AK SB29

Requires the State Board of Education to develop a statewide comparative government and civics curriculum and assessment based on the U.S. naturalization exam and primary source documents, including comparative government systems globally and those used by Alaska Natives.

Mandates at least three hours of instruction on the history of communist regimes worldwide, covering speech suppression and rates of poverty, starvation, migration, and lethal violence, with specific focus on Mao Zedong, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro, Pol Pot, and Nicolás Maduro.

Makes completion of one semester of comparative government and civics education a secondary school graduation requirement, with students required to either pass the assessment (70% or higher), complete a project-based assessment, or receive a disability waiver.

Exempts students who transferred into Alaska public schools after grade 10 or who completed a high school state history course from another state from the civics requirement.

Takes effect July 1, 2025.