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Signed into Law or Similarly Approved
18
Vetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
17
Proposed or In-Process
9
No Ban Attempt
7

Critical Race Theory Ban States 2024

Critical Race Theory Ban States 2024

States with Bans Against Critical Race Theory

The following states have banned critical race theory: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. These states represent only the tip of the iceberg, however. These only represent a moving target as there is a myriad of other state jurisdictions looking to end the practice of teaching critical race tenets.

States that currently have bills moving through the state legislature, or are emplacing school policies to forbid the teaching of Critical Race Theory include Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Oregon. A quick perusal of this second listing reveals several unexpected geographic concentrations.

While the states comprising the old Confederacy are widely represented in the number of anti-CRT bills and measures being put forth in legislative chambers, a surprising number of states representing a large swath of the Midwest have also attempted to restrict how race is taught in their state school curriculums.

Opposition to Banning Critical Race Theory

In each of these states looking to eliminate or reduce the level of Critical Race Theory-based instruction, there is vocal opposition to the move. In Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, anti-CRT bills have been vetoed, overturned, or stalled in the legislative process. That being said, however, supporters of the failed legislation have vowed to reintroduce those measures in future legislative sessions.

As of early 2023, only California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Vermont have not had bans attempted. These sites still have the chance to pass legislation to positively affirm the goals and intentions of teaching about racism, and the deleterious effect that that has had on generations of minorities of Black Americans in the United States.

Critical Race Theory Ban States 2024

51 Rows

State
Critical Race Theory Ban Status
No Ban Attempt
Proposed or In-Process
Vetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
Signed into Law or Approved
AlabamaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
AlaskaVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
ArizonaVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
ArkansasSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
CaliforniaNo Ban Attempt
ColoradoVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
ConnecticutProposed or In-Process
DelawareNo Ban Attempt
District of ColumbiaNo Ban Attempt
FloridaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
GeorgiaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
HawaiiNo Ban Attempt
IdahoSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
IllinoisProposed or In-Process
IndianaProposed or In-Process
IowaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
KansasVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
KentuckySigned into Law or Similarly Approved
LouisianaVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
MaineVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
MarylandVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
MassachusettsNo Ban Attempt
MichiganVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
MinnesotaProposed or In-Process
MississippiSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
MissouriProposed or In-Process
MontanaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
NebraskaProposed or In-Process
NevadaNo Ban Attempt
New HampshireSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
New JerseyProposed or In-Process
New MexicoVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
New YorkVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
North CarolinaProposed or In-Process
North DakotaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
OhioVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
OklahomaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
OregonProposed or In-Process
PennsylvaniaVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
Rhode IslandVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
South CarolinaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
South DakotaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
TennesseeSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
TexasSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
UtahSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
VermontNo Ban Attempt
VirginiaSigned into Law or Similarly Approved
WashingtonVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
West VirginiaVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
WisconsinVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled
WyomingVetoed, Overturned, or Stalled