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GA HR881

Resolution

Status

Engrossed

4/4/2022

Primary Sponsor

Mack Jackson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021-2022 Regular Session

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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