MI HB5857

Requires high school civics courses to include instruction on the mechanics of democracy, including voter registration, candidate registration, public meeting participation, contacting officials, voting district drawing, and vote counting/certification processes by end of grade 11.

Mandates state board develop curriculum standards for American government (grades K-12) by May 30, 2023, ensuring instruction on voting and political participation concepts by grade 3, government branches and election administration by grade 8, and democracy mechanics by grade 11.

Specifies that beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, high school civics courses must cover these democracy mechanics criteria to the extent possible, with any uncovered content integrated into other required social science credits.

Makes technical corrections including changing "shall" to "must," updating constitutional references to use proper capitalization, and replacing references to the ACT examination with "applicable state assessment" in specialty school provisions.