Hawaii Senate Bill 138

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires the Board of Education to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian American history. Requires the Superintendent of Education to prepare and make available to all school complex areas instructional material that shall be the guidelines for development of the Asian American history education in each school and monitor compliance. Requires that each school complex area determines the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction in Asian American history. Requires Asian American history to be taught in each public school commencing the 2023-2024 school year.

Relating To Education.

Sen. Stanley Chang [D]	Sen. Henry Aquino [D]	Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]
Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Sen. Brandon Elefante [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Tim Richards [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-01-20	Senate	Referred to EDU, WAM.
2023-01-18	Senate	Introduced and passed First Reading.
2023-01-17	Senate	Pending Introduction.

SB138 (Carry Over) 2023-01-20 - Referred to EDU, WAM.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=138&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB138_.HTM