House Bill 1120 Summary

• State Board of Education must develop curricula for vocational agricultural and forestry education, civics, and home economics as mandatory components for all high school students, with implementation by the 2022-2023 school year.

• Home economics curriculum must include instruction in cooking, food safety, child development, home management, sewing, budgeting, and health/hygiene.

• Civics curriculum must teach civic knowledge based on five major inquiries (civic life and government, American political foundations, constitutional government, U.S. role in world affairs, and citizen roles), along with intellectual skills and civic dispositions.

• State funding for these three subject areas must be included in the adequate education program and vocational education appropriation bills beginning with the 2022-2023 fiscal year, with at least one instructor per high school in each school district.

• Vocational agricultural and forestry education courses, civics, and home economics instruction must be included as grade-appropriate curricula components in alternative school programs.