GOP, Democrats clash on parental involvement, LGBTQ students at year’s first Education hearing

LGBTQ topics and critical race theory in schools also proved to be sources of tension. 

“A real crisis in American education is that many of my colleagues in Congress and in state legislatures are applying a device of strategies rooted in discrimination towards an exclusion of LGBTQ students and students with disabilities,” said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.).