Bill Text: MI HB4276 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education: curriculum; requirement for schools to provide instruction on African-American history; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1164.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-28 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/28/2019 [HB4276 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4276-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4276

 

 

February 28, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Gay-Dagnogo, Tyrone Carter, Bolden, Hood, Sowerby, Clemente, Shannon, Anthony, Guerra, Manoogian, Brixie, Kuppa, Hoadley, Pagan, LaGrand, Stone, Garza, Brenda Carter, Kennedy, Ellison, Cynthia Johnson, Witwer, Yancey, Neeley, Garrett, Byrd, Wittenberg, Sabo, Hertel, Cambensy, Hope, Love, Coleman, Jones, Elder, Tate, Lasinski, Haadsma, Hammoud, Cherry, Chirkun, Sneller, Warren, Koleszar, Pohutsky, Rabhi, Camilleri and Greig and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1164.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1164. (1) The commission on the inclusion of African-

 

American history in K to 12 instruction is created as a temporary

 

commission described in section 4 of article V of the state

 

constitution of 1963. The department shall provide staffing and

 

support for the commission.

 

     (2) Not later than 30 days after the effective date of the

 

amendatory act that added this section, the governor shall appoint

 

members to the commission in consultation with the department. The

 

commission shall consist of the following 5 members:

 

     (a) One representative from the University of Michigan.

     (b) One representative from Michigan State University.

 

     (c) One representative from Wayne State University.

 

     (d) One individual who is capable of adequately representing

 

the interest of teachers.

 

     (e) One individual who is capable of adequately representing

 

the interest of school district officials.

 

     (3) Not later than 60 days after the effective date of the

 

amendatory act that added this section, the superintendent of

 

public instruction shall call the first meeting of the commission.

 

At the first meeting, the commission shall elect from among its

 

voting members a chairperson and other officers as it considers

 

necessary or appropriate. After the first meeting, the commission

 

shall meet at times and places specified by the chairperson or a

 

majority of its voting members.

 

     (4) A majority of the members of the commission constitute a

 

quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the

 

commission. A majority of the members present and serving are

 

required for official action of the commission.

 

     (5) The business that the commission may perform must be

 

conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance

 

with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

 

     (6) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or

 

retained by the commission in the performance of an official

 

function is subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442,

 

MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

 

     (7) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation

 

and shall not be reimbursed for their expenses.

     (8) Not later than 365 days after the members of the

 

commission are appointed, the commission shall provide to the state

 

board and the standing committees of the legislature responsible

 

for K to 12 education legislation a recommendation on age- and

 

grade-appropriate instruction for all grade levels on African-

 

American history. The recommended instruction must include both of

 

the following:

 

     (a) The study of African-American history during

 

Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Era, and other eras relevant to

 

African-American history.

 

     (b) The contributions African-Americans have made to the

 

development of the United States and other countries.

 

     (9) After the commission provides to the state board the

 

recommended instruction under subsection (8), not later than 2

 

school years following the date on which the state board receives

 

the recommended instruction under subsection (8), the state board

 

shall ensure that the recommended model core academic curriculum

 

content standards for history developed under section 1278 include

 

for all grade levels age- and grade-appropriate learning objectives

 

concerning African-American history. Those learning objectives must

 

be aligned with the commission's recommended instruction.

 

     (10) After the commission provides to the state board the

 

recommended instruction under subsection (8), in addition to the

 

requirements of section 1279g, beginning with assessments conducted

 

during the 2025-2026 school year, the superintendent of public

 

instruction shall ensure that the Michigan merit examination social

 

studies component and the M-STEP and any successor state assessment

for social studies, as appropriate, include questions related to

 

the learning objectives in the state board recommended model core

 

academic curriculum content standards concerning African-American

 

history.

 

     (11) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the board of a

 

school district or board of directors of a public school academy

 

shall ensure that each school it operates provides instruction to

 

pupils at all grade levels operated by that school regarding

 

African-American history, as described in subsection (8).

 

     (12) As used in this section, "commission" means the

 

commission on the inclusion of African-American history in K to 12

 

instruction created in subsection (1).

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.