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7	7		General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5282
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14	14		AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND
15	15		PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
16	16		CURRICULUM.
17	17		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	18		Assembly convened:
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20	20		Section 1. Section 10-16b of the 2022 supplement to the general 1
21	21		statutes, as amended by section 376 of public act 21-2 of the June special 2
22	22		session, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 3
23	23		(Effective July 1, 2025): 4
24	24		(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall 5
25	25		include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally 6
26	26		qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education; 7
27	27		health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and 8
28	28		development, nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary 9
29	29		resuscitation training in accordance with the provisions of section 10-10
30	30		16qq, disease prevention and cancer awareness, including, but not 11
31	31		limited to, age and developmentally appropriate instruction in 12
32	32		performing self-examinations for the purposes of screening for breast 13
33	33		cancer and testicular cancer, community and consumer health, physical, 14
34	34		mental and emotional health, including youth suicide prevention, 15
35	35		substance abuse prevention, including instruction relating to opioid use 16
36	36		and related disorders, safety, which shall include the safe use of social 17 Substitute Bill No. 5282
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43	43		media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include the dangers of gang 18
44	44		membership, and accident prevention; language arts, including reading, 19
45	45		writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; mathematics; physical 20
46	46		education; science, which may include the climate change curriculum 21
47	47		described in subsection (d) of this section; social studies, including, but 22
48	48		not limited to, citizenship, economics, geography, government, history 23
49	49		and Holocaust and genocide education and awareness in accordance 24
50	50		with the provisions of section 10-18f; African-American and black 25
51	51		studies in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16ss; Puerto 26
52	52		Rican and Latino studies in accordance with the provisions of section 27
53	53		10-16ss; Native American studies, in accordance with the provisions of 28
54	54		section 10-16vv; Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, in 29
55	55		accordance with the provisions of section 2 of this act; computer 30
56	56		programming instruction; and in addition, on at least the secondary 31
57	57		level, one or more world languages; vocational education; and the black 32
58	58		and Latino studies course in accordance with the provisions of sections 33
59	59		10-16tt and 10-16uu. For purposes of this subsection, world languages 34
60	60		shall include American Sign Language, provided such subject matter is 35
61	61		taught by a qualified instructor under the supervision of a teacher who 36
62	62		holds a certificate issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes 37
63	63		of this subsection, the "arts" means any form of visual or performing 38
64	64		arts, which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and 39
65	65		theatre. 40
66	66		(b) If a local or regional board of education requires its pupils to take 41
67	67		a course in a world language, the parent or guardian of a pupil 42
68	68		identified as deaf or hard of hearing may request in writing that such 43
69	69		pupil be exempted from such requirement and, if such a request is 44
70	70		made, such pupil shall be exempt from such requirement. 45
71	71		(c) Each local and regional board of education shall on September 1, 46
72	72		1982, and annually thereafter at such time and in such manner as the 47
73	73		Commissioner of Education shall request, attest to the State Board of 48
74	74		Education that such local or regional board of education offers at least 49
75	75		the program of instruction required pursuant to this section, and that 50 Substitute Bill No. 5282
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82	82		such program of instruction is planned, ongoing and systematic. 51
83	83		(d) The State Board of Education shall make available curriculum 52
84	84		materials and such other materials as may assist local and regional 53
85	85		boards of education in developing instructional programs pursuant to 54
86	86		this section. The State Board of Education, within available 55
87	87		appropriations and utilizing available resource materials, shall assist 56
88	88		and encourage local and regional boards of education to include: (1) 57
89	89		Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; (2) the historical 58
90	90		events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; (3) African-American 59
91	91		and black studies; (4) Puerto Rican and Latino studies; (5) Native 60
92	92		American studies; (6) Asian American and Pacific Islander studies; (7) 61
93	93		personal financial management, including, but not limited to, financial 62
94	94		literacy as developed in the plan provided under section 10-16pp; [(7)] 63
95	95		(8) training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic 64
96	96		external defibrillators; [(8)] (9) labor history and law, including 65
97	97		organized labor, the collective bargaining process, existing legal 66
98	98		protections in the workplace, the history and economics of free market 67
99	99		capitalism and entrepreneurialism, and the role of labor and capitalism 68
100	100		in the development of the American and world economies; [(9)] (10) 69
101	101		climate change consistent with the Next Generation Science Standards; 70
102	102		[(10)] (11) topics approved by the state board upon the request of local 71
103	103		or regional boards of education as part of the program of instruction 72
104	104		offered pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and [(11)] (12) 73
105	105		instruction relating to the Safe Haven Act, sections 17a-57 to 17a-61, 74
106	106		inclusive. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection 75
107	107		shall be available to each local and regional board of education for the 76
108	108		development of curriculum on climate change as described in this 77
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110	110		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) For the school year 79
111	111		commencing July 1, 2025, and each school year thereafter, each local and 80
112	112		regional board of education shall include Asian American and Pacific 81
113	113		Islander studies as part of the social studies curriculum for the school 82
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121	121		by this act. Such Asian American and Pacific Islander studies shall 84
122	122		include, but need not be limited to, a focus on (1) the history of Asian 85
123	123		American and Pacific Islanders in the state, the region and the United 86
124	124		States, and (2) the contributions of (A) Asian American and Pacific 87
125	125		Islanders towards advancing civil rights from the nineteenth century to 88
126	126		the present day, (B) individual Asian American and Pacific Islanders in 89
127	127		government, the arts, humanities and sciences, and (C) Asian American 90
128	128		and Pacific Islander communities to the economic, cultural, social and 91
129	129		political development of the United States. In developing and 92
130	130		implementing the Asian American and Pacific Islander studies 93
131	131		curriculum, the board may utilize the curriculum materials made 94
132	132		available by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection (d) of 95
133	133		section 10-16b of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or other 96
134	134		existing and appropriate public or private materials, personnel and 97
135	135		resources, provided such curriculum is in accordance with the state-98
136	136		wide subject matter content standards, adopted by the State Board of 99
137	137		Education pursuant to section 10-4 of the general statutes. 100
138	138		(b) A local or regional board of education may accept gifts, grants and 101
139	139		donations, including in-kind donations, designated for the development 102
140	140		and implementation of the Asian American and Pacific Islander studies 103
141	141		curriculum under this section.104
142	142		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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145	145		Section 1 July 1, 2025 10-16b
146	146		Sec. 2 July 1, 2022 New section
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