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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 352 2021 Regular Session Hodges
CURRICULA: Provides relative to content standards for social studies in public schools
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Delete proposed law relative to specific content of required instruction on
American history and civics in public schools in grades K-12.
2.Require the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to
incorporate certain topics into social studies content standards.
3.Require BESE to publish notices of hearings regarding the development of
social studies standards in the official journal of every parish.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Proposed law requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to
incorporate standards related to the following topics into the state content standards for social
studies:
(1)The U.S. Constitution.
(2)The Bill of Rights.
(3)Civics.
(4)The Holocaust.
(5)African American history.
Proposed law requires BESE to publish a notice of any hearing held regarding the
development of social studies standards pursuant to proposed law in the official journal of
each parish in the state.
(Adds R.S. 17:24.4(M))
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