Relating to education, including by requiring the director of the department of education to review the state’s high school graduation requirements, core curriculum, core content standards, and educational standards, requiring the state board of education to review and revise the state’s social studies standards, requiring that the social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools in grades seven and eight include instruction related to civics, and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 5, 2024
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2024
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 13, 2024
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   Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 28, 202461–34
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   Done: Senate committeeMarch 14, 2024
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   Done: Passes the SenateApril 16, 202433–14
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   Done: To the GovernorApril 29, 2024
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   Done: Signed into lawMay 15, 2024

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What’s in it

This bill requires the director of the department of education to conduct a comprehensive review of the state’s high school graduation requirements, core curriculum, core content standards, and educational standards and recommend policy changes. The bill requires that the recommendations for policy changes be included in a report to the governor and the general assembly that is to be submitted on or before December 31, 2024. The bill establishes what the recommendations for policy changes are to include.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

Senate subcommittee

Named March 5, 2024. On March 7, 2024 it recommended passage. [].

• Sen. Brad Zaun R
• Sen. Molly Donahue DEmail
• Sen. J. Taylor

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Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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