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Jim Banks: “Mr. Secretary, in April 2021, your Department proposed a rule incentivizing public schools to incorporate critical race…”

On the recordMay 15, 2023
Mr. Secretary, in April 2021, your Department proposed a rule incentivizing public schools to incorporate critical race theory in U.S. history and civics classes.
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Jim Banks
Republican · Indiana

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Banks questions the Secretary about a proposed rule on critical race theory in schools.

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