Tennessee Republicans want to withhold funding from schools teaching critical race theory

Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly are calling for the state to withhold funding from schools that teach certain themes related to systemic racism, a last-minute priority the GOP is pushing through in the final days of the legislative session.

Members of the House education administration committee — which had previously closed for the year — returned Monday morning to amend and advance legislation intended to prohibit schools from teaching lessons about inequality and racial and sexist privilege.

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