Anti-critical race theory bill signed into law Any school that violates the bill stands to lose state funding, and legal experts say there will be harder-to-quantify consequences such as teachers now avoiding the worst parts of Mississippi’s history.
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today March 15, 2022 Despite widespread opposition from Black lawmakers, civil rights organizations, and educators across the state, on Monday Gov. Tate Reeves signed into law Senate Bill 2113, legislation that seeks to ban the teaching of critical race theory in Mississippi’s K-12 schools, colleges and universities.
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