Lawmakers create process for complaints under K-12 ‘critical race theory’ law
Charlie Bufalino, assistant commissioner of policy and legislative affairs at TDOE, explains the complaint process under last year’s law banning “prohibited concepts” from K-12 classrooms at a Wednesday, July 20 meeting of the state legislature’s Joint Government Operations Committee. Bufalino was joined by Taylor Jenkins (left) and Christy Ballard, both attorneys for the state. (Submitted)
But they offered no more clarity on what exactly teachers can and can’t say about race and history.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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