The attack on Critical Race Theory (“CRT”) has landed on the shores of Trenton.

On November 22, state Sens. Michael Testa, R-Cape May, and Joseph Pennacchio, R-Morris, introduced Senate Bill No. 4166 (S. 4166). Per the legislative synopsis, the bill “[p]rohibits teaching of critical race theory in public schools; prohibits public school teachers from engaging in political, ideological, or religious advocacy in classroom.” The bill expressly mandates that “[a] school district shall not include, as part of a course of instruction or in a curriculum or instructional program, or allow teachers or other employees of the school district to use supplemental instructional materials that promote concepts related to critical race theory.” The bill’s definition of CRT includes any curriculum that “all Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, including, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” and that “an individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or another form of psychological distress solely because of the individual’s race or sex.”