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| 1 | 1 | By: West S.B. No. 2612 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the revision of the essential knowledge and skills of | |
| 9 | 9 | the public school social studies curricula to include instruction | |
| 10 | 10 | relating to the history of persons with disabilities. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Not later than March 1, 2024, the State Board of | |
| 13 | 13 | Education shall revise the essential knowledge and skills for | |
| 14 | 14 | social studies as necessary to require, as age and grade-level | |
| 15 | 15 | appropriate, instruction in: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) the history of persons with disabilities; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) the disability rights movement in the United | |
| 18 | 18 | States. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |