Bill targeting race, gender lessons in Michigan schools moves ahead

Originally Published on Chalkbeat Detroit

Amid protests from Democrats and some dissent among Republicans, a GOP-led Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would limit the state from promoting “race or gender stereotyping” in schools.

Lawmakers advanced House Bill 5097, which would restrict what can be taught about race and forbid teaching that “individuals bear collective guilt for historical wrongs committed by their race or gender.”

While the bill does not use the term “critical race theory,” it has similar ideas to Senate Bill 460, which would ban teaching of the controversial subject in schools…