The Texas Senate has passed Senate Bill 16 (SB 16) that will ban the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) ideologies in higher education institutes—with penalties for faculty members who push the ideology.
SB16, authored by Republican Senator Bryan Hughes, was passed 19–12 along party lines. “A faculty member of an institution of higher education may not compel or attempt to compel a student enrolled at the institution to adopt a belief that any race, sex, or ethnicity or social, political, or religious belief is inherently superior to any other race, sex, ethnicity, or belief,” the bill (pdf) states.
