Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that defines "adequate education" to now include logic, geography, personal financial literacy in public schools teaching curriculums and adds student proficiency standards.

Highlights:

• Defines “applied learning” as an educational approach whereby students have the opportunity to directly engage in learning activities using knowledge and skills, theories, and models that may be outside of the traditional classroom experience or embedded as part of a course, program, or grade level program (Sec. 5.e).

• Requires an adequate education provide all students with the opportunity to acquire and apply (Sec. 2):

• Skill in reading, writing, and speaking English;

• Knowledge and skill in mathematics and familiarity with methods of science;

• Knowledge of the biological, physical, and earth sciences;

• Knowledge of civics and government, economics, geography, history, and Holocaust and genocide education;

• Grounding in the arts, languages, and literature;

• Sound wellness and environmental practices; and

• Skills for lifelong learning, including interpersonal and technological skills.

• Requires an adequate education provide rigorous academic study and applied learning in the following core knowledge domains (Sec. 3.1):

• English and language arts and reading;

• Mathematics;

• Biology, physical science, and earth science;

• [Social studies] Civics and government, economics, geography, and history;

• Arts education;

• World languages;

• Health and wellness education;

• Physical education;

• Engineering and technologies; and

• Personal finance literacy.

• Requires a school demonstrate that it provides the opportunity for an adequate education for the school approval standards set forth in rules adopted by the Department of Education in the following areas (Sec. 7):

• English and language arts and reading;

• Mathematics;

• Biology, physical science, and earth science;

• Social studies, Civics and government, economics, geography, and history;

• Arts education;

• World languages;

• Health and wellness education;

• Physical education;

• Engineering and technologies;

• Computer science and digital literacy, Personal finance literacy;

• School year; and

• Minimum credits required for a high school diploma.

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