Bill Text: MI SB0800 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: curriculum; requirement for schools to provide instruction on Arab-American and Chaldean-American history; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1164c.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-12 - Referred To Committee On Education And Career Readiness [SB0800 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0800-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 800
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1164c.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1164c. (1) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the board of each school district and intermediate school district and board of directors of each public school academy shall ensure that 1 unit of instruction of age- and grade-appropriate instruction concerning Arab American and Chaldean American history is incorporated in the history curriculum provided to pupils enrolled in the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy. The instruction concerning Arab American and Chaldean American history described in this subsection must cover, but is not limited to, historical Arab American and Chaldean American events, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) The contributions made by individual Arab Americans and Chaldean Americans in government, the arts, humanities, and sciences and the contributions of Arab American and Chaldean American communities to the economic, cultural, social, and political development of the United States.
(b) The history of Arab Americans and Chaldean Americans in this state and the Midwest.
(c) The contributions of Arab Americans and Chaldean Americans toward advancing civil rights from the nineteenth century onward.
(2) The superintendent of public instruction may adopt or develop and make available to school districts, intermediate school districts, and public school academies instructional materials, including, but not limited to, materials produced by the Public Broadcasting Service, that may be used as guidelines for the development of the 1 unit of instruction described in subsection (1).
(3) The superintendent of each school district or intermediate school district or the chief administrator of each public school academy shall monitor the school district's, intermediate school district's, or public school academy's compliance with this section.
(4) Subject to other state laws concerning virtual courses or online instruction, a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy may meet the requirements under this section through the provision of a virtual course or online instruction.
(5) As used in this section, "1 unit of instruction" means the minimum amount of instructional time determined by the board of the school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of the public school academy, as applicable, implementing the instruction.
