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House Bill 4509 |
House Author: Bonnen et al. |
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Effective: 6-18-21 |
Senate Sponsor: Taylor et al. |
House Bill 4509 amends the Education Code to require the State Board of Education (SBOE) and each public school district to require the teaching of informed American patriotism, as defined by the bill, in the adoption of instructional materials for kindergarten through grade 12. The bill requires the SBOE, in adopting state curriculum standards, to adopt essential knowledge and skills that develop each student's civic knowledge and sets out certain concepts and specific United States founding documents to be addressed by those standards. The bill updates the stated objectives of public education to reflect educators' responsibility to cultivate in students an informed American patriotism and lead students in a close study of the founding documents of the United States and Texas.