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AR HB1060
Bill
Status
2/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Scott Richardson
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AI Summary
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Arkansas Department of Education must review and update social studies standards for grades 7-12 prior to the 2026-2027 school year to compare the U.S. constitutional republic with failures of communism and autocratic systems
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Required curriculum topics include constitutional limitations in U.S. government, the value of educated citizenry in elections, and the record of mass murder and oppression under communist and autocratic regimes
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Standards must address economic collapses in countries that adopted communism, with specific focus on the USSR/Russia, People's Republic of China, North Korea, and Argentina
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Instruction must cover the historical deterioration of democracies into autocracies, citing examples including Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen
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"Communism and autocratic government" is defined as a system where absolute power is concentrated in a single person or party without external legal constraints or popular control
Legislative Description
To Revise The Instruction Provided On The Failure Of Communist And Autocratic Systems And To Reinforce In Required Instruction The Resiliency Of The Constitutional Republic System Adopted By The United States Of America.
Last Action
Notification that HB1060 is now Act 134
2/25/2025