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

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. 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.