The Idaho State Legislature has become the first in the nation to put a bill on a governor's desk that would ban Marxist-based critical race theory from being taught in public schools.
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Texas and West Virginia are among other states considering bans on such teaching, which regards America and Western Civilization as inherently racist.
"It is a preventative measure. It does not indicate that we have a rampant problem in Idaho. But we don't want to get one," he said.
Democrats contend the bill violates First Amendment rights.
Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking said the idea that schools are "brainwashing" children with "a liberal leftist indoctrination" is not true, the Idaho Press reported.