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Montana s top prosecutor bans critical race theory programs
Montanaâs top prosecutor has issued an opinion calling critical race theory and some antiracism teaching programs and activities discriminatory
By IRIS SAMUELS Associated Press/Report for America
May 27, 2021, 8:42 PM
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HELENA, Mont. Montanaâs top prosecutor issued an opinion Thursday labeling critical race theory and some antiracism programs taught in schools as âdiscriminatoryâ and said they violate federal and state law.
Montana A.G. bans critical race theory programs
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HELENA, Mont. (May 27, 2021) Montana’s top prosecutor issued an opinion Thursday labeling critical race theory and some antiracism programs taught in schools as “discriminatory” and said they violate federal and state law.
Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s decision bans the activities which are also used for employee training in the state. It came after Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen requested earlier this month for Knudsen to weigh in on the issue.
Montana is now the latest of several Republican-controlled states to decry critical race theory as an attempt to pit racial groups against each other and teach that certain groups are responsible for injustices of the past.
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Knudsen, who made it clear to The Billings Gazette during the legislative session that he played no supporting role in the lawmakersâ work, did not respond to calls both on Thursday and Friday for comment about the lawsuit.
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