KUAR | By Josie Lenora
A group is suing to overturn a part of an Arkansas education law, claiming it violates the U.S. Constitution.
The Laux Law Group, a civil rights law firm in Little Rock, wants to repeal a part of the education law known as Arkansas LEARNS, passed by the legislature last year. Section 16 of the law bans so-called “indoctrination” and “critical race theory.”
The law says critical race theory “encourages students to discriminate against someone based on the individual's color, creed, race, ethnicity, sex, age, marital status, familial status.”
Josie Lenora/Little Rock Public Radio
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit against part of the Arkansas LEARNS Act gather at a press event Monday ahead of the lawsuit being filed.