Georgia senate passes bill limiting discussion of race in schools

Governor Brian Kemp has indicated he would support the legislature’s efforts to stop ‘critical race theory’. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

The Georgia senate passed a bill on Friday that would limit discussions of race in kindergarten through 12th grade classrooms.

House Bill 1084, the “Protect Students First Act”, was approved by the Georgia senate. The measure requires local school boards and administrators to ban discrimination on the “basis of race” by limiting how race can be discussed in classrooms.