GOP Lawmakers Seek Democrat Support to Ban Critical Race Theory in Michigan Schools

A participant holds up a sign during a rally against critical race theory being taught in schools, at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Va., on June 12, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

LANSING, Mich.—A group of Republican state representatives is working to garner some Democratic votes for a bill to ban critical race theory from being taught in Michigan’s nearly 900 public school districts.

The measure was drafted by state Rep. Andrew Beeler, a member of the Legislature’s Education Committee, and has 10 Republican co-sponsors.