Bama Politics
  • Home
  • Alabama News
    • Alabama Economic News
    • Alabama Education News
    • Alabama Election News
    • Alabama Healthcare News
    • Alabama Legislation News
    • Alabama Local News
    • Alabama Opinion Editorials
  • Elections & Results
    • 2022 Alabama Elections & Results
    • 2021 Alabama Elections & Results
    • 2020 Alabama Elections & Results
    • 2019 Alabama Elections & Results
    • 2018 Alabama Elections & Results
    • 2017 Alabama Elections & Results
    • 2016 Alabama Elections & Results
    • 2015 Alabama Elections & Results
    • 2014 Alabama Elections & Results
  • Officials
    • Statewide
    • US Representatives
    • State Senators
    • State Representatives
    • All Profiles
  • Bills
    • 2021 Alabama Senate Bills
    • 2021 Alabama House Bills
    • All Bills
  • Places
    • Alabama Counties
    • Alabama Cities & Towns
    • Alabama Districts
  • Contact
    • General Contact
    • Opinion Articles
    • Corrections
  • About
Login Sign Up
  1. Bama Politics
  2. Alabama
  3. Alabama House & Senate Bills
  4. 2021 Alabama Legislative Regular Session
  5. 2021 Alabama House Bills
  6. HB7 Alabama 2021 Session

HB7 Alabama 2021 Session

Login Or Sign Up
In Committee
Contents hide
  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Text
  • 3 Bill News
  • 4 Bill Actions
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Juandalynn Givan
  • Anthony Daniels
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Education, requires all public K-12 schools to require student completion of a semester-long course in Black American history
Description

This bill would require public K-12 schools to include in their curriculums a semester-long course in Black American history

This bill would also require the State Board of Education to adopt rules for its implementation and enforcement

Relating to education; to require public K-12 schools to include in their curriculums a semester-long course in Black American history; and to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules for its implementation and enforcement.

Subjects
Education

Bill Text

Note: Bills that change current law do not show the amended text correctly below. Please view Original PDF to see amended sections: HB7 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced - PDF

This bill would require public K-12 schools to include in their curriculums a semester-long course in Black American history

This bill would also require the State Board of Education to adopt rules for its implementation and enforcement

Relating to education; to require public K-12 schools to include in their curriculums a semester-long course in Black American history; and to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules for its implementation and enforcement.

Section 1

(a) Beginning in the 2021 school year, every public elementary school, public middle school, and public high school shall require the completion, at a minimum, of a semester-long course studying the events of Black American history, including the history of slavery in America and its vestiges. Topics of instruction shall include contributions made by individual African-Americans in American government and in the arts, humanities, and sciences, as well as the economic, cultural, and political development of the United States and Africa and the socioeconomic struggle that African-Americans have collectively experienced and continue to experience in striving to achieve fair and equal treatment in this nation. (b) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the implementation and enforcement of this section.

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Bill News

  • Bill Requiring Black History Class In Schools Filed In Alabama

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
February 2, 2021 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy

Bill Documents

Document Type Document Location
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021RS/PrintFiles/HB7-int.pdf

Trending

  • ReCAPTCHA Privacy Policy
  • ReCAPTCHA Terms
© 2020 Copyright: Bama Politics
Privacy Policy