NBCDFW By Allie Spillyards • Published May 22, 2021
The bill says teachers cannot be required to discuss current events or controversial issues related to public policy or social affairs It was the wee hours of Saturday morning by the time state senators finished an hours-long debate and voted to legislate how race is discussed in Texas social studies classes.
"Parents are complaining about it. They're concerned about it, and that's why we're here,” Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) said.
Hughes presented his chamber’s revised version of the divisive House Bill 3979 that has come to be known unofficially as the "critical race theory bill."
It states no public or charter school teacher can be required to discuss current events or controversial issues related to public policy or social affairs. And if teachers do broach those topics, the bill says they must teach both sides without giving deference to any one perspective.
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