| Chapter 291 |
| 2022 -- S 2910 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/29/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM |
Introduced By: Senator Sandra Cano |
| Date Introduced: April 28, 2022 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 16-22 of the General Laws entitled "Curriculum [See Title 16 |
| Chapter 97 - the Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby amended by adding thereto the |
| following section: |
| 16-22-36. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history study. |
| (a) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, every public elementary school and |
| secondary school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian |
| American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) history, including the history of |
| AA and NHPIs in Rhode Island and the Northeast, as well as the contributions of AA and NHPIs |
| toward advancing civil rights from the 19th century onward. These events shall include the |
| contributions made by individual AA and NHPIs in government and the arts, humanities, and |
| sciences, as well as the contributions of AA and NHPI communities to the economic, cultural, |
| social, and political development of the United States. The studying of this material shall constitute |
| an affirmation by students of their commitment to respect the dignity of all races and peoples and |
| to forever eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. |
| (b) The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall make available to all |
| school districts instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of |
| instruction under this section. Provided, however, each school district shall itself determine the |
| minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction satisfying the |
| requirements of this section. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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