Bills / H.B. 488
H.B. 488 Standards and Curriculum Amendments
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- House committee (stopped here)
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- Senate committee
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What this bill does
The bill directs the State Board of Education to develop free, openly licensed social studies and civics teaching materials and update them when social studies standards change. It also requires K-12 social studies to cover American exceptionalism and comparative government, the Bible as a literary and historical text, and the roles of government officials, adds founding documents to English language arts tests, and lets local schools decide whether applied crafts and technical arts courses count toward fine arts credit.
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Official description
- requires the State Board of Education to develop high-quality open educational resource instructional materials for social studies and civics education
- requires open educational resources to be updated when social studies standards are revised
- requires social studies instruction on American Exceptionalism and comparative government systems
- requires instruction on the Bible as a literary and historical text
- requires integration of founding documents in English language arts assessments
- requires instruction on the roles and responsibilities of government officials
- allows local education agencies to determine whether applied crafts and technical arts courses meet fine arts credit requirements
- makes technical and conforming changes
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