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Bill would require at least one hour of classroom instruction on the origin and nature of communism; sponsor frames it as civic education
Summary
House Bill 749 would require a minimum of one classroom hour on the origin and nature of communism. Sponsor Mike Moffat described historical and contemporary reasons for the proposal; supportive testimony from a former teacher emphasized civic literacy. Opponents were not recorded in the transcript excerpt; committee members asked no substantive
Representative Mike Moffat delivered testimony introducing House Bill 749, a measure that would require students to receive at least one hour of classroom instruction on the origin and nature of communism. Moffat said the proposal is designed to increase civic and historical understanding of twentieth‑century totalitarian ideologies and their global effects.
Moffat reviewed events and concepts he said students typically lack, citing the Cuban Missile…
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