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AL HB7
Bill
Status
2/2/2021
Primary Sponsor
Juandalynn Givan
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AI Summary
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Public elementary, middle, and high schools must require completion of a semester-long course on Black American history beginning in the 2021 school year.
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Course instruction must include the history of slavery in America and its ongoing effects, contributions of African-Americans in government, arts, humanities, and sciences.
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Curriculum shall cover the economic, cultural, and political development of the United States and Africa, and the socioeconomic struggles African-Americans have experienced in achieving fair and equal treatment.
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State Board of Education shall adopt rules for implementation and enforcement of the requirement.
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The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Education, requires all public K-12 schools to require student completion of a semester-long course in Black American history
Education
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy
2/2/2021