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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 22, 2022

Tennessee's Republican leadership is continuing its push against critical race theory, this time turning its attention to public universities, the Tennessean reports. A bill sponsored by leaders in the House and Senate would prevent universities from penalizing students who refuse to support a number of "divisive concepts,” which are laid out in the bill. The bill, HB2670, also would give college students and staff the right to sue the university if they feel discriminated against for pushing back on these concepts. It would also require schools to conduct a survey every other year to assess the campus community’s comfort level with speaking freely regardless of political affiliation or ideology. The legislation passed the House Education Subcommittee last week.