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OLR Bill Analysis
HB 7075
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF ISLAMIC AND ARAB
STUDIES CURRICULUM MATERIAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the State Board of Education (SBE), within available
appropriations and using available resource materials, to (1) make
curriculum materials available to local and regional boards of education
on Islamic and Arab studies and (2) encourage them to provide
instruction in this area. Boards may use these materials to develop an
instructional program for the public schools under their jurisdiction.
The law already requires SBE to make curriculum materials available
for various other programs, such as (1) African-American and Black
studies, Puerto Rican and Latino studies, Native American studies, and
Asian American and Pacific Islander studies; (2) personal financial
management; (3) the Holocaust and genocide awareness; and (4)
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic external
defibrators.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2025
COMMITTEE ACTION
Education Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 43 Nay 2 (03/24/2025)