Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 589
History and social studies curriculum; require use of textbooks and teachings to include greater instruction on the nation's founding documents.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVISE THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM AND TEXTBOOKS REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE GREATER INSTRUCTION ON THE NATION'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS, TO BE IMPLEMENTED BEGINNING WITH THE 2012-2013 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USED AND LESSON COMPONENTS ADHERE TO THE CURRICULUM ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO REQUIRE THAT THE CURRICULUM BE BASED ON RELEVANT EVIDENTIARY AND HISTORICAL FACTS, DATA AND DOCUMENTATION; TO PROHIBIT THE INCLUSION OF HISTORICAL REVISIONISM AND EVIDENCE OF BIAS IN INSTRUCTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 11 to February 1, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 11 to Feb 1 · stopped21 days
EducationJan 11 to Feb 1 · stopped21 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.