Bill Banning Critical Race Theory Vetoed

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a controversial education bill that would ban public K-12 schools from teaching “critical race theory” to students with a punishable fine. Thursday morning, she sent the following statement to Sen. Warren Petersen, president of the state senate:

As the Associated Press reported, “Critical race theory is a way of thinking about America’s history through the lens of racism. Scholars developed it during the 1970s and 1980s in response to what they viewed as a lack of racial progress following the civil rights legislation of the 1960s.”