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

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. The bill requires that the comprehensive review include publishing a link on the department of education’s internet site that allows the public and interested stakeholders to provide comments related to the comprehensive review, collecting and considering the comments, and convening committees to assist in the comprehensive review and provide recommendations. The bill takes effect upon enactment.