A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Arkansas can enforce its ban on critical race theory in classrooms, ruling the First Amendment doesn't give students the right to compel the state to offer its instruction in public schools.

Arkansas’ ban on “indoctrination” in public schools doesn’t violate students’ free speech protections because the government has a right to dictate what is taught, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday.

After an Eighth Circuit ruling, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the state's ban on Critical Race Theory in schools can now be enforced in public schools.