H.C.R. No. 122 Summary

• Department of Education requested to convene a working group to develop a written plan requiring all public elementary, middle, and high schools to teach Asian American and Pacific Islander history as a required curriculum unit beginning in the 2024-2025 school year.

• Plan must include curriculum incorporating Asian American and Pacific Islander history in Hawaii, civil rights contributions from the 19th century onward, and contributions to U.S. cultural, economic, political, and social development.

• Superintendent of Education directed to prepare and distribute instructional materials to all school complex areas as guidelines for implementing Asian American and Pacific Islander history education.

• Curriculum requested to include instruction on how race shapes power structures and lived experiences to teach civic duty, with each school complex area determining minimum instructional time required.

• Superintendent of Education directed to monitor school complex areas' compliance with curriculum requirements during annual compliance visits, with certified copies transmitted to the Board of Education and all complex area superintendents.