Bill Text: MI HB6183 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: curriculum; high school civics course requirement; modify to ensure the inclusion of the coverage of certain instruction pertaining to interactions with law enforcement. Amends sec. 1166 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1166).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-14 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/09/2022 [HB6183 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB6183-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6183
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1166 (MCL 380.1166), as amended by 2016 PA 391.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1166. (1) In all public and nonpublic schools in this state, regular courses of instruction shall must be given in the constitution Constitution of the United States, in the this state's constitution, of Michigan, and in the history and present form of government of the United States, Michigan, this state, and its political subdivisions. Instruction shall must begin not no later than the opening of the eighth grade 8, or its equivalent, except in schools maintaining a junior high school, in which case it may begin in the ninth grade 9.
(2) A high school in this state shall require a 1-semester course of study of 5 periods per week in civics. The This course shall include must do all of the following:
(a) Include the form and functions of the federal, state, and local governments. and shall stress
(b) Stress the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
(c) Include best practices for properly interacting with law enforcement. The best practices described in this subdivision must, at a minimum, meet all of the following criteria:
(i) Instruct pupils to obey the law.
(ii) Instruct pupils to follow the lawful direction of law enforcement.
(iii) Instruct pupils to be polite when interacting with law enforcement.
(iv) Instruct pupils to refrain from resisting if being arrested by law enforcement.
(v) Instruct pupils to refrain from reaching for a law enforcement officer's weapon.
(vi) Be designed in a manner to encourage positive interactions with law enforcement.
(vii) Teach pupils about their right to an attorney and their right to remain silent.
(viii) Instruct pupils on the processes and protocols available for individuals who feel that they have been wrongfully detained or who feel that they have been improperly treated by law enforcement.
(3) A diploma shall must not be issued by a high school to a pupil who has not successfully completed this course. This the course described in subsection (2). However, the course requirement is not a graduation requirement for a high school pupil who has enlisted or been inducted into military service.
(4) (3) By not later than May 1, 2018 or the next update of the state curriculum content standards after the effective date of this subsection, March 29, 2017, whichever occurs first, the state board shall revise the state curriculum content standards for high school social studies to ensure that those content standards cover the same content as covered by the 100 questions on the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services as of December 1, 2016.
(5) (4) Beginning with the first state high school social studies assessment administered after the state academic curriculum content standards are revised as required under subsection (3), (4), the superintendent of public instruction shall ensure that the high school social studies assessment includes questions related to the learning objectives in the state curriculum content standards for high school social studies as revised under subsection (3).(4).
(6) (5) As used in this section, "state curriculum content standards" means the state board recommended model core academic curriculum content standards developed and periodically updated under section 1278.
