Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires schools teach students about the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers and compare democratic principles to communism, socialism and totalitarianism.

Highlights:

• Establishes the promotion of model curriculum and related instructional materials for grades K-12 on civic education. In developing the model curriculum and instructional materials, the state superintendent shall ensure that they are designed to assist pupils in developing all of the following (Sec. 1): 

• An understanding of pupils' shared rights and responsibilities as residents of this state and the United States; 

• The history and content of the Declaration of Independence, including natural and popular sovereignty and self-evident truth, and how those concepts form philosophical foundations of government; 

• The history, meaning, significance, and effect of provisions of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights and how those documents provide the structure of government; 

• The arguments in support of adopting the republican form of government, including those argument contained in the Federalist Papers; and

• A sense of civic pride and desire to participate regularly with government at the local, state, and federal levels; 

• An understanding of the process for effectively advocating before governmental bodies and officials; 

• An understanding of the civic-minded expectations of an upright and desirable citizenry that recognizes and accepts responsibility for preserving and defending the benefits of liberty inherited from previous generations and secured by the U.S. Constitution; 

• Knowledge of other nations' governing philosophies, including communism, socialism, and totalitarianism, and an understanding of how those philosophies compare with the philosophy and principles of freedom and representative democracy essential to the founding principles of the United States; and

• Portraits in patriotism based on the personal stories of diverse individuals who demonstrate civic-minded qualities, including first-person accounts of victims of other nations' governing philosophies who are able to compare those philosophies with those of the United States.

• Requires the governing body of a private school to ensure that the private school, as part of the private school's curriculum, includes the instruction in civic education (Sec. 3).

• Requires the governing body of a private school to ensure that the private school, as part of the private school's curriculum, includes the instruction in civic education (Sec. 4).

• Specifies these requirements first apply to (Sec. 7):

• A contract that is entered into, renewed, or modified on the effective date; and

• Curriculum for the 2022-23 school year; and 

• A pupil who graduates in the 2022-23 school year.

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