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Bill would fund statewide Native American history curriculum; tribes and educators back measure, some urge collaborative drafting
Summary
House Bill 15‑36 would appropriate $1.5 million to the Department of Public Instruction to create a statewide K–12 Native American history curriculum developed with tribal partners.
Representative Jamie Davis introduced House Bill 15‑36, which would appropriate $1,500,000 to the Department of Public Instruction to develop, refine and support implementation of a K–12 Native American history curriculum in partnership with tribal leaders and educators.
Davis said the 2019 law (Senate Bill 2304) that required Native American history to be included in K–12 instruction created a statutory obligation but not the resources for consistent, statewide implementation. "Without this, Senate Bill 2304 is simply a directive without the infrastructure to make it successful," Davis told the committee.
Multiple tribal leaders, educators and Indigenous program directors testified in favor. Robert Berthorst II, an enrolled…
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