LEARNING AAPI CONTRIBUTIONS IN SCHOOLS.

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 619 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 13, 2023
AN ACT TO ADD ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER EDUCATION TO THE STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY.
Intro. by Liu, Cotham, Willis, Lowery.

Status: Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Apr 17 2023)
H 619

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 13 2023 - View Summary

    Enacts new GS 115C-81.58 requiring the standard course of study to requires that courses from elementary school through high school include age-appropriate units on the impact of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on American history. Requires the inclusion of at least the following: (1) early contributions of Asian immigrants as farmers, miners, fishermen, factory workers, and laborers who helped build the transcontinental railroad; (2) challenges and struggles that Asian immigrants have endured and persevered throughout US history; (3) role of Asian Americans in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s; (4) role of Asian Americans as the fastest growing minority group in the US; and (5) contribution of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in government, arts and sciences, and economic, cultural, social, and political developments in NC and the US. Applies to courses taught beginning with the 2024-25 school year.