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GA HR881
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
4/4/2022
Primary Sponsor
Mack Jackson
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AI Summary
- Encourages each Georgia public school to include study of the Civil Rights Era in its curriculum, including the rejection of "separate but equal" doctrine and the repeal of Jim Crow-era laws
- Recommends curriculum coverage of the natural law and natural rights principles that informed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s leadership, as well as his tactics and strategies of nonviolent resistance
- Affirms the state's commitment to rejecting bigotry based on immutable characteristics including race, ethnicity, nationality, religious belief, disability, and sex, and to championing equal protection under the law
- Non-binding resolution (not a mandate); the language "encourages" rather than requires public schools to adopt the described curriculum
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the heads of all state government departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions, and authorities
Legislative Description
Public schools; study Civil Rights Era and related subjects; encourage
Last Action
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
4/4/2022
Committee Referrals
Education3/3/2022
Full Bill Text
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