People visit a memorial set up in honor of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)
Following years of court battles over “divisive concepts,” House Republican lawmakers have rallied around new legislation this year to bar public K-12 teachers from the “indoctrination” of Marxism and critical race theory.
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