88R21081 CXP-F
 
  By: Oliverson, Harris of Anderson, Buckley, H.B. No. 2273
      Plesa
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2273:
 
  By:  Buckley C.S.H.B. No. 2273
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to including an understanding of certain political
  ideologies in the foundation curriculum in public schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 28.002(h-1) and (h-6), Education Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (h-1)  In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the
  foundation curriculum under Subsection (a)(1), the State Board of
  Education shall, as appropriate, adopt essential knowledge and
  skills that develop each student's civic knowledge, including an
  understanding of:
               (1)  the fundamental moral, political, and
  intellectual foundations of the American experiment in
  self-government;
               (2)  political ideologies, such as communism and
  totalitarianism, that conflict with the principles of freedom and
  democracy essential to the founding principles of the United
  States;
               (3)  the history, qualities, traditions, and features
  of civic engagement in the United States;
               (4) [(3)]  the structure, function, and processes of
  government institutions at the federal, state, and local levels;
  and
               (5) [(4)]  the founding documents of the United States,
  including:
                     (A)  the entirety of the Declaration of
  Independence;
                     (B)  the entirety of the United States
  Constitution;
                     (C)  the Federalist Papers, including the
  entirety of Essays 10 and 51;
                     (D)  excerpts from Alexis de Tocqueville's
  Democracy in America;
                     (E)  the transcript of the first Lincoln-Douglas
  debate;
                     (F)  the writings of the founding fathers of the
  United States;
                     (G)  the entirety of Frederick Douglass's
  speeches "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" and "What the
  Black Man Wants"; and
                     (H)  the entirety of Martin Luther King Jr.'s
  speech "I Have a Dream."
         (h-6)  In providing instruction regarding the founding
  documents of the United States as described by Subsection (h-1)(5)
  [(h-1)(4)], a school district or open-enrollment charter school
  shall use those documents as part of the instructional materials
  for the instruction.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.