Members of the Louisiana Legislature s Black Caucus want the House Speaker Clay Schexnayder to remove the chairman of the House Education Committee from his post.
Rep. Ray Garofalo (R-Chalmette) proposed a bill that would have banned the teaching of “divisive concepts” about race and sex in Louisiana schools, colleges, and universities. The committee voluntarily deferred the bill, but a vote to kill the bill outright died by a 7-7 vote. This allows Garofalo to resubmit the bill for consideration later in the session.
“This bill is about equality - not racial equity, Rep. Garofalo said last week in a statement he emailed to Louisiana news organizations. This bill addresses the growing concern of what many are calling the indoctrination of our children through racist and sexist programs in our schools education curricula and policies.”
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Garofalo said in a speech Wednesday on the House floor that his comments were taken out of context, blamed the media for inflaming the issue and said he took his Facebook page down because of an onslaught of critical messages.
“I would hope that you know better than the reports that are being made about me in the press. I would hope you respect me enough to know that I did not say what they’re accusing me of saying,” said Garofalo, from St. Bernard Parish.
But he didn’t apologize for his comments in Tuesday’s hearing on his bill, which remains stalled in committee.