Idaho on track to become first state to ban critical race theory in public schools

Published April 28, 2021 12:00am ET



Idaho’s Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill that would ban critical race theory lessons in all public schools.

“It is a preventative measure. It does not indicate that we have a rampant problem in Idaho. But we don’t want to get one,” Republican state Sen. Carl Crabtree, who co-sponsored the bill, said.

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