Florida lt. gov. on officials rejecting CRT-laced textbooks: 'Parents should be breathing a sigh of relief'

Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez said Monday parents "should be breathing a sigh of relief" after officials rejected public school textbooks for including critical race theory.

"What a novel concept to make sure kids aren’t indoctrinated. This was a very transparent and open process," Nunez  told "Fox & Friends."

"It was done by the Department of Education with lots of individuals that are former teachers and administrators. Reviewing textbooks to make sure they did not have these types of philosophies and ideologies that are harmful to our children."

Florida's Department of Education (DOE) rejected 41% of mathematics textbooks submitted for use in the state's public schools Friday, citing critical race theory and other issues with the texts.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has led a push to reform education standards and practices in the state. Florida called for textbook submissions from publishers in 2021 in accordance with a 2019 executive order from DeSantis aimed at eliminating Common Core standards in the... (Read more)

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