Bill Text: MI HB5762 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; curriculum; clearinghouse for curriculum of various ethnic and minority groups; create in the department of education. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1168.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-07-13 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/09/2016 [HB5762 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5762-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5762

June 9, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Pagan and Chang and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1168.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1168. (1) The department shall develop or select

 

recommended model instructional content and materials regarding

 

ethnic, racial, or minority groups, including, but not limited to,

 

women, African Americans, Arab and Chaldean Americans, Asian

 

Americans, Native Americans, and Latino Americans.

 

     (2) A school district or public school academy is encouraged

 

to adopt and include as part of its existing curriculum relating to

 

social studies or civics the recommended model instructional

 

content and materials developed or selected by the department under

 

subsection (1).

 

     (3) The department shall serve as a central clearinghouse by

 

making available to schools in this state the recommended model

 

instructional content and materials developed or selected by the

 

department under subsection (1). Each intermediate school district

 

shall designate a liaison to work with constituent districts to

 

access the recommended model instructional content and materials

 

described under subsection (1) and made available by the

 

department.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.