Kentucky House Bill 327 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-15 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require superintendents to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Kentucky Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky African American Heritage and the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to develop recommended curricula and instruction guidelines for the required historical instruction, elective high school course offerings in African history and Native American history, and relevant professional development materials.

AN ACT relating to historical instruction.

Sen. Keturah Herron [D]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]
Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-15	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-15	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb327.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb327/orig_bill.pdf