal or
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