Texas Governor Greg Abbott has officially signed legislation that bans the teaching of critical race theory in school becoming the latest state to take measures to ensure the dangerous program stays away from children. The does not specifically name critical race theory but gives detail into what teachers can instruct based on how it relates to American history. The bill does specifically ban educators from requiring or making the 1619 Project a part of the curriculum.

The Washington Examiner reports:

The 1619 Project, which a group of New York Times reporters created, evaluates the founding of the U.S. through the perspective of slavery, though there have been questions about the factual accuracy of the project.

The text of the law includes language that bans the teaching of the underpinnings of the 1619 Project, saying, “Slavery and racism are anything other than deviation from, betrayals of, or failures to live up to, the authentic founding principles of the United States.”

Several Republican-led states passed laws preventing the teaching of critical race theory, which claims “racism is a normal and ordinary part of our society, not an aberration,” according to a seminar developed by Fordham Law School’s Center on Race, Law, and Justice.

The law mandates the teaching of various figures, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, the women’s suffrage and equal rights movements, and the civil rights movement.

The teaching of critical race theory has moved to the forefront of parents’ minds lately as schools reopen. Across the country, parents have criticized school boards and education departments for their choice to integrate the controversial program into schools.