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Modifying provisions related to the social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in grades one through twelve in school districts by creating celebrate freedom week
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2024
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill modifies provisions related to the social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in grades through in school districts. The bill requires that the social studies curriculum provided to students enrolled in grades one through eight, and the one unit of United States history instruction provided as part of the social studies curriculum to students enrolled in grades through 12, include during the week in which September falls, or during another full school week as determined by the board of directors of a school district, instruction related to the original intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights contained in the Constitution.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires such instruction to include an examination of the relationship between the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the subsequent history of the United States. The bill prohibits such instruction from censoring any religious references in the writings of the founding fathers. The bill requires such instruction to include, in grades through 12, a recitation of a portion of the Declaration of Independence, with limited exceptions for certain specified students.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named January 18, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§256.11
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
3 for · 6 against · 1 undecided · Who →