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HI SR219

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/31/2022

Primary Sponsor

Mike Gabbard

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requests the Department of Education to develop and implement a civil rights curriculum for all public elementary, middle, intermediate, and high schools in Hawaii.

  • Curriculum should provide fact-based instruction on civil rights and the Civil Rights Movement, including nonviolent resistance championed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Recognizes the Civil Rights Movement as pivotal in addressing social and institutional inequities, including Jim Crow-era laws and the "separate but equal" doctrine.

  • Requires transmission of a certified copy of the resolution to the Chairperson of the Board of Education.

Legislative Description

Requesting The Department Of Education To Implement A Civil Rights Curriculum Plan For Public School Students.

Public Schools

Last Action

Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06/06/22.

6/6/2022

Committee Referrals

Education3/16/2022

Full Bill Text

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