Hawaii 2022 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SR219 Compare Versions

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1	1	THE SENATE S.R. NO. 219 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 STATE OF HAWAII SENATE RESOLUTION requesting the department of education to implement a civil rights curriculum plan for public school students.
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3	3	THE SENATE S.R. NO. 219
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13	13	THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
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29	29	SENATE RESOLUTION
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35	35	requesting the department of education to implement a civil rights curriculum plan for public school students.
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41	41	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, 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 Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: Department of Education; Civil Rights Curriculum; Public Schools
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43	43	WHEREAS, the Civil Rights Movement was pivotal in addressing pervasive social and institutional inequities in the United States; and
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47	47	WHEREAS, the Civil Rights Movement arose as a response to Jim Crow-era laws, particularly those that established a separate but equal doctrine; and
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51	51	WHEREAS, nonviolent resistance championed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was central to the Civil Rights Movement; and
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55	55	WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement were informed by principles of natural rights and natural law; and
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59	59	WHEREAS, it is essential for students in the State to learn about and understand the importance of the Civil Rights Movement; and
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63	63	WHEREAS, a statewide educational curriculum that includes instruction on the Civil Rights Movement would foster more productive civic engagement; now, therefore,
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67	67	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, 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
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71	71	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education.
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79	79	OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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93	93	Department of Education; Civil Rights Curriculum; Public Schools