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Requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to offer and teach one unit of African American history in grades nine through twelve
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 21, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa school districts and private schools must now teach one unit of African American history to students in grades 4 through 12. This history unit would be part of the five social studies classes required by state standards. Schools will use money from their state foundation aid to cover the costs of this new requirement.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires, within the five units of social studies required under Iowa’s educational standards, school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to offer and teach one unit of African American history in grades through 12. Currently, high school students are required to take three years of social studies, including one-half unit of United States government and a unit of United States history.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§256.11
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2385 Requiring that the United States history unit requirement under the state’s educational st…88th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- HF 194 Directing that students be required to read and demonstrate comprehension of excerpts from…88th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
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