Bill Amendment: TX HB3979 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools.

Status: 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3979 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3979-House_Amendment_H_2_2-Toth.html

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Amend CSHB 3979 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 4, on line 1, after the underlined semicolon, strike "or"

(2)  On page 4, between lines 4 and 5, insert:

(ix)  that the advent of slavery in the territory that is now the United States constituted the true founding of the United States; or

(x)  that, with respect to their relationship to American values, slavery and racism are anything other than deviations from, betrayals of, or failures to live up to, the authentic founding principles of the United States, which include liberty and equality.

(C)  require an understanding of The 1619 Project.