Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R11226 ANG-D
2	2	By: Ordaz H.B. No. 4545
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to social studies curriculum in public schools.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Sections 28.002(h-1) and (h-6), Education Code,
10	10	are amended to read as follows:
11	11	(h-1) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the
12	12	foundation curriculum under Subsection (a)(1), the State Board of
13	13	Education shall, as appropriate, adopt essential knowledge and
14	14	skills that develop each student's civic knowledge, including an
15	15	understanding of:
16	16	(1) the fundamental moral, political, and
17	17	intellectual foundations of the American experiment in
18	18	self-government;
19	19	(2) the history, qualities, traditions, and features
20	20	of civic engagement in the United States;
21	21	(3) the structure, function, and processes of
22	22	government institutions at the federal, state, and local levels;
23	23	[and]
24	24	(4) the roles and contributions of culturally and
25	25	racially diverse groups to the economic, political, and social
26	26	development of this state and the United States, including the
27	27	histories, contributions, and perspectives of:
28	28	(A) women;
29	29	(B) Native Americans, Indigenous Americans, and
30	30	American Indians;
31	31	(C) African Americans;
32	32	(D) Latinos;
33	33	(E) Asian Americans;
34	34	(F) Pacific Islanders;
35	35	(G) persons who identify as lesbian, gay,
36	36	bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or asexual;
37	37	(H) persons with disabilities;
38	38	(I) members of persecuted religious minorities;
39	39	and
40	40	(J) members of other ethnic and cultural groups
41	41	that have contributed to the history of this state and the United
42	42	States; and
43	43	(5) the founding documents of the United States,
44	44	including:
45	45	(A) the entirety of the Declaration of
46	46	Independence;
47	47	(B) the entirety of the United States
48	48	Constitution;
49	49	(C) the Federalist Papers, including the
50	50	entirety of Essays 10 and 51;
51	51	(D) excerpts from Alexis de Tocqueville's
52	52	Democracy in America;
53	53	(E) the transcript of the first Lincoln-Douglas
54	54	debate;
55	55	(F) the writings of the founding fathers of the
56	56	United States;
57	57	(G) the entirety of Frederick Douglass's
58	58	speeches "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" and "What the
59	59	Black Man Wants"; and
60	60	(H) the entirety of Martin Luther King Jr.'s
61	61	speech "I Have a Dream."
62	62	(h-6) In providing instruction regarding the founding
63	63	documents of the United States as described by Subsection (h-1)(5)
64	64	[(h-1)(4)], a school district or open-enrollment charter school
65	65	shall use those documents as part of the instructional materials
66	66	for the instruction.
67	67	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
68	68	school year.
69	69	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
70	70	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
71	71	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
72	72	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
73	73	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.