West Virginia House Bill 2081 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2008 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2008-01-09 - To House Education
Pending: House Education Committee

The purpose of this bill is to require the accumulation of one and one-half years of instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other founding American historical documents, including the Bill of Rights, before high school graduation. The bill also requires that students study the historical, political and social environments at the time these documents were generated and it prohibits study of social problems, economics, foreign affairs, the United Nations, world government, socialism or communism until basic courses in American state and local geography and history are completed.

Requiring accumulation of certain historical instruction before high school graduation

Del. John Overington [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-01-09		To House Education
2008-01-09		Introduced in House
2008-01-09		To Education then Judiciary
2008-01-09		Filed for introduction

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2081&year=2008&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill