THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	226
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A CIVIL RIGHTS CURRICULUM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the Civil Rights Movement was pivotal in addressing pervasive social and institutional inequities in the United States; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Civil Rights Movement arose as a response to Jim Crow-era laws, particularly those that established a separate but equal doctrine; and

 

     WHEREAS, nonviolent resistance championed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was central to the Civil Rights Movement; and

 

     WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement were informed by principles of natural rights and natural law; and

 

     WHEREAS, it is essential for students in the State to learn about and understand the importance of the Civil Rights Movement; and

 

     WHEREAS, a statewide educational curriculum that includes instruction on the Civil Rights Movement would foster more productive civic engagement; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to develop and implement a civil rights curriculum through which students in all public elementary, middle, intermediate, and high schools will be able to take courses offering fact-based information on civil rights and the Civil Rights Movement; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education.

 

 

 

Report Title: 

Department of Education; Civil Rights Curriculum; Public Schools