Kentucky House Bill 9 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-07 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require local school boards to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky African American Heritage and the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to develop recommended curricula and instruction guidelines for the required historical instruction, elective high school course offerings in African history and Native American history, and relevant professional development materials.

AN ACT relating to historical instruction.

Rep. Attica Scott [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Charles Booker [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]
Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. James Glenn [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Joe Graviss [D]
Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]
Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-07	House	to Education (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-05-10	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb9.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb9/orig_bill.pdf