Let it be known that Republican leaders will not stand back and allow the left’s radical agenda to indoctrinate children through the hands of their educators.
That’s what happened when it was revealed that two Oklahoma school districts violated a new law preventing Critical Race Theory (CRT) from being taught in the public school system.
The Oklahoma State Board of Education determined that both Tulsa public schools and Mustang Public Schools violated House Bill (HB) 1775.
State Sen. David Bullard (R-Durant) said:
[HB 1775] protects our children across the state from being taught revisionist history and that ‘one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex,’ or that ‘an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.’
The board of education voted to give the schools an “accreditation with warning,” the third of a five-step accreditation tier.
The warning requires the districts to show they have made the required changes to re-meet the board’s standards.
According to Fox 25, HB 1775 recommends disciplinary action for violators of “accreditation with deficiencies,” the second step. However, the board voted to go a step higher.
The incident first came to light when the board found out the school districts held a third-party training course for teachers that included lessons on how “to shame white people for past offenses in history.”
While signing the bill into law back in May Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) said:
Not one cent of taxpayer money should be used to define and divide young Oklahomans by their race or sex, let’s teach students, not indoctrinate them.
Final thought: Giving each violating school an “accreditation with warning” label does not sound severe enough. Certainly, the schools will be closely monitored and be made examples for the rest of the state, yes?
The original article fails to go into greater detail. What about removing superintendents from their jobs? And removing offending teachers? What assurance will parents and students in Oklahoma be given that this will not happen again?
