Wyoming bill to ban Critical Race Theory in schools or training

Originally Published on KGAB AM650

A bill is being proposed for the upcoming session of the Wyoming legislature that would ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory and related concepts in Wyoming schools or in training courses for state or local governmental employees.

You can read House Bill 97 here.

It's sponsored by Rep. Chuck Gray [R-Natrona County]. Co-sponsors include Reps. Bear, Haroldson, Heiner, Jennings, Laursen, Neiman and Winter and Senator(s) French and McKeown.

In regard to schools that receive state funding, the bill says

A teacher, administrator or other employee of a school district or state agency who is involved with students and teachers in grades preschool through the twelfth grade shall not use public monies for instruction that presents any form of blame or judgment on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, color or national origin.

Among the items that would be prohibited in school include teaching:

(vii) That meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist or were created by a particular race to oppress another race; or

(viii) That the United States is fundamentally or systemically racist or sexist…