A bill that could have allowed public and open enrollment charter schools to place limitations on teaching certain aspects about racism failed in a Senate committee on Monday.
By a vote of 4-3, the Senate Education Committee did not get the five votes needed to advance House Bill 1761.
The legislation, which underwent significant changes through an amendment process, would have given schools the ability to prohibit materials, lessons or teachings on racism that fell under a list of five ideas. Those included that an individual from any race or ethnicity is "inherently" racist or that the United States as a whole is systemically racist.
Rep. Mark Lowery, R-Maumelle, presents House Bill 1761 to the Senate Education Committee.
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