Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2273 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Oliverson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2273
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2023;
3	3	May 11, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Education; May 22, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 12, Nays 1; May 22, 2023, sent to printer.)
6	6	Click here to see the committee vote
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9	9	COMMITTEE VOTE
10	10	YeaNayAbsentPNV
11	11	CreightonX
12	12	CampbellX
13	13	BettencourtX
14	14	BirdwellX
15	15	FloresX
16	16	KingX
17	17	LaMantiaX
18	18	MenéndezX
19	19	MiddletonX
20	20	ParkerX
21	21	PaxtonX
22	22	SpringerX
23	23	WestX
24	24	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
25	25	AN ACT
26	26	relating to including an understanding of certain political
27	27	ideologies in the foundation curriculum in public schools.
28	28	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
29	29	SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
30	30	amending Subsections (h-1) and (h-6) and adding Subsection (h-3) to
31	31	read as follows:
32	32	(h-1) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the
33	33	foundation curriculum under Subsection (a)(1), the State Board of
34	34	Education shall, as appropriate, adopt essential knowledge and
35	35	skills that develop each student's civic knowledge, including an
36	36	understanding of:
37	37	(1) the fundamental moral, political, and
38	38	intellectual foundations of the American experiment in
39	39	self-government;
40	40	(2) political ideologies, such as communism,
41	41	socialism, fascism, and totalitarianism, that conflict with the
42	42	principles of freedom and democracy essential to the founding
43	43	principles of the United States;
44	44	(3) the history, qualities, traditions, and features
45	45	of civic engagement in the United States;
46	46	(4) [(3)] the structure, function, and processes of
47	47	government institutions at the federal, state, and local levels;
48	48	and
49	49	(5) [(4)] the founding documents of the United States,
50	50	including:
51	51	(A) the entirety of the Declaration of
52	52	Independence;
53	53	(B) the entirety of the United States
54	54	Constitution;
55	55	(C) the Federalist Papers, including the
56	56	entirety of Essays 10 and 51;
57	57	(D) excerpts from Alexis de Tocqueville's
58	58	Democracy in America;
59	59	(E) the transcript of the first Lincoln-Douglas
60	60	debate;
61	61	(F) the writings of the founding fathers of the
62	62	United States;
63	63	(G) the entirety of Frederick Douglass's
64	64	speeches "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" and "What the
65	65	Black Man Wants"; and
66	66	(H) the entirety of Martin Luther King Jr.'s
67	67	speech "I Have a Dream."
68	68	(h-3) In providing instruction regarding the political
69	69	ideologies described by Subsection (h-1)(2), a school district or
70	70	open-enrollment charter school shall use first-person accounts as
71	71	part of the instructional materials for the instruction.
72	72	(h-6) In providing instruction regarding the founding
73	73	documents of the United States as described by Subsection (h-1)(5)
74	74	[(h-1)(4)], a school district or open-enrollment charter school
75	75	shall use those documents as part of the instructional materials
76	76	for the instruction.
77	77	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
78	78	school year.
79	79	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
80	80	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
81	81	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
82	82	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
83	83	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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