Bill Text: HI HR7 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Resolution 7 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Education To Broaden The Content Of The Social Science Curriculum To Include Various Principles Of Diversity.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-10 - Referred to LHE, FIN, referral sheet 39 [HR7 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-HR7-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	7
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BROADEN THE CONTENT OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM TO INCLUDE VARIOUS PRINCIPLES OF DIVERSITY.

WHEREAS, teaching principles of diversity prepares students to be global citizens by exposing them to different cultures and social groups; and

WHEREAS, exposure to principles of diversity allows students to be prepared to work in settings and situations with various groups of people; and

WHEREAS, studies show that students feel safer in and out of school when they receive an education that includes a variety of diverse perspectives; and

WHEREAS, learning about different social, ethnic, and religious cultures allows students to become comfortable with cultural differences across social groups and comfortable with their own identity; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Education has made great strides to include principles of diversity in its social science curriculum to more accurately reflect the roles of women and different racial and ethnic groups in society and throughout history; and

WHEREAS, being educated about diversity increases cultural competence and reduces discriminatory stereotyping; and

WHEREAS, our community as a whole will greatly benefit from enhancing our cultural competence to include gender, sexual orientation, and religion; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Education's anchor standard SS.9-12.5.1, highlights the importance for students to identify local, regional, and global problems and issues using interdisciplinary lenses; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, that the Department of Education is urged to include social issues and historical perspectives of gender identity, sexual orientation, and religious practices in its social science curriculum; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Education, and Superintendent of Education.