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This bill seeks to bar federal support for certain race-related trainings and prevent compelled adherence to specified race-based theories, trading broader protections against perceived ideological coercion for risks of funding loss, narrowed classroom discussion of race, and potential harms to programs serving students of color.
Students in K–12 and college would be protected from being compelled by federally funded schools to affirm or profess specified race-based theories.
Taxpayers and state education systems would not have federal dollars used to support curricula or trainings that promote any of the six listed race-based theories.
Students, teachers, and colleges would retain the ability to assign or study materials about race and to speak outside school settings, preserving some academic freedom and private expression.
State and local education agencies, and colleges, could lose federal funding if their curricula or trainings are judged to "promote" a listed theory, risking cuts to K–12 and higher education budgets.
Teachers and schools may avoid teaching or discussing historically and legally relevant topics about systemic racism or critical race theory out of fear of funding loss, narrowing classroom instruction on U.S. history and race.
Restrictions could disproportionately curtail programs and supports that address racial disparities, harming racial-ethnic minority students who rely on those services.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits federal K–12 and higher education funds to schools, school districts, or colleges that “promote” certain specified race-based theories or that compel teachers or students to affirm those beliefs. It defines six prohibited theories, explains what counts as "promote," and preserves protections for speech outside school-sponsored settings and for contextual academic or research use.
Introduced March 21, 2025 by Charles Roy · Last progress March 21, 2025