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Oklahoman
Members of the Oklahoma City Board of Education unanimously disavowed a new law banning critical race theory from being taught in public schools.
Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the legislation, House Bill 1775, into law Friday.
All eight members of the school board voted to formally denounce the bill during a meeting Monday evening.
Board member Ruth Veales, who is Black and Native American, said the law aims to quiet conversations on race “in order to protect white fragility.”
“As a district that’s over 80% students of color, this is definitely an insult,” Veales said. “It is a situation that is so egregious to me.”
By: Feliz Romero
OKLAHOMA CITY -
The leaders of the Oklahoma City school district gathered Monday to take a stand against House Bill 1775.
Governor Stitt signed it into law Friday, limiting race and gender curriculum taught from kindergarten to college.
Superintendent Sean McDaniel said the bill this is a form of censorship, his fellow board members agreed.
In a unanimous vote the OKCPS Board of Education denounced House Bill 1775 Monday night.
Multiple members expressed concern that this will only make teachers jobs more difficult. And the students will suffer the most.
“House Bill 1775 does not come from educators. It does not come from administrators, it comes from politicians who haven’t been in a classroom since they were students,” said board member Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs, District 3.