| State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 CO | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Indicates the circumstances under which the education department may issue a Native American Language and Cultural instruction authorization to an individual. A district may adopt a policy to grant general education or world language credit for successful completion of Native American language course work for languages of fedrally recognized tribes.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2012a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/DE919C4DC5DD2AF487257981007DB7B8?Open&file=057_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 57
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2008 | P-12 | Encourages a school district that teaches world history in middle school or high school to focus instruction regarding Africa on at least one of certain kingdoms of Africa.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0312.pdf
Title: H.B. 4902
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/
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| OK | Adopted 10/2005 | P-12 | Replaces the term multicultural education with the term racial and ethnic education. Establishes new school board policy for the rule change. OKLAHOMA 13851
Title: OAC 210:20-19-2 thru -4
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | Establishes and creates the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and
other programs on slavery and African-American history. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A06362&sh=t
Title: H.B. 6362
Source:
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Creates the Amistad Commission. Contains provisions concerning the membership and duties of the Commission. These duties include:
(i) providing assistance and advice to schools within the state with respect to the implementation of education, awareness programs, textbooks, and educational materials concerned with the African slave trade, slavery in America, the vestiges of slavery in this country, and the contributions of African-Americans to our society;
(ii) surveying and cataloging the extent and breadth of education concerning these topics;
(iii) acting as a liaison to textbook publishers and others in forming a curriculum on these subjects;
(iv) coordinating events and programs on slavery and related issues; and
(iv) developing with the cooperation of the State Board of Education, curriculum guidelines for the teaching of information on slavery topics and issues.
Authorizes the commission to call upon any department, office, division, or agency of the state, or of any county, municipality, or school district of the State, to supply such data, program reports, and other information, personnel, and assistance as it deems necessary to discharge its responsibilities under this Act. Requires the state board to assist the commission in a variety of ways, including by: (i) marketing and distributing information and materials on slavery topics to schools, and (ii) conducting at least one teacher workshop annually on slavery issues. Requires the Commission to make biannual reports on its activities to the Governor and the General Assembly. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0285
Title: H.B. 383
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Adds that the Indian education division shall:
develop or select for implementation a challenging, sequential, culturally relevant curriculum to provide instruction to American Indian students in kindergarten through sixth grade to prepare them for pre-advanced placement and advanced placement coursework in grades seven through twelve;
Title: S.B. 215
Source: StateNet
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| ND | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding initial licenses, distance learning instructor - definition - qualifications - licensure, two-year and five-year renewals, professional development for license renewal, multicultural education and native american studies, and reentry.
Title: NDAC 67.1-02-02-, -04, -05, -07, -09
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires multicultural content for a percentage of instructional material approved by the State Board of Education.
Title: S.B. 396
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2002 | P-12 | Requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission within the Department of Education to identify model programs, standards, and curricula relating to ethnic studies at the high school level. Requires the commission to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature and to make the report available on the department's Internet Web site. Appropriates funds for the purposes of the report.
Title: A.B. 2001
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history in public and nonpublic schools and public and private nonprofit resource organizations. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2002/Bills/A1500/1301_R1.HTM
Title: A.B. 1301
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Vetoed 02/2002 | P-12 | Enacts the Indian Education Act; prescribes powers and duties. The purpose of the Indian Education Act is to: (A) ensure equitable educational opportunities for American Indian students residing in New Mexico; (B) ensure maintenance of native languages; (C) develop and implement educational systems that positively impact the educational success of American Indian students; and (D) structure a formal government-to-government relationship with New Mexico tribes.
Title: H.B. 28
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Vetoed 12/2001 | P-12 | Establishes Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Culture and Education; appropriates funds. The duties of the commission include giving assistance to and advising public and nonpublic schools on the positive contributions and achievement of Italians and of Americans of Italian Heritage in our
society and encouraging a recognition of those values, both cultural and historical, which derive from the Italian heritage.
Title: A.B. 3693
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Education to request proposals for the development of model curricula, aligned with state content standards, on California Native American history, culture, and tribal sovereignty, to be incorporated into educational materials for pupils in grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Appropriates a specified amount from the General Fund to the department for these purposes.
Title: S.B. 1439
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2000 | P-12 | Chapter No.213, Requires the State Board of Education to adopt a model curriculum guide for use by public schools for exercises related to Cesar Chavez Day. Requires the State Board of Education to ensure that the state curriculum framework, where appropriate, includes instruction in Cesar Chavez and the history of the farm labor movement in the United States. Creates the Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning Program.
Title: S.B. 984
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2000 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop curricular material on genocide and human rights violations and issues including slave trade, great hunger in Ireland, the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust and Mussolini's Fascist Regime.
Title: H.B. 7397
Source: www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText00/HouseText00/H7397.htm
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Relates to a curriculum for Native language education.
Title: S.B. 103
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2000 | P-12 | Amends the Standards of Quality to require that the Board of Education supplement the Standards of Learning for Social Studies to ensure the study of contributions to society of diverse people; defines diverse as including consideration of disability, ethnicity, race and gender.
Title: S.B. 487
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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