Alabama 2023 Regular Session Status: Introduced 1 D cosponsors

SB 180 — Relating to public K-12 education; to amend Section 16-6B-2, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the teaching of history in a fact-based and inclusive manner.

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  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Public K-12 education, history instruction required to be fact-based and inclusive

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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This bill requires social studies and history instruction in Alabama public K-12 schools to be fact-based, historically accurate, and inclusive.

  • Section 16-6B-2

    history, music history, fine arts history, geography, economics, and political science. → history, music history, fine arts history, geography, economics, and political science. History courses shall include material on the history of the United States and the Constitution of the United States. The Legislature further requires that the curriculum content of American history shall include the teaching of important historical documents including the Constitution of the United States, The Declaration of Independence, The Emancipation Proclamation, The Federalist Papers, and other such documents important to the history and heritage of the United States. All social studies and history instruction shall be fact-based, historically accurate, and inclusive of the history and contributions of minority groups.

    This change expands the requirements for history education to include fact-based and inclusive instruction.

Action History

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on

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Not signed on (139)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 180 do?
Public K-12 education, history instruction required to be fact-based and inclusive
Who sponsors SB 180?
SB 180 is sponsored by Rodger M. Smitherman (D).
What is the current status of SB 180?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 180?
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