“There just seems to be a question of what is and what isn’t' CRT, Tonya Chestnut said. “I know that’s the big elephant in the room. But at some point we need to bring some clarity so we aren’t dealing with these same issues over and over again.”
, which doesn’t specifically mention CRT but was passed during the national fervor over the academic theory, prohibits teaching anything that would “indoctrinate students in social or political ideologies that promote one race or sex above another.”
“There just seems to be a question of what is and what isn’t,” Chestnut said. “I know that’s the big elephant in the room. But at some point we need to bring some clarity so we aren’t dealing with these same issues over and over again.”The bill stops short of listing exact lessons that are off limits. A similar effort in the legislature failed last year.
Board member Yvette Richardson said that before 2022, schools celebrated Black History Month for many years without concern. “People are confused,” Richardson said. “What we’ve done for years, they’re afraid to do now. Something needs to be done.”Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey said the state department will work with districts to help plan programming for Black History Month if needed. He maintained that the state is not interested in laying out point-by-point descriptions of which lessons are and are not allowed.
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