Superstitious African Afraid of Flying. Says it's White Man's Magic.
Sufficient numbers of board of education are hijacked, and the gerrymander is blatant enough to stack the house, even with a severe minority, and this leads to eventually passing the war on science bills. No child left behind is replaced by, "Whole schools left behind." also more popularly known as the "Freedom to be Stupid" bill. (It's not like your kids were going to get decent jobs in the babble belt anyway.)