Republicans in the Kentucky General Assembly say they’ve fixed a bill that would have created criminal penalties, including jail time, for teachers who run afoul of new “anti-critical race theory”-inspired restrictions on classroom speech.
The provisions are part of Senate Bill 1. The General Assembly overrode a veto from Gov. Andy Beshear to pass it Wednesday. The law discourages teachers from connecting the country’s racist past—especially slavery and Jim Crow—to present racial disparities.
