GRAPEVINE, Texas – A Texas middle school is apologizing to parents after actress Janine Turner distributed materials that included references to abortion and sex trafficking during a presentation about the U.S. Constitution.

Turner, a Texas actress known for her roles in “Friday Night Lights” and “Northern Exposure,” visited Eubanks Intermediate School for Constitution Day last week to lead a discussion with fifth- and sixth-graders about the U.S. Constitution and patriotism, The Dallas Morning News reports.

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“The program itself was great as she talked about love for country and being a good citizen,” Carrol School District spokeswoman Julie Thannum told the news site. “It wasn’t until later that we started getting calls and seeing social media postings about material the speaker passed out to the children.”

Turner heads the nonpartisan nonprofit Constituting America, which aims to boost civic engagement and knowledge about the U.S. Constitution. She submitted the materials for her presentation to school officials well in advance and received their approval.

The documents discussed legislation like the No Child Left Behind Act, Affordable Care Act, and Justice for Victims of Trafficking, examples of legislation Turner cites in her petition to Congress to limit the size of bills so average Americans can understand what they do.

“She briefly explained how the lack of transparency and complex legalese stalled the trafficking bill when Democrats discovered language that would have limited funding for abortions,” the Morning News reports.

Parents complained and posted about the materials online, prompting district officials to issue a public apology.

“These aren’t the topics we’d typically talk about with fifth and sixth graders,” Thannum said.

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She alleged district officials believed the materials Turner submitted in advance for the presentation were for reference only, and wouldn’t be handed out to students. Officials thought Turner would discuss only the Constitution and a student competition involving Constituting America.

Turner told the Morning News she would have altered her presentation if school officials had raised any issues, and said “the last thing I’d ever want to do is to disappoint a school system or to disappoint a child or a parent.”

“I’m very disappointed that no one (in the district) in the five days they’ve been dealing with this has reached out to me,” she said, adding that she only learned about the controversy online.

Since 2010, Turner said she’s given more than 100 similar presentations in Texas and beyond without any issues.

Regardless, some locals like defense attorney Buddy Luce, a former school board member, continue to insist that Turner’s presentation is part of a dubious conservative plot to infiltrate public schools and infect students with a political agenda.

“How they get their foot in the door is letting a nice, little actress from Texas talking in a school about the Constitution,” he said. “But the school needs to know there is a slant.”

The controversy, ironically, is brewing as a new poll finds college students have a very weak understanding of the Constitution, and many are willing to use violence to silence those who espouse “offensive and hurtful statements.”