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AZ SB1133

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Wendy Rogers

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona's high school graduation requirements to replace the requirement for "a comparative discussion of political ideologies, such as communism and totalitarianism" with instruction on "comparative politics."

  • Creates a new section requiring age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate instruction on the history of communism in the United States, domestic communist movements, and their tactics.

  • Mandates instruction on atrocities committed by communist regimes in foreign countries and comparative discussion of communism and totalitarianism as ideologies conflicting with U.S. founding principles.

  • Requires instruction on the threat of communism during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the cultural revolution in China, and communist policies in Cuba and Latin America.

  • Authorizes the State Board of Education to consult with individuals who were victims of communism and state or nationally recognized organizations dedicated to victims of communism when adopting these instructional requirements.

Legislative Description

History of communism; instruction requirement

Requirements

Last Action

House read second time

3/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules3/13/2025
Education3/3/2025
Rules1/22/2025
Education Accountability and Reform1/22/2025

Full Bill Text

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