Glenn Youngkin will begin his term as Virginia’s governor with an executive order on critical race theory and promising to “restore excellence' in education, echoing his campaign themes
They largely focus on education as he pledged to give parents a say in school mask-wearing and the teaching of critical race theory — or the practice of examining how race and racism permeates society — an issue Republicans have heavily focused on in their bid to take back Congress and statehouses across the country.
Among Youngkin’s executive orders were an action to “investigate wrongdoing in Loudoun County,” which has also receivedfor a politically explosive school sexual assault case. The batch also included an order to “empower Virginia parents in their children’s education” by letting them decide if their children should wear masks to school, in another nod to his gubernatorial campaign.
The orders included one to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an effort in multiple states to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. There was also an order to establish a commission to combat antisemitism, and another to combat human trafficking in the state. "We know the impact borne by children who fell behind because their classrooms were locked down too long, and the strain placed on parents, especially Virginia's moms,” he told the crowd at the state Capitol in Richmond.
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