Republican-led Oklahoma will require public school teachers from California and New York to pass a test before working in the state, according to the Sooner State’s schools superintendent.

Teachers from the two largest Democrat-led states will need to show they know “the biological differences between females and males” and that they agree with the state’s U.S. history standards, Superintendent Ryan Walters told USA Today.

Teachers moving in from California and New York must earn the Department of Education’s new certification to ensure they “are not coming into our classrooms and indoctrinating kids,” Walters told the outlet.

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