THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 226 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 H.D. 1 STATE OF HAWAII SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A CIVIL RIGHTS CURRICULUM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 226
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
THE SENATE
S.C.R. NO.
226
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A CIVIL RIGHTS CURRICULUM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.
WHEREAS, the Civil Rights Movement was pivotal in addressing pervasive social and institutional inequities in the United States; and WHEREAS, the Civil Rights Movement arose as a response to Jim Crow-era laws, particularly those that established a separate but equal doctrine; and WHEREAS, nonviolent resistance championed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was central to the Civil Rights Movement; and WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement were informed by principles of natural rights and natural law; and WHEREAS, it is essential for students in the State to learn about and understand the importance of the Civil Rights Movement; and WHEREAS, a statewide educational curriculum that includes instruction on the Civil Rights Movement would foster more productive civic engagement; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to develop and implement a civil rights curriculum through which students in all public elementary, middle, intermediate, and high schools will be able to take courses offering fact-based information on civil rights and the Civil Rights Movement; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education. Report Title: Department of Education; Civil Rights Curriculum; Public Schools
WHEREAS, the Civil Rights Movement was pivotal in addressing pervasive social and institutional inequities in the United States; and
WHEREAS, the Civil Rights Movement arose as a response to Jim Crow-era laws, particularly those that established a separate but equal doctrine; and
WHEREAS, nonviolent resistance championed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was central to the Civil Rights Movement; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement were informed by principles of natural rights and natural law; and
WHEREAS, it is essential for students in the State to learn about and understand the importance of the Civil Rights Movement; and
WHEREAS, a statewide educational curriculum that includes instruction on the Civil Rights Movement would foster more productive civic engagement; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to develop and implement a civil rights curriculum through which students in all public elementary, middle, intermediate, and high schools will be able to take courses offering fact-based information on civil rights and the Civil Rights Movement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education.
Report Title:
Department of Education; Civil Rights Curriculum; Public Schools