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Committee advances bill directing social studies standards to teach 'constitutional republic' and failures of autocratic systems
Summary
The Senate Education Committee advanced House Bill 1060, which directs a state review of social studies standards to add instruction on the United States as a constitutional republic and on the failures of autocratic and communist governments.
The Senate Education Committee voted to advance House Bill 1060, a bill from Representative Scott Richardson directing the Department of Education to review social studies standards for grades 7–12 to include instruction on the resiliency of the United States as a constitutional republic and the historical failures of autocratic and communist governments.
Representative Scott Richardson told the committee he could not find any reference to the United States as a “constitutional republic” in the current social studies standards for grades 7–12 and said HB 1060 would reinforce teaching about…
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