Overview
- Granite Post published a screen recording of an 'EdPolicy2026' Signal chat attributing to Rep. Kristin Noble the lines 'when we have segregated schools' and 'imagine the scores though if we had schools for them and some for us.'
- Noble, a leading Republican on the House Education Policy and Administration Committee, said she was referring to separating schools by party affiliation and argued Democratic-run schools would test worse, then shared her statement with a campaign fundraising link.
- House Democratic leaders condemned the remarks as racist and said someone who endorses segregation should not guide education policy in the state.
- Local coverage shows the exchange continued into Thursday night, with Noble reiterating her explanation as Democrats maintained that the topic is not appropriate even in private conversations.
- Noble is backing legislation including House Bill 1792 to bar teaching critical race theory and 'LGBTQ+ ideologies,' and a prior 'banned concepts' law was struck down as unconstitutionally vague with an appeal pending.