K-12 areas of instruction required by statute in the states

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This page features state-specific information about K-12 areas of instruction required by state statutes in public schools across the 50 states.

Background

See also: K-12 education content standards in the states and K-12 curriculum authority, requirements, and statutes in the states

State education officials may develop content standards and curricula, depending on the state, in order to facilitate instruction in public schools. In some states, lawmakers also adopt required areas of instruction by statute.

K-12 content standards and curriculum development

State or local education officials may develop K-12 curricula for classroom instruction that generally includes lessons and materials used in a particular course of study. Depending on the state, K-12 curricula may reflect or incorporate state content standards—educational learning and achievement goals that state education officials either require or recommend that local schools satisfy in K-12 instruction.

Areas of instruction required by statute

Some state laws require the inclusion of specific areas of instruction in K-12 public school curricula. In these cases, lawmakers—rather than state education officials—mandate certain education requirements for students. Laws governing specific areas of instruction in K-12 curricula vary by state.

Statutorily required areas of instruction by state

The table below provides information about areas of instruction required by statute in each of the 50 states. The following information is not comprehensive but aims to provide readers with a selection of statutorily required areas of instruction in each state's K-12 public school curriculum.

Statutorily required areas of instruction
State	Area(s) of instruction	Statute(s)
Alabama	Reading, spelling and writing, arithmetic, oral and written English, geography, history of the United States and Alabama, elementary science, and health and physical education	Alabama Code § 16-35-5 (2022)
	Parental responsibilities	Alabama Code § 16-40-1 (2022)
	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation	Alabama Code § 16-40-1.1 (2022)
	Avoiding child sex abuse	Alabama Code § 16-40-8 (2022)
	Civics	Alabama Code § 16-40-9 (2022)
	Physical education	Alabama Code § 16-40-10 (2022)
Alaska	Sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention	Alaska Statutes § 14.30.355 (2021)
	Teen dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention	Alaska Statutes § 14.30.356 (2021)
	Health education and physical activity	Alaska Statutes § 14.30.360 (2021)
	Suicide awareness and prevention	Alaska Statutes § 14.30.362 (2021)
Arizona	Reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies	Arizona Revised Statutes § 15-701.03 (2022)
	Mental health education	Arizona Revised Statutes § 15-710 (2022)
	State and federal constitutions	Arizona Revised Statutes § 15-701 (2022)
	History of Arizona	Arizona Revised Statutes § 15-701.01 (2022)
Arkansas	Morals, manners, patriotism, and business and professional integrity	Arkansas Code § 6-16-111 (2020)
	African-American history	Arkansas Code § 6-16-121 (2020)
	American heritage	Arkansas Code § 6-16-122 (2020)
	Arkansas history	Arkansas Code § 6-16-124 (2020)
	Physical education	Arkansas Code § 6-16-132 (2020)
	Visual art or music	Arkansas Code § 6-16-130 (2020)
California	Course of study for grades 1 to 6 (English, mathematics, social sciences, science, visual and performing arts, health, physical education)	California Education Code § 51210 (2021)
	Course of study for grades 7 to 12 (English, mathematics, social sciences, world languages, physical education, science, visual and performing arts, applied arts, career technical education, automobile driver education)	California Education Code § 51220 (2021)
Colorado	History, culture, and civil government	Colorado Code § 22-1-104 (2021)
	Core subjects of reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, and geography	Colorado Code § 22-2-406 (2021)
	Instruction in the United States Constitution	Colorado Code § 22-1-109 (2021)
Connecticut	United States history and government	Connecticut General Statutes Title 10. Education and Culture § 10-18
	Prescribed courses of study (including arts, consumer education, nutrition education, human growth and development, nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, etc.)	Connecticut Gen Stat § 10-16b (2022)
	African-American, black, Puerto Rican, and Latino studies instruction	Connecticut Gen Stat § 10-16ss (2022)
	Holocaust and genocide education	Connecticut Gen Stat § 10-18f (2020)
	Mental health	Connecticut Gen Stat § 10-76v (2020)
Delaware	The United States Constitution, government of Delaware, and free enterprise system	14 Delaware Code § 4103 (2022)
	Drug/alcohol education	14 Delaware Code § 4116 (2022)
	Computer science	14 Delaware Code § 4139 (2022)
	Cursive writing	14 Delaware Code § 4138 (2022)
	Holocaust education	14 Delaware Code § 4141 (2022)
	Black history	14 Delaware Code § 4143 (2022)
	Physiology/hygiene	14 Delaware Code § 4145 (2022)
Florida	English language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and career and education planning for grades 6-8	Florida Statutes § 1003.4156 (2022)
	Core courses of mathematics, language arts, social studies, science, reading, and literature for grades K-12	Florida Statutes § 1003.02 (2022)
Georgia	Sex education and AIDS prevention	Georgia Code § 20-2-143 (2021)
	History of the United States and the state of Georgia	Georgia Code § 20-2-142 (2021)
	Comprehensive character education program	Georgia Code § 20-2-145 (2021)
	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator	Georgia Code § 20-2-149.1 (2021)
	Computer Science	Georgia Code § 20-2-149.3 (2021)
	Online Internet Safety	Georgia Code § 20-2-149 (2021)
	Alcohol, tobacco, vapor products, and other drug use	Georgia Code § 20-2-144 (2021)
Hawaii	Language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and professional development	Hawaii Revised Statutes § 302A-321 (2022)
	Computer science	Hawaii Revised Statutes § 302A-323 (2022)
Idaho	The Constitution of the United States, the American flag, and citizenship	Idaho Code § 33-1602 (2022)
	Health education, physical fitness, and the effects of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs	Idaho Code § 33-1605 (2022)
	Computer science	Idaho Code § 33-1634 (2022)
Illinois	Prescribed courses for high school students; includes language arts, English, mathematics, computer literacy, science, social studies, and an elective chosen from music, art, foreign language, vocational education, or forensic speech	105 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/27-22
Indiana	System of government and American history	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-4 (2021)
	Morals instruction	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-5 (2021)
	Bullying prevention	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-5.5 (2021)
	Good citizenship instruction	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-6 (2021)
	Instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-5.7 (2021)
	Language arts, mathematics, social studies, sciences, fine arts, and health/physical education	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-7 (2021)
	Civics education	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-7.3 (2021)
	Physical activity	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-7.5 (2021)
	Safety education	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-8 (2021)
	Hygiene and sanitary science	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-9 (2021)
	Diseases	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-10 (2021)
	Alcoholic beverages, tobacco, prescription drugs, and controlled substances	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-11 (2021)
	Human Immunodeficiency Virus	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-12 (2021)
	Instruction on Human Sexuality or Sexually Transmitted Diseases	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-13 (2021)
	Breast cancer and testicular cancer	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-15 (2021)
	Human organ and blood donor program instruction	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-16 (2021)
	Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-20 (2021)
	Computer science	Indiana Code § 20-30-5-23 (2021)
Iowa	Educational standards for all grades; including English-language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, health, age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development, physical education, traffic safety, music, and visual art	Iowa Code § 256.11 (2022)
Kansas	Civil government, United States history, patriotism, and the duties of a citizen	Kansas Statutes § 72-3217 (2021)
	Subjects required by the Kansas State Board of Education	Kansas Statutes § 72-3218 (2021)
	Reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, spelling, English grammar and composition, history of the United States and of the state of Kansas, civil government and the duties of citizenship, and health and hygiene	Kansas Statutes § 72-3214 (2021)
	Community service programs	Kansas Statutes § 72-3232 (2021)
	Kansas history and government	Kansas Statutes § 72-3235 (2021)
	Personal financial literacy	Kansas Statutes § 72-3236 (2021)
Kentucky	Basic communication and mathematics skills, good character, visual arts, music, dance, dramatic arts, humanities, social studies, and practical living studies	Kentucky Revised Statutes § 158.6451 (2022)
Louisiana	Spelling, reading, writing, drawing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, United States history, and health, including alcohol, tobacco, drug, and substance abuse prevention and education	Louisiana Revised Statutes § 17:154 (2022)
Maine	American history, Maine studies, and Maine Native American history	20-A Maine Revised Statutes § 4706 (2022)
	Instruction in American history, African American studies, Maine studies, Maine Native American history, and the history of genocide	20-A Maine Revised Statutes § 4706 (2022)
	Elementary courses of study; including life and career readiness, English language arts, world languages, health education and physical education, mathematics, science and technology, social studies, and visual and performing arts	20-A Maine Revised Statutes § 4711 (2022)
	Junior high school or middle school course of study; including life and career readiness, English language arts, health education and physical education, mathematics, science and technology, social studies, visual and performing arts, and world languages	20-A Maine Revised Statutes § 4712 (2022)
Maryland	Computer science	Maryland Education Code Ann. § 4-111.4 (2022)
	Oral health education	Maryland Education Code Ann. § 4-111.2 (2022)
	Agriculture science	Maryland Education Code Ann. § 4-111.3 (2022)
	The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future; includes college and career readiness	Maryland Education Code Ann. § 1-303 (2022)
Massachusetts	History and social science	Massachusetts General Law chapter 71 § 2 (2022)
Michigan	Math, social sciences, health and physical education, arts, science, and english	Michigan Statutes 380.1278a Michigan Statutes 380.1278a
Minnesota	Language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education, health, and the arts	Minnesota Statutes § 120B.021 (2022)
Mississippi	The flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Mississippi	Mississippi Code § 37-13-5 (2020)
	Cursive reading and writing	Mississippi Code § 37-13-10 (2020)
	Health education	Mississippi Code § 37-13-21 (2020)
	Physical education, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)	Mississippi Code § 37-13-134 (2020)
	Abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education	Mississippi Code § 37-13-171 (2020)
Missouri	Courses in the constitutions, American history, and Missouri government	Missouri Revised Statutes § 170.011 (2022)
	Computer science	Missouri Revised Statutes § 170.018 (2022)
	Reading instruction	Missouri Revised Statutes § 170.014 (2022)
	Youth suicide awareness and prevention	Missouri Revised Statutes § 170.048 (2022)
Montana	The United States Constitution and the pledge of allegiance	Montana Code 20-7-111
Nebraska	Reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies	Nebraska Revised Statutes 79-760.02
	Multicultural education program	Nebraska Revised Statutes 79-720
	Character education	Nebraska Revised Statutes 79-725
	Financial literacy	Nebraska Revised Statutes 79-3003
Nevada	Mathematics, science, and social studies	Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.018 (2022)
	American government	Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.054 (2022)
	American history	Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.057 (2022)
	Personal safety of children	Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.064 (2022)
	Computer education and technology	Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.072 (2022)
	Financial literacy	Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.074 (2022)
New Hampshire	English/language arts, reading, mathematics, science, social studies, arts education, world languages, health and wellness education, physical education, engineering and technologies, personal finance literacy, and computer science	New Hampshire Revised Statute § 193-E:2-a (2022)
New Jersey	Mental health	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.39 (2022)
	African American accomplishments	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.43 (2022)
	Breast self-examination	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-5.4 (2022)
	Holocaust and genocides	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-28 (2022)
	Civics	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-41 (2022)
	New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:6-113.1 (2022)
	Civics, economics, and the history of New Jersey	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-2.1 (2022)
	Sex education stressing abstinence	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.20 (2022)
	Sexual assault prevention	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.3 (2022)
	Dating violence	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.23a (2022)
	Gang violence prevention	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.26 (2022)
	Responsible use of social media	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.27 (2022)
	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, use of automated external defibrillator	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.28 (2022)
	History of disabled and LGBT persons	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.35 (2022)
	Diversity and inclusion	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.36a (2022)
	The Constitution of United States	New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:6-3 (2022)
New Mexico	Reading, language arts, mathematics, a language other than English, communication skills, science, art, music, social studies, New Mexico history, United States history, geography, physical education, and health education	New Mexico Statutes § 22-13-1 (2021)
New York	Patriotism, citizenship, and in certain historic documents	New York Education Laws § 801 (2022)
	Civility, citizenship, and character education	New York Education Laws § 801-A (2022)
	The flag of the United States	New York Education Laws § 802 (2022)
	General elections	New York Education Laws § 802-A (2022)
	Physical Education and kindred subjects	New York Education Laws § 803 (2022)
	Prevention of child abduction	New York Education Laws § 803-A (2022)
	Prevention of child sexual exploitation and child sex abuse	New York Education Laws § 803-B (2022)
	Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, drugs, tobacco abuse, and the prevention and detection of certain cancers	New York Education Laws § 804 (2022)
	Automated external defibrillator instruction	New York Education Laws § 804-D (2022)
	Highway safety and traffic regulation	New York Education Laws § 806 (2022)
	Driver education	New York Education Laws § 806-A (2022)
	Fire and arson prevention	New York Education Laws § 808 (2022)
	The humane treatment of animals	New York Education Laws § 809 (2022)
	The safe use of firearms and in the game laws	New York Education Laws § 809-A (2022)
	Internet safety	New York Education Laws § 814 (2022)
North Carolina	Arts, communication skills, physical education and personal health and safety, mathematics, media and computer skills, science, second languages, social studies, and career and technical education	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.5 (2022)
	Career and technical education	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.10 (2022)
	Conflict resolution and mediation models	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.15 (2022)
	Alcohol and drug use prevention education	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.20 (2022)
	Reproductive health and safety education	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.30 (2022)
	Healthful living education	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.35 (2022)
	Advanced courses in mathematics	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.36 (2022)
	North Carolina history and geography	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.40 (2022)
	Classes conducted in English; citizenship; and civic literacy	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.45 (2022)
	Character education	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.60 (2022)
	Financial literacy	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.65 (2022)
	Multiplication tables	North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.80 (2022)
North Dakota	English, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, agriculture, physical education, health, fine arts, music, foreign or Native American language, advanced placement or dual-credit course, and career and technical education	North Dakota Century Code Chapter 15.1-21
Ohio	English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies	Ohio Revised Code Section 3301.079
	Business education	Ohio Revised Code Section 3301.0719
	College and career readiness, financial literacy, and proper interactions with peace officers	Ohio Revised Code Section 3301.0721
	Personal financial responsibility and handwriting	Ohio Revised Code Section 3301.0726
Oklahoma	Learning and communication, including reading, English, writing, the use of numbers and science; citizenship	70 Oklahoma Statutes § 70-11-103 (2022)
Oregon	Sexually transmitted infections	Oregon Revised Statutes § 336.035 (2021)
	The Constitution and history of United States	Oregon Revised Statutes § 336.057 (2021)
	Child sexual abuse prevention	Oregon Revised Statutes § 336.059 (2021)
	Honesty, morality, courtesy, obedience to law, respect for the national flag, the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Oregon, respect for parents and the home, the dignity and necessity of honest labor, respect for all humans, acknowledgment of the dignity and worth of individuals and groups, humane treatment of animals, and the effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs and controlled substances	Oregon Revised Statutes § 336.067 (2021)
Pennsylvania	Elementary education: Language arts, mathematics, science, technology and engineering, social studies, the arts, understanding the use of the library, health, safety, physical education, history of the United States and Pennsylvania, technology education, and family and consumer science	22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.21
	Middle-level education: Language arts, mathematics, science, technology and engineering, social studies, the arts, information skills, health, safety, physical education, history of the United States and Pennsylvania, geography, and civics	22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.22
	World languages	22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.25
	English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)	22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.26
	Physical education and athletics	22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.27
	HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening and communicable diseases	22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.29
Rhode Island	Civics education	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-2
	Physiology and hygiene	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-3
	Health and physical education	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-4
	Voting	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-10
	Alcohol and substance abuse	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-12
	Consumer education	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-13
	Suicide prevention awareness	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-14
	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-15
	Blocked air passage treatment training	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-16
	AIDS education program	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-17
	Health and family life	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-18
	Genocide and human rights education	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-22
	Mathematics, English/language arts, and science	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-23
	Dating violence education	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-24
	Age appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness education	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-26
	Littering prevention and recycling awareness	Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-35
South Carolina	Orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar and instruction in phonics, the elements of agriculture, the history of the United States and of South Carolina, the principles of the constitutions of the United States and of South Carolina, morals and good behavior, algebra, physiology and hygiene, and English literature	South Carolina Code of Laws Section 59-29-10
	Health education, including community health, consumer health, environmental health, growth and development, nutritional health, personal health, prevention and control of diseases and disorders, safety and accident prevention, substance use and abuse, dental health, mental and emotional health, and reproductive health education	South Carolina Code of Laws Section 59-32-30
South Dakota	The United States and South Dakota Constitutions	South Dakota Codified Laws 13-33-4
	Character development	South Dakota Codified Laws 13-33-6.1
	Instruction to promote the mastery of the English language	South Dakota Codified Laws 13-33-11
Tennessee	Black history and culture	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1006
	Character education	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1007
	Computer science	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1010
	The celebration of Freedom Week	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1014
	Sexual violence awareness	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1017
	Art and music education	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1025
	Cursive writing	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1034
	The variety and benefits of STEM careers	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1104
	American history and government	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1202
	Federal and state constitutions	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1203
	Free enterprise systems	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1205
	Family life education	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1302
	The United States and Tennessee governments	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1028
	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation	Tennessee Code § 49-6-1208
Texas	Foundation curriculum: English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies (including Texas, United States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on the free enterprise system and its benefits, and geography) Enrichment curriculum: Languages other than English, health, physical education, fine arts, career and technology education, technology applications, religious literacy, and personal financial literacy	Texas Education Code § 28.002 (2022)
Utah	English (including explicit phonics, spelling, grammar, reading, writing, vocabulary, speech, and listening) and mathematics (including basic computational skills)	Utah Code Section 53E-4-202
	Ethnic studies	Utah Code Section 53E-4-204.1
Vermont	Basic communication skills (including reading, writing, and the use of numbers), citizenship, history, and government in Vermont and the United States, physical and health education (including the effects of tobacco, alcoholic drinks, and drugs on the human system and on society), English, American, and other literature, the natural sciences, and the fine arts	16 Vermont Statutes. § 906
	Tobacco use, alcohol and drug abuse prevention	16 Vermont Statutes. § 909
Virginia	Subjects taught in elementary grades (including spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geography, health and physical education, drawing, civil government, history of the United States and history of Virginia)	Virginia Code § 22.1-200 (2022)
	Economics education and financial literacy	Virginia Code § 22.1-200.03 (2022)
	Study of documents of Virginia history and United States Constitution	Virginia Code § 22.1-201 (2022)
	The history and principles of flags of United States and Virginia	Virginia Code § 22.1-202 (2022)
	Study of accident prevention	Virginia Code § 22.1-204 (2022)
	Firearm safety education program	Virginia Code § 22.1-204.1 (2022)
	Drugs, alcohol, substance abuse, and tobacco and nicotine products	Virginia Code § 22.1-206 (2022)
	Physical and health education	Virginia Code § 22.1-207 (2022)
	Family life education	Virginia Code § 22.1-207.1 (2022)
	Character education	Virginia Code § 22.1-208.01 (2022)
	Standards of Learning and other educational objectives	Virginia Code § 22.1-253.13:1 (2022)
Washington	Mathematics, social sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, civics, history (including different cultures and participation in representative government), geography, arts, health, fitness, and personal finance	Washington Revised Code 28A.150.210
	Reading, handwriting, orthography, written and mental arithmetic, geography, the history of the United States, English grammar, physiology, hygiene with special reference to the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on the human system, and science with special reference to the environment	Washington Revised Code § 28A.230.020 (2022)
	Career and technical education	Washington Revised Code 28A.230.010
	Physical education	Washington Revised Code 28A.230.040
	Physical education	Washington Revised Code 28A.230.050
	AIDS education	Washington Revised Code 28A.230.070
	Civics course in high school	Washington Revised Code 28A.230.094
	The constitutions of the United States and the state of Washington	Washington Revised Code 28A.230.170
	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation	Washington Revised Code 28A.230.179
	Computer science	Washington Revised Code 28A.230.300
	Languages other than English	Washington Revised Code § 28A.150.220 (2022)
West Virginia	The history of the United States and West Virginia, civics, the constitution of the United States, the government of West Virginia, the American government, the separation of powers, the Electoral College, federalism, and American political philosophy and history	West Virginia Code §18-2-9
	Physical education	West Virginia Code §18-2-7a
	Drug prevention and violence reduction	West Virginia Code §18-2-7b
	Personal Finance	West Virginia Code §18-2-7c
	Workforce preparedness	West Virginia Code §18-2-7d
	Fire prevention	West Virginia Code §18-2-8
	Computer science	West Virginia Code §18-2-12
	Character education	West Virginia Code §18-2-13
Wisconsin	Educational goals	Wisconsin Statutes § 118.01 (2022)
	Human growth and development	Wisconsin Statutes § 118.019 (2022)
	Lifesaving skills	Wisconsin Statutes § 118.076 (2022)
Wyoming	Reading/language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, fine arts and performing arts, physical education, health and safety, humanities, career and technical education, world cultures and languages, government and civics (including state and federal constitutions), and computer science	Wyoming Statutes § 21-9-101 (2022)
	The United States and state of Wyoming constitutions	Wyoming Statutes § 21-9-102 (2022)

State statutes governing required K-12 areas of instruction

The sections below feature selections of statutory text governing required K-12 areas of instruction in each state.

Alabama

Alabama Code § 16-35-5 (2022):

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Studies required to be taught in elementary school. In every elementary school in the state there shall be taught reading, spelling and writing, arithmetic, oral and written English, geography, history of the United States and Alabama, elementary science, health education, physical education and such other studies as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education.

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Alabama Code § 16-40-1 (2022):

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Instruction mandated in parental resposibility, education and high school diploma importance, and study skills; new required courses not established. (a) Each local board of education shall require, in accordance with rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, that students in grades seven to 12, inclusive, receive instruction in parental responsibilities. The content of the instructional program shall be determined by the State Board of Education. (b) Each local board of education shall require, in accordance with rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, that students in grades seven to 12, inclusive, receive instruction in the importance of an education and the consequences of not obtaining a high school diploma. The contents of the instructional program shall be determined by the State Board of Education. The instructional program shall offer information appropriate to each grade level and age and level of maturity of the student. (c) Each local board of education shall require, in accordance with rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, that students in grades kindergarten to 12, inclusive, receive instruction regarding how to study. The content of the instructional program shall be determined by the State Board of Education. The instructional program shall offer information appropriate to each grade level and age and level of maturity of the student.

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Alabama Code § 16-40-8 (2022):

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) Effective upon the effective dates of this section, all students enrolled in health classes in the tenth grade in the public schools of Alabama shall receive instruction in the techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hereinafter referred to as "CPR."

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Alabama Code § 16-40-9 (2022):

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Instruction for avoiding child sexual abuse. (b) The Governor's Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children created under subsection (c) shall adopt guidelines for a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program. The guidelines shall: (1) Educate children in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 in public schools on child sexual abuse prevention through age appropriate curriculum through role plays, discussions, activities, and books. (2) Give children the knowledge and encouragement to speak up and tell if anyone has ever touched them inappropriately, rather than keep it a secret. (3) Educate children on safe touch, unsafe touch, safe secrets, and unsafe secrets, and how to get away from an abuser and report an incident immediately.

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Alabama Code § 16-40-10 (2022):

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Completion of required government course to include civics test component. a) Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, as a required component for completing the government course required in the high school course of study, a student shall correctly answer at least 60 of the 100 questions listed on a civics test, which shall be made available in multiple choice format. For the purposes of this section, civics test means the 100 questions that, as of February 1, 2017, officers of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services use as the basis for selecting the questions posed on applications for naturalization. The civics test shall be completed as part of a required course in government. The school shall document on the transcript of the student that he or she has successfully completed the civics test as required by this subsection.

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Alabama Code § 16-40-1 (2022):

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Physical education required; exemption of church schools from operation of this section. Every public school and private school, except church schools as defined in Section 16-28-1, shall carry out a system of physical education, the character of which shall conform to the program or course outlined by the Department of Education.

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Alaska

Alaska Statutes § 14.30.355 (2021):

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Sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention. (a) The governing body of each school district shall adopt and implement a policy, establish a training program for employees and students, and provide parent notices relating to sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention for students enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12.

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Alaska Statutes § 14.30.356 (2021):

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Teen dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention program; training and notices. (a) The department, in consultation with school districts, shall develop and approve a program relating to teen dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention for grades seven through 12...

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Alaska Statutes § 14.30.360 (2021):

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Health education curriculum; physical activity guidelines. (b) The state board shall establish guidelines for a health and personal safety education program... (c) In addition to the health education program encouraged under (a) of this section, a school district shall establish guidelines for schools in the district to provide opportunities during each full school day for students in grades kindergarten through eight for a minimum of 90 percent of the daily amount of physical activity recommended for children and adolescents in the physical activity guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services...

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Alaska Statutes § 14.30.362 (2021):

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Suicide awareness and prevention training. (a) A school district and the department shall provide youth suicide awareness and prevention training approved by the commissioner to each teacher, administrator, counselor, and specialist who is employed by the district or department to provide services to students in a public school in the state at no cost to the teacher, administrator, counselor, or specialist.

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Arizona

Arizona Revised Statutes § 15-701 (2021):

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Common school; promotions; requirements; certificate; supervision of eighth grades by superintendent of high school district; high school admissions; academic credit; definition. A. The state board of education shall: ... 2. Prescribe competency requirements for the promotion of pupils from the eighth grade and competency requirements for the promotion of pupils from the third grade incorporating the academic standards in at least the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science and social studies...

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Arizona Revised Statutes § 15-701.01 (2021):

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High schools; graduation; requirements; community college or university courses; transfer from other schools; academic credit A. The state board of education shall: 1. Prescribe a minimum course of study that incorporates the academic standards adopted by the state board for the graduation of pupils from high school. 2. Prescribe competency requirements for the graduation of pupils from high school incorporating the academic standards in at least the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science and social studies. The academic standards prescribed by the state board in social studies shall include personal finance and American civics education. The state board may consider establishing a required separate personal finance course for the purpose of the graduation of pupils from high school. The state board shall require at least one-half of a course credit in economics, which shall include financial literacy and personal financial management. The competency requirements for social studies shall include a requirement that, in order to graduate from high school or obtain a high school equivalency diploma, a pupil must correctly answer at least sixty of the one hundred questions listed on a test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the United States citizenship and immigration services. A district school or charter school shall document on the pupil's transcript that the pupil has passed a test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test used by the United States citizenship and immigration services as required by this section.

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Arizona Revised Statutes § 15-701.03 (2021):

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Health education instruction; mental health instruction In adopting the course of study and competency requirements pursuant to sections 15-701 and 15-701.01, the state board of education shall require that all health education instruction include mental health instruction...

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Arizona Revised Statutes § 15-710 (2021):

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Instruction in state and federal constitutions, American institutions and history of Arizona All schools shall give instruction in the essentials, sources and history of the Constitutions of the United States and Arizona and instruction in American institutions and ideals and in the history of Arizona, including the history of Native Americans in Arizona...

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Arkansas

Arkansas Code § 6-16-111 (2020):

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Morals, manners, patriotism, and business and professional integrity Curricula in morals, manners, patriotism, and business and professional integrity shall be included in the course of study for the state public schools.

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Arkansas Code § 6-16-121 (2020):

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African-American history — Teaching materials (1) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education shall update the materials and resources for the teaching of historical contributions made by African-Americans in the United States and in other countries before the establishment of the United States for inclusion in the appropriate curricula of all kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) of all public schools in the State of Arkansas.

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Arkansas Code § 6-16-122 (2020):

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American heritage (d) To ensure public high school students understand the United States' representative form of limited government, the liberties secured in the Bill of Rights, federalism, and other basic principles that are essential to the stability and endurance of our constitutional republic, a public school district may: (1) Require that public high school students demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the nation's founding and documents relevant to the nation's founding in order to receive a certificate or diploma of graduation from the public high school; (2) Include among the requirements for graduation from a public high school in the public school district a passing grade in a course that includes without limitation primary instruction regarding: (A) The Declaration of Independence; (B) The United States Constitution and its amendments; and (C) Representative readings from the Federalist Papers; and (3) Require that a public high school teach public high school students about the nation's founding and documents relevant to the nation's founding, including without limitation: (A) The Declaration of Independence; (B) The United States Constitution and its amendments; and (C) Representative readings from the Federalist Papers.

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Arkansas Code § 6-16-124 (2020):

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Arkansas history — Required social studies course (1) A unit of Arkansas history shall be taught as a social studies subject at each elementary grade level in every public elementary school in this state, with greater emphasis at the fourth and fifth grade levels. (2) At least one (1) full semester of Arkansas history shall be taught to all students at the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade level in every public secondary school in this state.

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Arkansas Code § 6-16-132 (2020):

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Physical education (A) The physical education curriculum and physical activity requirements for every public school student who is able to participate are: (i) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(1)(A)(ii) of this section, for students in kindergarten through grade six (K-6): (a) At least forty (40) minutes, as determined by the superintendent of the school district, of physical education training and instruction each calendar week of the school year; and (b) Ninety (90) minutes of physical activity each calendar week of the school year, which may include without limitation daily recess, physical education instruction in addition to the requirement of subdivision (b)(1)(A)(i)(a) of this section, or intramural sports; (ii) For students in grades five through eight (5-8) who attend a public school organized to teach grades five through eight (5-8), or any combination thereof, at least forty (40) minutes, as determined by the superintendent of the school district, of physical education training and instruction each calendar week of the school year or an equivalent amount of time in each school year with no additional requirement for physical activity; and (iii) For students in grades nine through twelve (9-12), one-half (½) unit of physical education as required for high school graduation with no additional requirement for physical activity.

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Arkansas Code § 6-16-130 (2020):

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Visual art or music (a) (1) A public elementary school in the state shall provide instruction for at least forty (40) minutes, as determined by the superintendent of the school district, in visual art and at least forty (40) minutes, as determined by the superintendent of the school district, in music based on the state visual art and music frameworks each calendar week of the school year or an equivalent amount of time in each school year. ... (b) A student enrolled in grade seven (7) or grade eight (8) shall participate in: (1) Visual arts instruction, appreciation, and application; or (2) Performing arts instruction, appreciation, and application.

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California

California Education Code § 51210 (2021):

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Course of Study, Grades 1 to 6 (a) The adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, shall include instruction, beginning in grade 1 and continuing through grade 6, in the following areas of study: (1) English, including knowledge of, and appreciation for literature and the language, as well as the skills of speaking, reading, listening, spelling, handwriting, and composition. (2) Mathematics, including concepts, operational skills, and problem solving. (3) Social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology, designed to fit the maturity of the pupils. Instruction shall provide a foundation for understanding the history, resources, development, and government of California and the United States of America; the development of the American economic system, including the role of the entrepreneur and labor; the relations of persons to their human and natural environment; eastern and western cultures and civilizations; contemporary issues; and the wise use of natural resources. (4) Science, including the biological and physical aspects, with emphasis on the processes of experimental inquiry and on the place of humans in ecological systems. (5) Visual and performing arts, including instruction in the subjects of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, aimed at the development of aesthetic appreciation and the skills of creative expression. (6) Health, including instruction in the principles and practices of individual, family, and community health. (7) Physical education, with emphasis upon the physical activities for the pupils that may be conducive to health and vigor of body and mind, for a total period of time of not less than 200 minutes each 10 schooldays, exclusive of recesses and the lunch period. (8) Other studies that may be prescribed by the governing board.

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California Education Code § 51220 (2021):

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Courses of Study, Grades 7 to 12 The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall offer courses in the following areas of study: (a) English, including knowledge of and appreciation for literature, language, and composition, and the skills of reading, listening, and speaking. (b) (1) Social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology, designed to fit the maturity of the pupils. Instruction shall provide a foundation for understanding the history, resources, development, and government of California and the United States of America; instruction in our American legal system, the operation of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, and the rights and duties of citizens under the criminal and civil law and the State and Federal Constitutions; the development of the American economic system, including the role of the entrepreneur and labor; the relations of persons to their human and natural environment; eastern and western cultures and civilizations; human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust; and contemporary issues. (2) For purposes of this subdivision, genocide may include the Armenian Genocide. The “Armenian Genocide” means the torture, starvation, and murder of 1,500,000 Armenians, which included death marches into the Syrian desert, by the rulers of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the exile of more than 500,000 innocent people during the period from 1915 to 1923, inclusive. (c) World language or languages, beginning not later than grade 7, designed to develop a facility for understanding, speaking, reading, and writing the particular language. (d) Physical education, with emphasis given to physical activities that are conducive to health and to vigor of body and mind, as required by Section 51222. (e) Science, including the physical and biological aspects, with emphasis on basic concepts, theories, and processes of scientific investigation and on the place of humans in ecological systems, and with appropriate applications of the interrelation and interdependence of the sciences. (f) Mathematics, including instruction designed to develop mathematical understandings, operational skills, and insight into problem-solving procedures. (g) Visual and performing arts, including dance, music, theater, and visual arts, with emphasis upon development of aesthetic appreciation and the skills of creative expression. (h) Applied arts, including instruction in the areas of consumer education, family and consumer sciences education, industrial arts, general business education, or general agriculture. (i) Career technical education designed and conducted for the purpose of preparing youth for gainful employment in the occupations and in the numbers that are appropriate to the personnel needs of the state and the community served and relevant to the career desires and needs of the pupils. (j) Automobile driver education, designed to develop a knowledge of the Vehicle Code and other laws of this state relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance of personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of the causes, seriousness, and consequences of traffic accidents, and the knowledge and attitudes necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles. A course in automobile driver education shall include education in the safe operation of motorcycles. (k) Other studies as may be prescribed by the governing board.

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Colorado

Colorado Code § 22-1-104 (2021):

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Teaching of History, Culture, and Civil Government The history and civil government of the United States and of the state of Colorado, which includes the history, culture, and social contributions of minorities, including but not limited to American Indians, Latinos, African Americans, and Asian Americans, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals within these minority groups, and the intersectionality of significant social and cultural features within these communities, and the contributions and persecution of religious minorities, must be taught in all the public schools of the state.

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Colorado Code § 22-2-406 (2021):

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Facility Schools Board Duties - Curriculum - Graduation Standards - Rules In addition to any other duties provided by law, the facility schools board shall: Adopt curriculum to be provided by approved facility schools. At a minimum, the facility schools board shall align the curriculum for the core subjects of reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, and geography with the state content standards adopted pursuant to section 22-7-1005 and the state assessments administered as provided in section 22-7-1006.3. The curriculum must include a range of course work from which an approved facility school may select courses that meet the needs of the students who are placed at the facility.

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Colorado Code § 22-1-109 (2021):

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Taught at What Stages Such instruction in the constitution of the United States shall begin not later than the opening of the junior high schools or seventh grade and shall continue in the high school course and in courses in state colleges, universities, and the educational departments of state and municipal institutions to an extent to be determined by the commissioner of education.

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Connecticut

Connecticut General Statutes Title 10. Education and Culture § 10-18:

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Courses in United States history, government and duties and responsibilities of citizenship All high, preparatory, secondary and elementary schools, public or private, whose property is exempt from taxation, shall provide a program of United States history, including instruction in United States government at the local, state and national levels, and in the duties, responsibilities, and rights of United States citizenship.  No student shall be graduated from any such school who has not been found to be familiar with said subjects...

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Connecticut Gen Stat § 10-16b (2020):

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Prescribed courses of study. In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education; health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and development, nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16qq, disease prevention and cancer awareness, including, but not limited to, age and developmentally appropriate instruction in performing self-examinations for the purposes of screening for breast cancer and testicular cancer, community and consumer health, physical, mental and emotional health, including youth suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, including instruction relating to opioid use and related disorders, safety, which shall include the safe use of social media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include the dangers of gang membership, and accident prevention; language arts, including reading, writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; mathematics; physical education; science, which may include the climate change curriculum described in subsection (d) of this section; social studies, including, but not limited to, citizenship, economics, geography, government, history and Holocaust and genocide education and awareness in accordance with the provisions of section 10-18f; computer science, including, but not limited to, computer programming instruction; and in addition, on at least the secondary level, one or more world languages and vocational education. For purposes of this subsection, world languages shall include American Sign Language, provided such subject matter is taught by a qualified instructor under the supervision of a teacher who holds a certificate issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes of this subsection, the “arts” means any form of visual or performing arts, which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and theatre...

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Connecticut Gen Stat § 10-16ss (2020):

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African-American and black studies and Puerto Rican and Latino studies instruction. For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall include African-American and black studies and Puerto Rican and Latino studies as part of the curriculum for the school district, pursuant to section 10-16b. In developing and implementing the African-American and black studies and Puerto Rican and Latino studies curriculum, the board may utilize the curriculum materials made available by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-16b or other existing and appropriate public or private materials, personnel and resources, provided such curriculum is in accordance with the state-wide subject matter content standards, adopted by the state board pursuant to section 10-4...

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Connecticut Gen Stat § 10-18f (2020):

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Holocaust and genocide education and awareness curriculum. For the school year commencing July 1, 2018, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall include Holocaust and genocide education and awareness as part of the social studies curriculum for the school district, pursuant to section 10-16b. In developing and implementing the Holocaust and genocide education and awareness portion of the social studies curriculum, the board may utilize existing and appropriate public or private materials, personnel and other resources...

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Connecticut Gen Stat § 10-76v (2020):

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Program components. Duties of mental health professionals. Parental consent required. Early detection and prevention programs funded under the provisions of sections 10-76u to 10-76x, inclusive, shall include (1) a component for systematic early detection and screening to identify children experiencing behavioral, disciplinary or early school adjustment problems, and (2) services that address such problems for children so identified...

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Delaware

14 Delaware Code § 4103 (2022):

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Teaching Constitution of the United States, Constitution and government of Delaware and the free enterprise system. In all public and private schools located within this State, there shall be given regular courses of instruction in the Constitution of the United States, Constitution and government of Delaware and the free enterprise system.

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14 Delaware Code § 4116 (2022):

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Drug/alcohol educational programs. The Department of Education with approval of the State Board of Education shall establish and implement statewide alcohol/substance abuse educational programs to be provided in each grade, kindergarten through grade 12, in each public school in this State. The programs required by this section shall consist of no fewer than 10 hours per school year in grades kindergarten through 4 and 15 hours per school year in grades 5 through 12. Each program shall be taught by appropriately trained certified teachers and the instruction shall be comprehensive, age-appropriate and sequential in nature.

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14 Delaware Code § 4139 (2022):

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Computer science. By the 2020-2021 school year, all public high schools, including charter schools, shall offer at least 1 computer science course. The Department of Education is directed to develop standards for computer science and seek approval of the State Board of Education of such standards no later than December 31, 2017.

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14 Delaware Code § 4138 (2022):

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Cursive writing. Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, every public elementary school shall teach cursive writing by the end of grade 4 as a component of English language arts...

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14 Delaware Code § 4141 (2022):

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Holocaust instruction. Each school district and charter school serving students in 1 or more of the grades 6 through 12 shall provide instruction on the Holocaust and genocide at least 1 time in each grade...

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14 Delaware Code § 4143 (2022):

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Black history instruction. Each school district and charter school serving students in 1 or more of the grades K through 12 shall provide instruction on Black history...

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14 Delaware Code § 4145 (2022):

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Rules and regulations. (b) The Department shall prescribe rules and regulations: ... (5) Determining the minimum courses of study for all public elementary schools and all public high schools of the State, including ensuring that all elementary school students have an opportunity to attend a school where all elementary school subjects, with the exception of foreign languages, are taught in the English language and requiring that all pupils of all public elementary schools and all public high schools of the State be instructed in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics upon the human system. Rules and regulations on this subject shall be proposed by the Secretary subject to approval by the State Board of Education;

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Florida

Florida Statutes § 1003.4156 (2022):

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General requirements for middle grades promotion. (1) In order for a student to be promoted to high school from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the student must successfully complete the following courses: (a) Three middle grades or higher courses in English Language Arts (ELA). (b) Three middle grades or higher courses in mathematics. Each school that includes middle grades must offer at least one high school level mathematics course for which students may earn high school credit... (c) Three middle grades or higher courses in social studies. One of these courses must be at least a one-semester civics education course that includes the roles and responsibilities of federal, state, and local governments; the structures and functions of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government; and the meaning and significance of historic documents, such as the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States... (d) Three middle grades or higher courses in science... (e) One course in career and education planning to be completed in grades 6, 7, or 8, which may be taught by any member of the instructional staff...

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Florida Statutes § 1003.02 (2022):

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District school board operation and control of public K-12 education within the school district. District school board operation and control of public K-12 education within the school district.—As provided in part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation and control of public K-12 education within their school districts. The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees, and facilities. Their responsibilities include staff development, public K-12 school student education including education for exceptional students and students in juvenile justice programs, special programs, adult education programs, and career education programs. Additionally, district school boards must: (1) Provide for the proper accounting for all students of school age, for the attendance and control of students at school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the welfare of students in the following areas: (d) Courses of study and instructional materials.— 1. Provide adequate instructional materials for all students as follows and in accordance with the requirements of chapter 1006, in the core courses of mathematics, language arts, social studies, science, reading, and literature, except for instruction for which the school advisory council approves the use of a program that does not include a textbook as a major tool of instruction...

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Georgia

Georgia Code § 20-2-141 (2021):

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Review of Competencies and Core Curriculum The State Board of Education shall establish at least once every four years a review of the adopted competencies and uniformly sequenced core curriculum by a task force broadly representative of educational interests and the concerned public. After considering the findings and recommendations of the task force, the state board shall make such changes in the student competencies lists and core curriculum as it deems in the best interest of the state and its citizens and shall report such proposed changes to local school systems and the General Assembly for review.

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Georgia Code § 20-2-143 (2021):

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Sex Education and Aids Prevention Instruction; Implementation; Student Exemption a. Each local board of education shall prescribe a course of study in sex education and AIDS prevention instruction for such grades and grade levels in the public school system as shall be determined by the State Board of Education... b. The State Board of Education shall prescribe a minimum course of study in sex education and AIDS prevention instruction which may be included as a part of a course of study in comprehensive health education for such grades and grade levels in the public school system as shall be determined by the state board and shall establish standards for its administration...

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Georgia Code § 20-2-142 (2021):

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Prescribed Courses a. 1. All elementary and secondary schools which receive in any manner funds from the state shall provide the following course offerings in the manner and at the grade level prescribed by the State Board of Education: A. A course of study in the background, history, and development of the federal and state governments and a study of Georgia county and municipal governments; and B. A course of study in the history of the United States and in the history of Georgia and in the essentials of the United States and Georgia Constitutions, including the study of American institutions and ideals which shall include a study of the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States and the Georgia flag in addition to other institutions and ideals.

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Georgia Code § 20-2-145 (2021):

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Comprehensive Character Education Program The State Board of Education shall develop by the start of the 1997-1998 school year a comprehensive character education program for levels K-12. This comprehensive character education program shall be known as the "character curriculum" and shall focus on the students' development of the following character traits: courage, patriotism, citizenship, honesty, fairness, respect for others, kindness, cooperation, self-respect, self-control, courtesy, compassion, tolerance, diligence, generosity, punctuality, cleanliness, cheerfulness, school pride, respect for the environment, respect for the creator, patience, creativity, sportsmanship, loyalty, perseverance, and virtue. Such program shall also address, by the start of the 1999-2000 school year, methods of discouraging bullying and violent acts against fellow students. Local boards shall implement such a program in all grade levels at the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year and shall provide opportunities for parental involvement in establishing expected outcomes of the character education program.

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Georgia Code § 20-2-149.1 (2021):

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Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Use of Automated External Defibrillator; Requirements c. Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, each local board of education which operates a school with grades nine through 12 shall provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator to its students as a requirement within existing health or physical education courses.

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Georgia Code § 20-2-149.3 (2021):

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Requirements for Computer Science Education c. 1. Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year: A. Each local school system shall provide that at least one high school in its school system offer a course in computer science; B. Each local school system shall provide that all middle schools in its school system offer instruction in exploratory computer science; C. Each state charter school that serves high school students shall offer a course in computer science; D. Each state charter school that serves middle school students shall offer instruction in exploratory computer science; E. Each local school system may provide that all elementary schools in its school system offer instruction in exploratory computer science; and F. Each state charter school that serves elementary school students may offer instruction in exploratory computer science. 2. Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, each local school system shall provide that at least 50 percent of the high schools in its school system offer a course in computer science. 3. Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, each local school system shall provide that all high schools in its school system offer a course in computer science...

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Georgia Code § 20-2-149 (2021):

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Program for Educating Students Regarding Online Internet Safety a. The Department of Education shall develop a model program for educating students regarding online safety while using the Internet, taking into consideration educational materials on this topic developed by other states as well as any other materials suggested by education experts, child psychologists, and technology companies that promote child online safety issues. b. Each local board of education may incorporate into its instructional program a component on online Internet safety to be taught on a schedule as determined by the local board of education.

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Georgia Code § 20-2-148 (2021):

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Elective Course in History and Literature of the Old and New Testaments; Religious Neutrality 1. All public schools with grade nine or above may make available to eligible students in grades nine through 12 an elective course: A. In the History and Literature of the Old Testament Era; B. In the History and Literature of the New Testament Era; C. On the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible; D. On the New Testament of the Bible; and E. On the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.

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Georgia Code § 20-2-144 (2021):

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Mandatory Instruction Concerning Alcohol, Tobacco, Vapor Products, and Other Drug Use a. Each local board of education shall prescribe mandatory instruction concerning alcohol, tobacco, vapor products, and other drug use in every year in every grade from kindergarten through grade 12 as shall be determined by the State Board of Education.Such course of study shall implement the minimum course of study provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section or its equivalent, as approved by the State Board of Education.Each local board of education may supplement the exact approach of content areas of such minimum course of study with such curriculum standards as it may deem appropriate.Such standards shall include instruction which discourages the use of alcohol, tobacco, vapor products, and controlled substances and communicates that the use of illicit drugs and improper use of legally obtained drugs is wrong and dangerous...

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Hawaii

Hawaii Revised Statutes § 302A-321 (2022):

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Standards-based curriculum. (b) School complexes may choose to develop an articulated and aligned K-12 standards-based curriculum in one or more of the following core content areas: (1) Language arts; (2) Mathematics; (3) Science; and (4) Social studies. (c) School complexes shall provide professional development...

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Hawaii Revised Statutes § 302A-323 (2022):

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Computer science; curricula plan; public schools. (d) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, all public elementary, middle, and intermediate schools shall offer computer science courses or computer science content...

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Idaho

Idaho Code § 33-1602 (2022):

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UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION — NATIONAL FLAG AND COLORS — NATIONAL ANTHEM — “AMERICA” — CITIZENSHIP — CIVICS TEST. (1) Instruction in the Constitution of the United States shall be given in all elementary and secondary schools. The state board of education shall adopt such materials as may be deemed necessary for said purpose and shall also determine the grades in which such instruction shall be given. (2) Instruction in the proper use, display and history of and respect for the American flag and the national colors shall be given in all elementary and secondary schools. Such instruction shall include the pledge of allegiance to the flag and the words and music of the national anthem and of "America." ... (6) Instruction in citizenship shall be given in all elementary and secondary schools...

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Idaho Code § 33-1605 (2022):

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HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS — EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, STIMULANTS AND NARCOTICS. In all school districts there shall be instruction in health and physical fitness, including effects of alcohol, stimulants, tobacco and narcotics on the human system...

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Idaho Code § 33-1634 (2022):

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COMPUTER SCIENCE. Starting in fiscal year 2020, each school district, specially chartered district and public charter school serving students in grades 9 through 12 inclusive, or any combination thereof, shall make available to all students in grades 9 through 12 one (1) or more courses in computer science. Students must have the option of taking the course as part of their course schedule during normal instructional hours at the school in which the student is enrolled...

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Illinois

105 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/27-22:

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Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses. (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully complete all of the following courses: (1) Four years of language arts. (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of which must be English and the other of which may be English or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other graduation requirements. (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science course. A mathematics course that includes geometry content may be offered as an integrated, applied, interdisciplinary, or career and technical education course that prepares a student for a career readiness path. (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year of a course that includes intensive instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, or any other subject and which may be counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation requirements. (4) Two years of science. (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one year must be history of the United States or a combination of history of the United States and American government and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at least one semester must be civics, which shall help young people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course content shall focus on government institutions, the discussion of current and controversial issues, service learning, and simulations of the democratic process. School districts may utilize private funding available for the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year, one semester, or part of one semester, may include a financial literacy course. (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech course used to satisfy the course requirement under subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course requirement under this subdivision (6).

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Indiana

Indiana Code § 20-30-5-4 (2021):

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System of Government; American History (a) Each public school and nonpublic school shall provide within the two (2) weeks preceding a general election for all students in grades 6 through 12 five (5) full recitation periods of class discussion concerning: (1) the system of government in Indiana and in the United States; (2) methods of voting; (3) party structures; (4) election laws; and (5) the responsibilities of citizen participation in government and in elections. (b) Except as provided in IC 20-32-4-13, a student may not receive an Indiana diploma unless the student has completed a two (2) semester course in American history...

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-5 (2021):

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Morals Instruction (a) Each public school teacher and nonpublic school teacher who is employed to instruct in the regular courses of grades 1 through 12 shall present the teacher's instruction with special emphasis on: (1) honesty; (2) morality; (3) courtesy; (4) obedience to law; (5) respect for the national flag and the Constitution of the State of Indiana and the Constitution of the United States; (6) respect for parents and the home; (7) the dignity and necessity of honest labor; and (8) other lessons of a steadying influence that tend to promote and develop an upright and desirable citizenry. (b) The secretary of education shall prepare outlines or materials for the instruction described in subsection (a) and incorporate the instruction in the regular courses of grades 1 through 12.

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-5.5 (2021):

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Bullying Prevention; Student Instruction (a) Not later than October 15 of each year, each public school shall provide age appropriate, research based instruction as provided under IC 5-2-10.1-12(d)(1) focusing on bullying prevention for all students in grades 1 through 12...

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-6 (2021):

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Good Citizenship Instruction (a) This section applies only to public schools. (b) As used in this section, "good citizenship instruction" means integrating instruction into the current curriculum that stresses the nature and importance of the following: (1) Being honest and truthful. (2) Respecting authority. (3) Respecting the property of others. (4) Always doing the student's personal best. (5) Not stealing. (6) Possessing the skills (including methods of conflict resolution) necessary to live peaceably in society and not resorting to violence to settle disputes. (7) Taking personal responsibility for obligations to family and community. (8) Taking personal responsibility for earning a livelihood. (9) Treating others the way the student would want to be treated. (10) Respecting the national flag, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Indiana. (11) Respecting the student's parents and home. (12) Respecting the student's self. (13) Respecting the rights of others to have their own views and religious beliefs.

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-5.7 (2021):

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Instruction on Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse (a) Not later than December 15, 2020, and each December 15 thereafter, each public school, including a charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall provide age appropriate: (1) research and evidence based; or (2) research or evidence-based instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students in kindergarten through grade 12...

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-7 (2021):

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Curriculum; Ethnic and Racial Groups Course; Naturalization Examination Report; Posting Pass Rate (a) Each school corporation shall include in the school corporation's curriculum the following studies: (1) Language arts, including: (A) English; (B) grammar; (C) composition; (D) speech; and (E) second languages. (2) Mathematics. (3) Social studies and citizenship, including the: (A) constitutions; (B) governmental systems; and (C) histories; of Indiana and the United States, including an enhanced study of the Holocaust in each high school United States history course. As part of the United States government credit awarded for the general, Core 40, Core 40 with academic honors, and Core 40 with technical honors designation, each high school shall administer the naturalization examination provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (4) Sciences, including, after June 30, 2021, computer science. (5) Fine arts, including music and art. (6) Health education, physical fitness, safety, and the effects of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and other substances on the human body. (7) Additional studies selected by each governing body, subject to revision by the state board.

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-7.3 (2021):

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Civics Education Course Required Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2023-2024 school year, each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each student of the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school to successfully complete in grade 6, 7, or 8 one (1) semester of a civics education course.

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-7.5 (2021):

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Physical Activities (b) Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the governing body of each school corporation shall provide daily physical activity for students in elementary school. The physical activity may include the use of recess. On a day when there is inclement weather or unplanned circumstances have shortened the school day, the school corporation may provide physical activity alternatives or elect not to provide physical activity.

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-8 (2021):

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Safety Education A course in safety education for at least one (1) full semester shall be taught in grade 8 of each public school and nonpublic school...

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-9 (2021):

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Hygiene and Sanitary Science; Leaflet; Excused From Instruction (a) The principles of hygiene and sanitary science must be taught in grade 5 of each public school and may be taught in other grades. This instruction must explain the ways that dangerous communicable diseases are spread and the sanitary methods for disease prevention and restriction..

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-10 (2021):

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Diseases (a) The governing body shall provide in each public school for the illustrative teaching of: (1) the spread of disease by: (A) rats; (B) flies; and (C) mosquitoes; and the effects of disease; and (2) disease prevention by proper food selection and consumption. (b) A school official who fails to comply with this section commits a Class C infraction.

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-11 (2021):

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Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco, Prescription Drugs, and Controlled Substances; Instruction in Kindergarten Through Grade 12 (a) For kindergarten through grade 12, the governing body of each school corporation shall provide instruction concerning the effects that: (1) alcoholic beverages; (2) tobacco; (3) prescription drugs; and (4) controlled substances have on the human body and society at large. (b) The state board shall make available to all school corporations a list of appropriate available instructional material on the matters described in subsection (a). (c) The department shall develop curriculum guides to assist teachers assigned to teach the material described in subsection (a). (d) The state board shall approve drug education curricula for every grade from kindergarten through grade 12. (e) The department shall provide assistance to each school corporation to train at least one (1) teacher in the school corporation in drug education.

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-12 (2021):

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (a) Each school corporation shall: (1) include in the school corporation's curriculum instruction concerning the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); and (2) integrate this effort to the extent possible with instruction on other serious communicable diseases...

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-13 (2021):

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Instruction on Human Sexuality or Sexually Transmitted Diseases Throughout instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases, a state accredited school shall: (1) require a teacher to teach abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the expected standard for all school age children; (2) include in the instruction that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems; and (3) include in the instruction that the best way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and other associated health problems is to establish a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage.

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-15 (2021):

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Breast Cancer and Testicular Cancer Instruction (a) Each school corporation shall include in the school corporation's high school health education curriculum instruction regarding breast cancer and testicular cancer as adopted by the state board..

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-16 (2021):

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Human Organ and Blood Donor Program Instruction (a) Each school corporation shall include in the school corporation's high school health education curriculum instruction regarding the human organ donor program and blood donor program as adopted by the state board, including: (1) the purpose of the human organ donor program and blood donor program; (2) the statewide and nationwide need for human organ and blood donations; and (3) the procedure for participation in the human organ donor program and blood donor program.

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-20 (2021):

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Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (c) Except as provided in subsection (f), each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall include in the charter school's, school corporation's, or state accredited nonpublic school's high school health education curriculum instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator for its students...

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Indiana Code § 20-30-5-23 (2021):

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Computer Science Course; Curriculum; Annual Report (a) After June 30, 2021, each public high school, including each charter school, shall offer at least one (1) computer science course as a one (1) semester elective in the public high school's curriculum at least once each school year for high school students...

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Iowa

Iowa Code § 256.11 (2022):

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Educational standards. 2. The kindergarten program shall include experiences designed to develop healthy emotional and social habits and growth in the language arts and communication skills, as well as a capacity for the completion of individual tasks, and protect and increase physical well-being with attention given to experiences relating to the development of life skills and human growth and development. A kindergarten teacher shall be licensed to teach in kindergarten. An accredited nonpublic school must meet the requirements of this subsection only if the nonpublic school offers a kindergarten program. 3. The following areas shall be taught in grades one through six: English-language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, health, age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development, physical education, traffic safety, music, and visual art. Computer science instruction incorporating the standards established under section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), shall be offered in at least one grade level commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2023. The health curriculum shall include the characteristics of communicable diseases including acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions for implementing the elementary program. 4. The following shall be taught in grades seven and eight: English-language arts; social studies; mathematics; science; health; age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development; career exploration and development; physical education; music; and visual art. Computer science instruction incorporating the standards established under section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), shall be offered in at least one grade level commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2023. Career exploration and development shall be designed so that students are appropriately prepared to create an individual career and academic plan pursuant to section 279.61, incorporate foundational career and technical education concepts aligned with the six career and technical education service areas as defined in subsection 5, paragraph “h”, and incorporate relevant twenty-first century skills. The health curriculum shall include age-appropriate and research-based information regarding the characteristics of sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions for implementing the program in grades seven and eight. However, this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of career exploration and development in nonpublic schools. For purposes of this section,“age-appropriate”,“HPV”, and “research-based” mean the same as defined in section 279.50. 5. In grades nine through twelve, a unit of credit consists of a course or equivalent related components or partial units taught throughout the academic year. The minimum program to be offered and taught for grades nine through twelve is: a. Five units of science including physics and chemistry; the units of physics and chemistry may be taught in alternate years. b. Five units of the social studies including instruction in voting statutes and procedures, voter registration requirements, the use of paper ballots and voting systems in the election process, and the method of acquiring and casting an absentee ballot. All students shall complete a minimum of one-half unit of United States government and one unit of United States history. The one-half unit of United States government shall include the voting procedure as described in this lettered paragraph and section 280.9A. The government instruction shall also include a study of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights contained in the Constitution and an assessment of a student’s knowledge of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. c. Six units of English-language arts. d. Four units of a sequential program in mathematics. e. Two additional units of mathematics. f. Four sequential units of one world language which may include American sign language. The department may waive the third and fourth years of the world language requirement on an annual basis upon the request of the board of directors of a school district or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school if the board or authorities are able to prove that a licensed teacher was employed and assigned a schedule that would have allowed students to enroll in a world language class, the world language class was properly scheduled, students were aware that a world language class was scheduled, and no students enrolled in the class. g. (1) All students physically able shall be required to participate in physical education activities during each semester they are enrolled in school except as otherwise provided in this paragraph. A minimum of one-eighth unit each semester is required. A twelfth grade student who meets the requirements of this paragraph may be excused from the physical education requirement by the principal of the school in which the student is enrolled if the parent or guardian of the student requests in writing that the student be excused from the physical education requirement. A student who wishes to be excused from the physical education requirement must be seeking to be excused in order to enroll in academic courses not otherwise available to the student, or be enrolled or participating in one of the following: (a) A work-based learning program or other educational program authorized by the school which requires the student to leave the school premises for specified periods of time during the school day. (b) An organized and supervised athletic program which requires at least as much participation per week as one-eighth unit of physical education. (2) Students in grades nine through eleven may be excused from the physical education requirement in order to enroll in academic courses not otherwise available to the student if the board of directors of the school district in which the school is located, or the authorities in charge of the school, if the school is a nonpublic school, determine that students from the school may be permitted to be excused from the physical education requirement. A student may be excused by the principal of the school in which the student is enrolled, in consultation with the student’s counselor, for up to one semester, trimester, or the equivalent of a semester or trimester, per year if the parent or guardian of the student requests in writing that the student be excused from the physical education requirement. The student seeking to be excused from the physical education requirement must, at some time during the period for which the excuse is sought, be a participant in an organized and supervised athletic program which requires at least as much time of participation per week as one-eighth unit of physical education. (3) The principal of the school shall inform the superintendent of the school district or nonpublic school that the student has been excused. Physical education activities shall emphasize leisure time activities which will benefit the student outside the school environment and after graduation from high school. (4) A student who is enrolled in a junior reserve officers’ training corps shall not be required to participate in physical education activities under subparagraph (1) or to meet the physical activity requirements of subsection 6, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), but shall receive one-eighth unit of physical education credit for each semester, or the equivalent, of junior reserve officers’ training corps the student completes. h. (1) A minimum of three sequential units in at least four of the following six career and technical education service areas: (a) Agriculture, food, and natural resources. (b) Arts, communications, and information systems. (c)Applied sciences, technology, engineering, and manufacturing, including transportation, distribution, logistics, architecture, and construction. (d) Health sciences. (e) Human services, including law, public safety, corrections, security, government, public administration, and education and training. (f) Business, finance, marketing, and management.

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Kansas

Kansas Statutes § 72-3217 (2021):

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Required courses of instruction; graduation requirements. All accredited schools, public, private or parochial, shall provide and give a complete course of instruction to all pupils, in civil government, and United States history, and in patriotism and the duties of a citizen, suitable to the elementary grades; in addition thereto, all accredited high schools, public, private or parochial, shall give a course of instruction concerning the government and institutions of the United States, and particularly of the constitution of the United States; and no student who has not taken and satisfactorily passed such course shall be certified as having completed the course requirements necessary for graduation from high school.

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Kansas Statutes § 72-3218 (2021):

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Accredited schools; mandatory subjects and areas of instruction; legislative goal of providing certain educational capacities. (a) In addition to subjects or areas of instruction required by K.S.A. 72-3214, 72-3217, 72-3232, 72-3235 and 72-3236, and amendments thereto, every accredited school in the state of Kansas shall teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education.

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Kansas Statutes § 72-3214 (2021):

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Required subjects in elementary schools. Every accredited elementary school shall teach reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, spelling, English grammar and composition, history of the United States and of the state of Kansas, civil government and the duties of citizenship, health and hygiene, together with such other subjects as the state board may determine. The state board shall be responsible for the selection of subject matter within the several fields of instruction and for its organization into courses of study and instruction for the guidance of teachers, principals and superintendents.

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Kansas Statutes § 72-3232 (2021):

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Community service programs; duties of state board. The state board of education shall provide for a community service program to be offered to all accredited high schools in this state.

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Kansas Statutes § 72-3235 (2021):

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Kansas history and government, required course; duties of state board. a) The state board of education shall provide for a course of instruction in Kansas history and government, which shall be required for all students graduating from an accredited high school in this state. (b) The state board of education shall prescribe the school year, not later than the 1990-91 school year, in which the requirement of subsection (a) shall become applicable and may provide for such waivers from the requirement as the board deems appropriate.

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Kansas Statutes § 72-3236 (2021):

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Personal financial literacy programs; development and implementation. (a) In order to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to become self-supporting and to enable students to make critical decisions regarding personal finances, the state board of education shall authorize and assist in the implementation of programs on teaching personal financial literacy.

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Kentucky

Kentucky Revised Statutes § 158.6451 (2021):

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Legislative declaration on goals for Commonwealth's schools -- Model curriculum framework. (1)The General Assembly finds, declares, and establishes that: ... (b)Schools shall developtheir students' ability to: 1.Use basic communication and mathematics skills for purposes and situations they will encounter throughout their lives; 2.Apply core concepts and principles from mathematics, the sciences, the arts, the humanities, social studies, and practical living studies to situations they will encounter throughout their lives; 3.Become self-sufficient individuals of good character exhibiting the qualities of altruism, citizenship, courtesy, hard work, honesty, human worth, justice, knowledge, patriotism, respect, responsibility, and self-discipline; 4.Become responsible members of a family, work group, or community, including demonstrating effectiveness in community service; 5.Think and solve problems in school situations and in a variety of situations they will encounter in life; 6.Connect and integrate experiences and new knowledge from all subject matter fields with what they have previously learned and build on past learning experiences to acquire new information through various media sources; and 7.Express their creative talents and interests in visual arts, music, dance, and dramatic arts...

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Louisiana

Louisiana Revised Statutes § 17:154 (2021):

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Curriculum; length of school periods A.(1) The branches of spelling, reading, writing, drawing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, United States history, and health, including alcohol, tobacco, drug, and substance abuse prevention and education, shall be taught in every elementary school. In addition to these, such other branches shall be taught as the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or the provisions of the state constitution, may require. (2) Every secondary school shall provide instruction in alcohol, tobacco, drug, and substance abuse prevention and education. (3) Any instruction relative to alcohol, tobacco, drug, and substance abuse prevention and education provided pursuant to Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection shall include the information that mixing opioids and alcohol can cause accidental death and information on the health risks associated with vapor products as defined in R.S. 26:901...

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Maine

20-A Maine Revised Statutes § 4706 (2021):

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Instruction in American history, Maine studies and Maine Native American history 1. American history. American history, government and citizenship, including the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, the importance of voting and the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship, must be taught in and required for graduation from all elementary and secondary schools, both public and private. 2. Maine studies. Maine history, including the Constitution of Maine, Maine geography and environment and the natural, industrial and economic resources of Maine and Maine's cultural and ethnic heritage, must be taught. A required component of Maine studies is Maine Native American studies, which must be included in the review of content standards and performance indicators of the learning results conducted in accordance with section 6209, subsection 4. The Maine Native American studies must address the following topics: A. Maine tribal governments and political systems and their relationship with local, state, national and international governments; B. Maine Native American cultural systems and the experience of Maine tribal people throughout history; C. Maine Native American territories; and D. Maine Native American economic systems.

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20-A Maine Revised Statutes § 4706 (2021):

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Instruction in American history, African American studies, Maine studies, Maine Native American history and the history of genocide 3. History of genocide. The history of genocide, including the Holocaust, must be included in the review of content standards and performance indicators of the system of learning results conducted in accordance with section 6209, subsection 4.

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20-A Maine Revised Statutes § 4711 (2021):

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Elementary course of study The basic course of study for the elementary schools must provide for the instruction of all students in life and career readiness, English language arts, world languages, health education and physical education, mathematics, science and technology, social studies and visual and performing arts, as described in the parameters for essential instruction and graduation requirements subject to the schedule specified in section 6209. Health education must include instruction that addresses the relationship between physical and mental health in order to enhance student understanding of attitudes toward and behavior relating to mental illness and to eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness.

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20-A Maine Revised Statutes § 4712 (2021):

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Junior high school or middle school course of study The basic course of study for the junior high schools or middle schools must provide for the instruction of all students in life and career readiness, English language arts, health education and physical education, mathematics, science and technology, social studies, visual and performing arts and world languages, as described in the parameters for essential instruction and graduation requirements subject to the schedule specified in section 6209. Health education must include instruction that addresses the relationship between physical and mental health in order to enhance student understanding of attitudes toward and behavior relating to mental illness and to eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness.

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Maryland

Maryland Education Code Ann. § 4-111.4 (2021):

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Computer Science Course (a) Beginning in the 2021–2022 school year, each county board shall require each public high school in the county to offer at least one computer science course...

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Maryland Education Code Ann. § 4-111.2 (2021):

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Oral Health Education The Department shall: (1) Support and facilitate oral health education, including oral disease prevention and dental health promotion, in every county; (2) Develop a process to monitor implementation of oral health education...

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Maryland Education Code Ann. § 4-111.3 (2021):

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Agriculture Science (a) Beginning in the 2018–2019 school year, each county board is encouraged to implement an agriculture science curriculum specified in subsection (b) of this section in: (1) At least one public high school in the county; or (2) At least one career and technology education center in the county...

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Maryland Education Code Ann. § 1-303 (2021):

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Requirements for Foundation of World-Class Education System The foundation of a world–class education system in Maryland under The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future for education will require: (1) Early support and interventions for young children and their families, including: (i) Coordinating and providing services for children and families with the greatest need through centers located in the neediest communities; and (ii) Expanding access to high–quality, full–day prekindergarten programs for 3–year–olds and 4–year–olds through a mixed delivery system; (2) High–quality diverse teachers and school leaders in every school, requiring: (i) Elevation of the teaching profession to a profession comparable to other fields, with comparable compensation, that require a similar amount of education and credentialing with career ladders that allow the advancement of teachers and principals based on knowledge, skills, performance, and responsibilities; (ii) Teacher preparation programs in the State’s postsecondary institutions that are rigorous and prepare teacher candidates to have the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to improve student performance and to teach all students successfully regardless of the student’s economic background, race, ethnicity, and learning ability or disability; and (iii) State exit standards from teacher preparation programs and State standards for teacher licensure that require prospective teachers to demonstrate that they have the knowledge, skills, and competencies to successfully teach students from all backgrounds; (3) An instructional system that is benchmarked to world–class standards and fully aligned from prekindergarten through 12th grade to a college and career readiness standard, including: (i) A college and career readiness standard set to world–class standards that certifies that by the end of 10th grade, and not later than the end of 12th grade, a student has the requisite literacy in English and mathematics to be successful in first–year, credit–bearing coursework at a Maryland community college or open enrollment postsecondary institution; (ii) Pathways for students who achieve college and career readiness by the end of 10th grade to choose to pursue: 1. Highly competitive college preparatory programs; 2. Early college programs that: A. Provide college credit and allow a student to earn an associate degree in high school at no cost to the student; and B. Determine eligibility through other factors including assessments, academic performance reviews, and guidance counselor recommendations; and 3. Career and technology education programs, including expanded opportunities for science–based, certified agriculture education, that: A. Are developed in partnership with the private sector; B. Include an apprenticeship or other workplace experience; and C. Lead to an industry–recognized credential by the end of high school; and (iii) Pathways for those students who have not achieved the college and career readiness standard by the end of 10th grade that enable them to achieve the standard by the end of 12th grade; (4) A system designed to meet the needs of all students so they can be successful, including the capability to: (i) Quickly identify students who are falling behind grade level; and (ii) Provide the appropriate, individualized instruction and supports needed to get the student back on track for college and career readiness; (5) Additional supports and services for students who need them to stay on track for college and career readiness, including: (i) Students from low–income families as a proxy for the number of students who may need additional supports to perform at grade level and stay on track for college and career readiness; (ii) Students from families where English is not the primary language; and (iii) Students with disabilities; (6) Equitable learning outcomes regardless of a student’s family income, race, ethnicity, disability, or other characteristics; (7) Additional resources, supports, and services for children in Maryland who are living in communities with great needs, including high poverty rates, high crime rates, and lack of access to adequate health care and social services, with resources provided at the school level and in the community; (8) Funding that is sufficient to enable students to achieve the State’s performance standards and that is distributed equitably to school systems and schools across the State; and (9) A strong system of accountability with the authority to hold all of the entities that are an integral part of the education system accountable for implementing The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and ensuring that funds are being spent effectively consistent with the policy framework to ensure that all students are successful.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts General Law chapter 71 § 2 (2021):

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Teaching of History and Social Science; Professional Development; Student-Led Civic Projects; Commonwealth Civics Challenge (a) In all public schools, history of the United States of America and social science, including civics, shall be taught as required subjects to promote civic service and a greater knowledge thereof and to prepare students, morally and intellectually, for the duties of citizenship. Instruction within the history and social science academic standards required in section 1D of chapter 69 shall include: (i) history of the United States of America; (ii) the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights; (iii) the Declaration of Independence; (iv) the constitution of the commonwealth; (v) local history and government; (vi) the function and composition of the branches of local, state and federal government; (vii) the roles and responsibilities of a citizen in a democracy; (viii) the development of skills to access, analyze and evaluate written and digital media as it relates to history and civics; (ix) community diversity and historical trends in voter registration and civic participation relative to disenfranchised voter populations; (x) opportunities to identify and debate issues relative to power, economic status and the common good in democracy; and (xi) a program relating to the flag of the United States of America including, but not limited to, proper etiquette and the correct use and display of the flag, the importance of participation in the electoral process and the provisions of 4 U.S.C. sections 7 to 9, inclusive, and 36 U.S.C. section 301...

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Michigan

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Minnesota

Minnesota Statutes § 120B.021 (2022)

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Required Academic Standards. Required academic standards. (a) The following subject areas are required for statewide accountability: (1) language arts; (2) mathematics; (3) science; (4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and citizenship that includes civics consistent with section 120B.02, subdivision 3; (5) physical education; (6) health, for which locally developed academic standards apply; and (7) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater; and visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts...

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Mississippi

Mississippi Code § 37-13-5 (2020):

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Display of Mississippi and United States flags; course of study 3. In all public schools there shall be given a course of study concerning the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Mississippi. The course of study shall include the history of each flag and what they represent and the proper respect therefor. There also shall be taught in the public schools the duties and obligations of citizenship, patriotism, Americanism and respect for and obedience to law.

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Mississippi Code § 37-13-10 (2020):

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Public elementary schools to provide instruction in cursive reading and writing; exceptions The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to require all public school districts to meet the following elementary education curriculum standard: The standard course of study shall include the requirement that the public schools provide instruction in cursive reading and writing, implemented across the curriculum, so that students create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of the fifth grade, and that students pass with proficiency a teacher-constructed test demonstrating the students competency in both reading and writing cursive. This requirement shall be applicable beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to the Mississippi School for the Blind and the Mississippi School for the Deaf.

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Mississippi Code § 37-13-21 (2020):

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Health education programs The State Board of Health and the various county health departments are hereby authorized and empowered to establish and provide for health education programs in the public school districts of this state and to employ county health educators for such purpose. In order to effectuate such programs the county superintendents of education of counties in which such programs have been established, with the approval of the county board of education, and the board of trustees of the municipal separate school districts are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to cooperate and join with the said State Board of Health and the county health departments in such program...

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Mississippi Code § 37-13-134 (2020):

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Comprehensive School Health Education Program 1. The Legislature recognizes that there is a problem with Mississippi student inactivity and obesity, and therefore requires the following guidelines for school district physical education, health education and physical activity and fitness classes: a. Kindergarten through Grade 8: One hundred fifty (150) minutes per week of physical activity-based instruction and forty-five (45) minutes per week of health education instruction, as defined by the State Board of Education. b. Grades 9 through 12: One-half (1/2) Carnegie unit requirement in physical education or physical activity for graduation. Beginning with the 2015-2016 Ninth Grade class, an instructional component on the proper administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) shall be included as part of the physical education or health education curriculum. The curricula shall incorporate into the instruction the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator as follows: i. An instructional program developed by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross; ii. An instructional program which is nationally recognized and is based on the most current national evidence-based Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator; iii. A licensed teacher shall not be required to be a certified trainer of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, to facilitate, provide or oversee such instruction for noncertification; and iv. Courses which result in a certification being earned must be taught by an authorized CPR/AED instructor...

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Mississippi Code § 37-13-171 (2020):

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Implementation of abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education; State Department of Education approval of curriculum for sex-related education required; components of abstinence-only and abstinence-plus education; parent programs; separation of students by gender during sex-related education instruction 1. The local school board of every public school district shall adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into its curriculum by June 30, 2012, which instruction in those subjects shall be implemented not later than the start of the 2012-2013 school year or the local school board shall adopt the program which has been developed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services and the Mississippi Department of Health. The State Department of Education shall approve each district's curriculum for sex-related education and shall establish a protocol to be used by districts to provide continuity in teaching the approved curriculum in a manner that is age, grade and developmentally appropriate..

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Missouri

Missouri Revised Statutes § 170.011 (2021):

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Courses in the constitutions, American history and Missouri government, required, penalty — waiver, when — student awards — requirements not applicable to foreign exchange students. 1. Regular courses of instruction in the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Missouri and in American history and institutions shall be given in all public and private schools in the state of Missouri, except proprietary schools, and shall begin not later than the seventh grade and continue in high school to an extent determined by the state commissioner of education, and shall continue in college and university courses to an extent determined by the state commissioner of higher education...

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Missouri Revised Statutes § 170.018 (2021):

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Computer science, academic credit for math, science, or practical arts — work group — endorsement on teacher certificate — fund, grants — rulemaking authority. (2) The department of elementary and secondary education shall, before July 1, 2019, develop a high school graduation policy that allows a student to fulfill one unit of academic credit with a district-approved computer science course meeting the standards of subsection 2 of this section for any mathematics, science, or practical arts unit required for high school graduation. The policy shall require that all students have either taken all courses that require end-of-course examinations for math and science or are on track to take all courses that require end-of-course examinations for math and science under the Missouri school improvement program in order to receive credit toward high school graduation under this subsection...

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Missouri Revised Statutes § 170.014 (2021):

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Reading instruction act — reading programs established, essential components — explicit systematic phonics defined. 3. Every public school in the state shall offer a reading program as described in subsection 1 of this section for kindergarten through grade three.

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Missouri Revised Statutes § 170.048 (2021):

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Youth suicide awareness and prevention policy, requirements — model policy, feedback. 1. By July 1, 2018, each district shall adopt a policy for youth suicide awareness and prevention, including plans for how the district will provide for the training and education of its district employees...

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Montana

Montana Code 20-7-111:

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Instruction In Public Schools (2) The trustees of a school district shall ensure that all pupils in grades 3 through 12 receive instruction about the United States constitution and the pledge of allegiance.

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Nebraska

Nebraska Revised Statutes 79-760.02:

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Academic content standards; school districts; duties. In accordance with timelines that are adopted by the State Board of Education, but in no event later than one year following the adoption or modification of state standards, each school district shall adopt measurable quality academic content standards in the subject areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies. The standards may be the same as, or may be equal to or exceed in rigor, the measurable academic content standards adopted by the state board and shall cover at least the same grade levels. School districts may work collaboratively with educational service units, with learning communities, or through interlocal agreements to develop such standards.

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Nebraska Revised Statutes 79-720:

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Multicultural education program; incorporation into curriculum; department; duties. (1) Each school district, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall develop for incorporation into all phases of the curriculum of grades kindergarten through twelve a multicultural education program...

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Nebraska Revised Statutes 79-725:

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Character education; principles of instruction; duty of teachers. Each teacher employed to give instruction in any public, private, parochial, or denominational school in the State of Nebraska shall arrange and present his or her instruction to give special emphasis to common honesty, morality, courtesy, obedience to law, respect for the national flag, the United States Constitution, and the Constitution of Nebraska, respect for parents and the home, the dignity and necessity of honest labor, and other lessons of a steadying influence which tend to promote and develop an upright and desirable citizenry.

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Nebraska Revised Statutes 79-3003:

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Financial literacy instruction; required; high school course; requirements. Beginning with school year 2023-24, each school district, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall include financial literacy instruction, as appropriate, in the instructional program of its elementary and middle schools and require each student attending a public school to complete at least one five-credit high school course in personal finance or financial literacy prior to graduation.

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Nevada

Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.018 (2021):

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Designation of core academic subjects; minimum units of credit required in high school; exception; additional subjects to be taught. [Effective January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020.] 1. The following subjects are designated as the core academic subjects that must be taught, as applicable for grade levels, in all public schools, the Caliente Youth Center, the Nevada Youth Training Center and any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS: (a) English language arts; (b) Mathematics; (c) Science; and (d) Social studies, which includes only the subjects of history, geography, economics and government...

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Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.054 (2021):

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Instruction in American government; exception. 1. In all public schools, the Caliente Youth Center, the Nevada Youth Training Center and any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS, instruction must be given in American government, including, without limitation, instruction on: (a) The essentials of: (1) The Constitution of the United States, including, without limitation, the Bill of Rights; (2) The Constitution of the State of Nevada; and (3) The Declaration of Independence; (b) The origin and history of the Constitutions; (c) The study of and devotion to American institutions and ideals; and (d) Civics. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 388C.120, the instruction required in subsection 1 must be given during at least 1 year of the elementary school grades and for a period of at least 1 year in all high schools.

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Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.057 (2021):

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Instruction in American history; exception. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 388C.120, American history, including, without limitation, the history of the: 1. Constitution of the United States, including, without limitation, the Bill of Rights; 2. State of Nevada, including, without limitation, the Constitution of the State of Nevada; and 3. Declaration of Independence, must be taught in all of the public schools in the State of Nevada for a period of at least 1 year.

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Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.064 (2021):

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Instruction in personal safety of children; exception; report; required background checks of volunteers; acceptance of grants, gifts and donations. [Effective July 1, 2020.] 1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall ensure that instruction in the personal safety of children, based on the standards developed by the Department pursuant to NRS 389.031, be implemented as part of a course of study in health prescribed pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of NRS 389.018.

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Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.072 (2021):

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Instruction in computer education and technology; regulations. 1. Before beginning sixth grade, each pupil who is enrolled in a public school, the Caliente Youth Center, the Nevada Youth Training Center or any other state facility for the detention of children that is operated pursuant to title 5 of NRS, including, without limitation, each pupil with a disability who is so enrolled, must receive instruction in computer education and technology approved by the State Board, including, without limitation, instruction on the skills necessary to complete the criterion-referenced examinations administered pursuant to NRS 390.105...

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Nevada Revised Statutes § 389.074 (2021):

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Instruction in financial literacy. 1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall ensure that instruction in financial literacy is provided to pupils enrolled in grades 3 to 12, inclusive, in each public school within the school district or in the charter school, as applicable...

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire Revised Statute § 193-E:2-a (2021):

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Substantive Educational Content of an Adequate Education. I. (a) Beginning in the school year 2008-2009, and for each year thereafter, the specific criteria and substantive educational program that deliver the opportunity for an adequate education shall be defined and identified as the school approval standards in the following learning areas: (1) English/language arts and reading. (2) Mathematics. (3) Science. (4) Social studies, including civics, government, economics, geography, history, and Holocaust and genocide education. (5) Arts education, including music and visual arts. (6) World languages. (7) Health and wellness education, including a policy for violations of RSA 126-K:8, I(a). (8) Physical education. (9) Engineering and technologies including technology applications. (10) Personal finance literacy. (11) Computer science...

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New Jersey

New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.39 (2021):

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Health curriculum to include instruction on mental health. 1. a. A school district shall ensure that its health education programs for students in grades kindergarten through 12 recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and the relation of physical and mental health so as to enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that promote health, well-being, and human dignity. The instruction in mental health shall be adapted to the age and understanding of the students and shall be incorporated as part of the district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. The instruction shall include, as appropriate, information on substance abuse provided pursuant to the implementation of these standards and to section 1 of P.L.2016, c.46 (C.18A:40A-2.1)...

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.43 (2021):

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Infusion of African American accomplishments into school curricula. 4. a. Every board of education shall include, in the curriculum of all elementary and secondary school students, instruction that infuses into all courses on the United States, the centuries of accomplishments by African Americans in the building and development of America including, but not limited to, the areas of industry, military, government, and the professions; local communities; math, science, medicine, and space; architecture and the arts; social institutions and culture; and other aspects of life in America...

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-5.4 (2021):

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Instruction on breast self-examination required 1. Each board of education which operates an educational program for students in grades 7 through 12 shall offer instruction in breast self-examination. The instruction shall take place as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education, and the comprehensive health and physical education curriculum framework shall provide school districts with sample activities that may be used to support implementation of the instructional requirement.

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-28 (2021):

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Instruction on Holocaust, genocides required in elementary, secondary school curriculum 2. a. Every board of education shall include instruction on the Holocaust and genocides in an appropriate place in the curriculum of all elementary and secondary school pupils...

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-41 (2021):

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Provision of course of study in civics. 3. Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, each board of education shall provide a course of study in civics, which shall be taken by all students in an appropriate middle school grade. The course shall address: the values and principles underlying the American system of constitutional democracy; the function and limitations of government; and the role of a citizen in a democratic society. The board shall ensure that the course of study includes a minimum of two quarters of instruction, or the equivalent.

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:6-113.1 (2021):

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Middle school, high school student identification cards with New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline contact information. 1. A public school that includes any of the grades seven through 12 and that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number for the New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline (NJ Hopeline) and contact information for a crisis text line.

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-2.1 (2021):

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Civics curriculum guidelines. 1. The New Jersey Center for Civic Education at Rutgers, The State University shall prepare curriculum guidelines and provide professional development for high school social studies teachers to help local school boards in fulfilling the requirements of integrating civics, economics, and the history of New Jersey as part of the required United States history course established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:35-1 and N.J.S.18A:35-2.

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.20 (2021):

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Sex education programs to stress abstinence. 2. Any sex education that is given as part of any planned course, curriculum or other instructional program and that is intended to impart information or promote discussion or understanding in regard to human sexual behavior, sexual feelings and sexual values, human sexuality and reproduction, pregnancy avoidance or termination, HIV infection or sexually transmitted diseases, regardless of whether such instruction is described as, or incorporated into a description of "sex education," "family life education," "family health education," "health education," "family living," "health," "self esteem," or any other course, curriculum program or goal of education, and any materials including, but not limited, to handouts, speakers, notes or audiovisuals presented on school property concerning methods for the prevention of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), other sexually transmitted diseases and of avoiding pregnancy, shall stress that abstinence from sexual activity is the only completely reliable means of eliminating the sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases and of avoiding pregnancy.

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.3 (2021):

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Sexual assault prevention education program The Department of Education in consultation with the advisory committee provided for in section 2 of this act, shall develop and establish guidelines for the teaching of sexual assault prevention techniques for utilization by local school districts in the establishment of a sexual assault prevention education program. Such program shall be adapted to the age and understanding of the pupils and shall be emphasized in appropriate places of the curriculum sufficiently for a full and adequate treatment of the subject.

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.23a (2021):

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Dating violence education incorporated into health education curriculum. 6. a. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, each school district shall incorporate dating violence education that is age appropriate into the health education curriculum as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education for students in grades 7 through 12...

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.26 (2021):

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Instruction in gang violence prevention; required for elementary school students. 1. Each board of education that operates an educational program for elementary school students shall offer instruction in gang violence prevention and in ways to avoid membership in gangs. The instruction shall take place as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education, and the comprehensive health and physical education curriculum framework shall provide school districts with sample materials that may be used to support implementation of the instructional requirement.

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.27 (2021):

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Instruction on responsible use of social media. 1. a. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each school district shall incorporate instruction on the responsible use of social media into the technology education curriculum for students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Technology...

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.28 (2021):

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Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, use of automated external defibrillator for certain students. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the board of education of a public school district that includes grades 9 through 12, or the board of trustees of a charter school that includes grades 9 through 12, shall provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator to each student prior to graduation as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. The board of education, or board of trustees, may select a no-cost, non-certification instructional program to meet this requirement...

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.35 (2021):

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History of disabled and LGBT persons included in middle and high school curriculum 1. A board of education shall include instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, in an appropriate place in the curriculum of middle school and high school students as part of the district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards.

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.36a (2021):

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Curriculum to contain instruction on diversity and inclusion. 1. a. Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, each school district shall incorporate instruction on diversity and inclusion in an appropriate place in the curriculum of students in grades kindergarten through 12 as part of the district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards...

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New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:6-3 (2021):

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Courses in Constitution of United States Regular courses of instruction in the Constitution of the United States shall be given in all public schools and in all private schools, attendance at which is a sufficient compliance with the compulsory educational requirements of this title in this State, which instruction shall begin not later than the opening of the seventh grade in public schools and of the equivalent grade in private schools and shall continue in the high school course and in courses of State colleges and universities and the educational departments of the State and municipal institutions.

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New Mexico

New Mexico Statutes § 22-13-1 (2021):

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Subject areas; minimum instructional areas required; accreditation. B. All kindergarten through third grade classes shall provide daily instruction in reading and language arts skills, including phonemic awareness, phonics and comprehension, and in mathematics. Students in kindergarten and first grades shall be screened and monitored for progress in reading and language arts skills, and students in second grade shall take diagnostic tests on reading and language arts skills. C. All first, second and third grade classes shall provide instruction in art, music and a language other than English, and instruction that meets content and performance standards shall be provided in science, social studies, physical education and health education. D. In fourth through eighth grades, instruction that meets academic content and performance standards shall be provided in the following subject areas: (1) reading and language arts skills, with an emphasis on writing and editing for at least one year and an emphasis on grammar and writing for at least one year; (2) mathematics; (3) language other than English; (4) communication skills; (5) science; (6) art; (7) music; (8) social studies; (9) New Mexico history; (10) United States history; (11) geography; (12) physical education; and (13) health education. E. Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, in eighth grade, algebra 1 shall be offered in regular classroom settings or through online courses or agreements with high schools. F. In fourth through eighth grades, school districts shall offer electives that contribute to academic growth and skill development and provide career and technical education. In sixth through eighth grades, media literacy may be offered as an elective. G. In ninth through twelfth grades, instruction that meets academic content and performance standards shall be provided in health education...

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New York

New York Education Laws § 801 (2021):

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Courses of Instruction in Patriotism and Citizenship and in Certain Historic Documents. Courses of instruction in patriotism and citizenship and in certain historic documents. 1. In order to promote a spirit of patriotic and civic service and obligation and to foster in the children of the state moral and intellectual qualities which are essential in preparing to meet the obligations of citizenship in peace or in war, the regents of The University of the State of New York shall prescribe courses of instruction in patriotism, citizenship, civic education and values, our shared history of diversity, the role of religious tolerance in this country, and human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery (including the freedom trail and underground railroad), the Holocaust, and the mass starvation in Ireland from 1845 to 1850, to be maintained and followed in all the schools of the state. The boards of education and trustees of the several cities and school districts of the state shall require instruction to be given in such courses, by the teachers employed in the schools therein. All pupils attending such schools, over the age of eight years, shall attend upon such instruction...

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New York Education Laws § 801-A (2021):

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Instruction in Civility, Citizenship and Character Education. Instruction in civility, citizenship and character education. The regents shall ensure that the course of instruction in grades kindergarten through twelve includes a component on civility, citizenship and character education. Such component shall instruct students on the principles of honesty, tolerance, personal responsibility, respect for others, with an emphasis on discouraging acts of harassment, bullying, discrimination, observance of laws and rules, courtesy, dignity and other traits which will enhance the quality of their experiences in, and contributions to, the community. Such component shall include instruction of safe, responsible use of the internet and electronic communications. The regents shall determine how to incorporate such component in existing curricula and the commissioner shall promulgate any regulations needed to carry out such determination of the regents. For the purposes of this section, "tolerance," "respect for others" and "dignity" shall include awareness and sensitivity to harassment, bullying, discrimination and civility in the relations of people of different races, weights, national origins, ethnic groups, religions, religious practices, mental or physical abilities, sexual orientations, genders, and sexes.

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New York Education Laws § 802 (2021):

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Instruction Relating to the Flag; Holidays. 1. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to prepare, for the use of the public schools of the state, a program providing for a salute to the flag and a daily pledge of allegiance to the flag, and instruction in its correct use and display which shall include, as a minimum, specific instruction regarding respect for the flag of the United States of America, its display and use as provided by federal statute and regulation and such other patriotic exercises as may be deemed by him to be expedient, under such regulations and instructions as may best meet the varied requirements of the different grades in such schools. However, such instruction shall include, as a minimum, the provisions of sections one hundred seventy through one hundred seventy-seven of title thirty-six of the United States Code...

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New York Education Laws § 802-A (2021):

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Instruction Relating to General Elections. Instruction relating to general elections. Every school and teacher or instructor shall utilize a sample or facsimile ballot, provided by the appropriate board of elections pursuant to section 7-118 of the election law, when providing instruction in the electoral process relating to an ongoing general election, for which a sample or facsimile ballot has been created, or when holding mock elections.

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New York Education Laws § 803 (2021):

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Instruction in Physical Education and Kindred Subjects. 1. All pupils above the age of eight years in all elementary and secondary schools, shall receive as part of the prescribed courses of instruction therein such physical education under the direction of the commissioner of education as the regents may determine. Such courses shall be designed to aid in the well-rounded education of pupils and in the development of character, citizenship, physical fitness, health and the worthy use of leisure. Pupils above such age attending the public schools shall be required to attend upon such prescribed courses of instruction...

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New York Education Laws § 803-A (2021):

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Courses of Study in Prevention of Child Abduction. 1. All pupils in grades K-8 in all public schools in the state shall receive instruction designed to prevent the abduction of children. Such instruction shall be provided by or under the direct supervision of regular classroom teachers, provided, however, that such instruction may be provided by any other agency, public or private...

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New York Education Laws § 803-B (2021):

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Courses of Study in Prevention of Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Sex Abuse. Courses of study in prevention of child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse. 1. All pupils in grades K-8 in all public schools in the state shall receive instruction designed to prevent child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse. Such program shall be defined by the commissioner in regulations after consultation with the department of health and be designed to educate students, parents and school personnel about the prevention of child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse in grades kindergarten through eight. Such program shall include, but not be limited to students and parents. Nothing in this section shall prevent the department from making model curriculum and resource materials available on the department's website...

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New York Education Laws § 804 (2021):

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Health Education Regarding Mental Health, Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco Abuse and the Prevention and Detection of Certain Cancers. 2. All schools shall include, as an integral part of health education, instruction so as to discourage the misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and promote attitudes and behavior that enhance health, well being, and human dignity...

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New York Education Laws § 804-D (2021):

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Automated External Defibrillator Instruction. Instructions regarding the correct use of an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a part of the health education curriculum in all senior high schools when cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction is being provided as authorized by section eight hundred four-c of this article. In addition to the requirement that all teachers of health education shall be certified to teach health, persons instructing pupils in the correct use of automated external defibrillators shall possess valid certification by a nationally recognized organization or the state emergency medical services council offering certification in the operation of an automated external defibrillator and in its instruction.

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New York Education Laws § 806 (2021):

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Courses of Instruction in Highway Safety and Traffic Regulation; School Safety Patrols. 1. The regents of The University of the State of New York shall prescribe courses of instruction in highway safety and traffic regulation which shall include bicycle safety, to be maintained and followed in all the schools of the state. The boards of education and trustees of the several cities and school districts of the state shall require instruction to be given in such courses, by the teachers employed in the schools therein. All pupils attending such schools shall attend upon such instruction.

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New York Education Laws § 806-A (2021):

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Driver Education. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all school districts providing instruction in driver education shall include in such instruction: (a) a driver safety component with an emphasis on the effects of alcohol and drug use, (b) instruction in motorcycle safety awareness. The commissioner, upon approval by the commissioner of motor vehicles, shall establish a curriculum for the alcohol and drug education component which shall include but not be limited to: instruction describing the hazards of driving while impaired or intoxicated; the penalties for alcohol related motor vehicle violations including sanctions set forth in the penal law that apply to homicides and assaults arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated and those sanctions set forth in the vehicle and traffic law relating to driving while intoxicated; and the medical, biological and physiological effects of the consumption of alcohol and their impact on the operation of a motor vehicle...

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New York Education Laws § 808 (2021):

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Instruction in Fire and Arson Prevention. 1. The commissioner is hereby directed to provide and prescribe a course of instruction in fire and arson prevention, injury prevention and life safety education relating to the protection against injury or death and protection of property against loss or damage as a result of criminally initiated or other preventable fire, for use in the schools of the state, as prescribed by this section. Such course of instruction shall include materials to educate children on the dangers of falsely reporting a criminal incident, an impending explosion or fire emergency involving danger to life or property, an impending catastrophe, or a life safety emergency...

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New York Education Laws § 809 (2021):

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Instruction in the Humane Treatment of Animals. 1. The officer, board or commission authorized or required to prescribe courses of instruction shall cause instruction to be given in every elementary school under state control or supported wholly or partly by public money of the state, in the humane treatment and protection of animals and the importance of the part they play in the economy of nature as well as the necessity of controlling the proliferation of animals which are subsequently abandoned and caused to suffer extreme cruelty. Such instruction shall be for such period of time during each school year as the board of regents may prescribe and may be joined with work in literature, reading, language, nature study or ethnology. Such weekly instruction may be divided into two or more periods. A school district shall not be entitled to participate in the public school money on account of any school or the attendance at any school subject to the provisions of this section, if the instruction required hereby is not given therein...

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New York Education Laws § 809-A (2021):

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Instruction in the Safe Use of Firearms and in the Game Laws. Instruction in the safe use of firearms and in the game laws. The officer, board, or commission authorized or required to prescribe courses of instructions in any school under state control, may authorize instructions to be given in the safe and proper use of firearms allowed by law to be used in the taking of wild game, and may also authorize instructions to be given in the study of game laws and of proper hunting and conservation practices. Such courses of instruction shall be approved by both the education department and the department of environmental conservation.

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New York Education Laws § 814 (2021):

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Courses of Study in Internet Safety. 1. Any school district in the state may provide, to pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve, instruction designed to promote the proper and safe use of the internet...

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North Carolina

North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.5 (2021):

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Standard course of study. Instruction shall be offered in the areas of arts, communication skills, physical education and personal health and safety, mathematics, media and computer skills, science, second languages, social studies, and career and technical education...

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.10 (2021):

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Career and technical education. Instruction in career and technical education shall include the following: (1) The integration of academic and career and technical education. (2) A sequential course of study leading to career and college readiness. (3) Increased student work skill attainment and job placement. (4) Increased linkages, where geographically feasible, between public schools and community colleges, so the public schools can emphasize academic preparation and the community colleges can emphasize specific job training. (5) Instruction and experience, to the extent practicable, in all aspects of the industry the students are prepared to enter.

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.15 (2021):

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Conflict resolution and mediation models. The State Board of Education shall develop a list of recommended conflict resolution and mediation materials, models, and curricula that address responsible decision making, the causes and effects of school violence and harassment, cultural diversity, and nonviolent methods for resolving conflict, including peer mediation, and shall make the list available to local school administrative units and school buildings. In developing this list, the Board shall emphasize materials, models, and curricula that currently are being used in North Carolina and that the Board determines to be effective. The Board shall include at least one model that includes instruction and guidance for the voluntary implementation of peer mediation programs and one model that provides instruction and guidance for teachers concerning the integration of conflict resolution and mediation lessons into the existing classroom curriculum.

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.20 (2021):

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Alcohol and drug use prevention education. (a) Instruction shall be provided in alcohol and drug use prevention education from kindergarten through high school...

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.30 (2021):

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Reproductive health and safety education provided by local school administrative units. (a) Each local school administrative unit shall provide a reproductive health and safety education program commencing in the seventh grade...

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.35 (2021):

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Honors-level courses in healthful living education. The State Board of Education shall develop or identify academically rigorous honors-level courses in healthful living education that can be offered at the high school level. These honors-level courses shall be more rigorous than standard-level courses, include advanced content, provide multiple opportunities for students to take greater responsibility for their learning, and require higher quality work from the students than standard courses.

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.36 (2021):

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Advanced courses in mathematics. (a) When practicable, local boards of education shall offer advanced learning opportunities in mathematics in grades three through five, and advanced courses in mathematics in all grades six and higher. For the purposes of this section, advanced learning opportunities are those services and curricular modifications in mathematics for academically or intellectually gifted students approved as part of the local plan, as required by G.S. 115C-150.7...

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.40 (2021):

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North Carolina history and geography. The standard course of study shall include the requirement that the public schools provide to all students one yearlong course of instruction on North Carolina history and geography in elementary school and one yearlong course of instruction in middle school on North Carolina history with United States history integrated into this instruction. The course of instruction shall include contributions to the history and geography of the State and the nation by the racial and ethnic groups that have contributed to the development and diversity of the State and nation. Each course of instruction may include up to two weeks of instruction relating to the local area in which the students reside.

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.45 (2021):

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Classes conducted in English; citizenship; and civic literacy. (a) Except when a board authorizes teaching in a foreign language in order to comply with federal law, local boards of education shall require all teachers and principals to conduct classes except foreign language classes in English. Any teacher or principal who refuses to do so may be dismissed. (b) Local boards of education shall provide for the efficient teaching at appropriate grade levels of all materials set forth in the standard course of study, including integrated instruction in the areas of citizenship in the United States of America, government of the State of North Carolina, government of the United States, fire prevention, the free enterprise system, and the dangers of harmful or illegal drugs, including alcohol. (c) Democratic Process and Citizenship Education for Middle School Social Studies. - The State Board of Education shall include instruction in civic and citizenship education in the standard course of study for middle school social studies. The State Board of Education is strongly encouraged to include, at a minimum, the following components in the middle school civic and citizenship education standard course of study: (1) A tour of representative local government facilities, such as the local jail, the courthouse, or a town hall, to help students understand the way their community is governed. (2) Allowing students to choose and analyze a community problem and offer public policy recommendations on the problem to local officials. (3) Information about getting involved in community groups..

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.60 (2021):

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Character education. (a) Each local board of education shall develop and implement character education instruction with input from the local community...

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.65 (2021):

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Financial literacy. (a) Instruction shall be provided in personal financial literacy for all students. In addition to the requirements in subsection (b) of this section, the State Board of Education shall determine the other components of personal financial literacy that will be covered in the curriculum...

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North Carolina General Statutes § 115C-81.80 (2021):

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Multiplication tables. The standard course of study shall include the requirement that students enrolled in public schools memorize multiplication tables to demonstrate competency in efficiently multiplying numbers.

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North Dakota

North Dakota Century Code Chapter 15.1-21:

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CURRICULUM AND TESTING 15.1-21-01. Elementary and middle schools - Required instruction. In order to be approved by the superintendent of public instruction, each public and nonpublic elementary and middle school shall provide to students instruction in: 1. English language arts, including reading, composition, creative writing, English grammar, and spelling. 2. Mathematics. 3. Social studies, including: a. The United States Constitution; b. United States history; c. Geography; d. Government; and e. North Dakota studies, with an emphasis on geography, history, the federally recognized Indian tribes in the state, and agriculture of this state, in the fourth and eighth grades. 4. Science, including agriculture. 5. Physical education. 6. Health, including physiology, hygiene, disease control, and the nature and effects of alcohol, tobacco, and narcotics. 15.1-21-02. High schools - Required units 1. In order to be approved by the superintendent of public instruction, each public and nonpublic high school shall provide instruction in or make available to each student: a. Four units of English language arts from a sequence that includes literature, composition, and speech; b. Four units of mathematics, including: (1) One unit of algebra II; and (2) One unit for which algebra II is a prerequisite; c. Four units of science, including: (1) One unit of physical science; and (2) One unit of biology; d. Four units of social studies, including: (1) One unit of world history; (2) One unit of United States history, including Native American tribal history; and (3) (a) One unit of problems of democracy; or, (b) One-half unit of United States government and one-half unit of economics; e. One-half unit of health; f. One-half unit of physical education during each school year, provided that once every four years the unit must be a concept-based fitness class that includes instruction in the assessment, improvement, and maintenance of personal fitness; g. Two units of fine arts, at least one of which must be music; h. Two units of the same foreign or native American language; i. One unit of an advanced placement course or one unit of a dual-credit course; and j. Two units of career and technical education from a coordinated plan of study recommended by the department of career and technical education and approved by the superintendent of public instruction...

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Ohio

Ohio Revised Code Section 3301.079:

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Academic standards - model curriculum. (A)(1) The state board of education periodically shall adopt statewide academic standards with emphasis on coherence, focus, and essential knowledge and that are more challenging and demanding when compared to international standards for each of grades kindergarten through twelve in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies...

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Ohio Revised Code Section 3301.0719:

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Adoption of standards for business education in grades seven through twelve. (B) the state board of education shall adopt standards for business education in grades seven through twelve. The standards shall incorporate existing business education standards as appropriate to help guide instruction in the state's schools. The department shall provide the standards, and any revisions of the standards, to all school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code. Any school district, community school or STEM school may utilize the standards. Standards adopted under this division shall supplement, and not supersede, academic content standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code.

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Ohio Revised Code Section 3301.0721:

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Model curricula - college and career readiness, financial literacy; proper interactions with peace officers. (A) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop a model curriculum for instruction in college and career readiness and financial literacy. The curriculum shall focus on grades seven through twelve, but the superintendent may include other grade levels. When the model curriculum has been developed, the department of education shall notify all school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code of the content of the curriculum. Any district or school may utilize the model curriculum. (B) The state board of education, in collaboration with the director of public safety, shall develop a model curriculum for instruction in grades nine through twelve on proper interactions with peace officers during traffic stops and other in-person encounters with peace officers...

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Ohio Revised Code Section 3301.0726:

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High school instructional materials on personal financial responsibility; development of handwriting as a skill. (A) The department of education shall develop a packet of high school instructional materials on personal financial responsibility, including instructional materials on the avoidance of credit card abuse, and shall distribute that packet to all school districts. The board of education of any school district may adopt part or all of the materials included in the packet for incorporation into the district's curriculum. (B) The department of education shall include supplemental instructional materials on the development of handwriting as a universal skill in the English language arts model curriculum under division (B) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code for grades kindergarten through five. The instructional materials shall be designed to enable students to print letters and words legibly by grade three and create readable documents using legible cursive handwriting by the end of grade five. The instructional materials shall be included in the model curriculum not later than the first day of July that next succeeds the effective date of this amendment and, thereafter, shall periodically be updated.

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Oklahoma

70 Oklahoma Statutes § 70-11-103 (2021):

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Courses for instruction - What to include. A. Courses of instruction approved by the State Board of Education for use in school years prior to 1993-94 shall be those courses that are necessary to ensure: 1. The teaching of the necessary basic skills of learning and communication, including reading, English, writing, the use of numbers and science; and 2. The teaching of citizenship in the United States, in the State of Oklahoma, and in other countries, through the study of the United States Constitution, the amendments thereto, and the ideals, history, and government of the United States, other countries of the world, and the State of Oklahoma and through the study of the principles of democracy as they apply in the lives of citizens. In study of the United States Constitution, a written copy of the document itself shall be utilized. The public school districts of this state shall ensure that each child enrolled therein is provided with adequate instruction in the basic skills as set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection. Each local board of education shall annually evaluate the district's curriculum in order to determine whether each child in the district is receiving adequate basic skill instruction as set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection. The evaluation process shall provide for parental involvement. Effective July 1, 1990, each district shall submit its annual evaluation of the district's curriculum to the State Board of Education. The State Board shall make this information available to the Oklahoma Curriculum Committee and, beginning with the 1996-97 school year, shall utilize such information in its periodic evaluation of curriculum...

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Oregon

Oregon Revised Statutes § 336.035 (2021):

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Required courses of study; supplemental courses; district courses; courses concerning sexually transmitted infections. (1) The district school board shall see that the courses of study prescribed by law and by the rules of the State Board of Education are carried out. The district school board may establish supplemental courses that are not inconsistent with the prescribed courses and may adopt courses of study in lieu of state courses of study upon approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. (2) Any district school board may establish a course of education concerning sexually transmitted infections including recognition of causes, sources and symptoms, and the availability of diagnostic and treatment centers. Any such course established may be taught to adults from the community served by the individual schools as well as to students enrolled in the school. The board shall cause the parents or guardians of minor students to be notified in advance that the course is to be taught. Any such parent or guardian may direct in writing that the minor child in the care of the parent or guardian be excused from any class within the course. Any parent or guardian may inspect the instructional materials to be used before or during the time the course is taught...

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Oregon Revised Statutes § 336.057 (2021):

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Courses in Constitution and history of United States. In all public schools, courses of instruction shall be given in the Constitution of the United States and in the history of the United States. These courses shall: (1) Begin not later than the opening of the eighth grade and shall continue in grades 9 through 12.

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Oregon Revised Statutes § 336.059 (2021):

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Child sexual abuse prevention instructional program. (1) Each school district board shall adopt a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program for students in kindergarten through grade 12....

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Oregon Revised Statutes § 336.067 (2021):

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Topics given special emphasis in instruction. (1) In public schools special emphasis shall be given to instruction in: (a) Honesty, morality, courtesy, obedience to law, respect for the national flag, the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Oregon, respect for parents and the home, the dignity and necessity of honest labor and other lessons that tend to promote and develop an upright and desirable citizenry. (b) Respect for all humans, regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, sex or disability. (c) Acknowledgment of the dignity and worth of individuals and groups and their participative roles in society. (d) Humane treatment of animals. (e) The effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs and controlled substances upon the human system...

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Pennsylvania

22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.21:

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Elementary education: primary and intermediate levels. (f) Planned instruction in the following areas shall be provided to every student every year in the intermediate level program. Planned instruction may be provided as a separate course or as an instructional unit within another course or other interdisciplinary instructional activity: (1) Language arts, integrating reading, writing, spelling, listening, speaking, literature and grammar. (2) Mathematics, including problem-solving and computation skills. (3) Science, environment and ecology, including instruction about agriculture and agricultural science. (4) Technology and engineering. (5) Social studies (civics and government, economics, geography and history). (6) The arts, including art, music, dance and theatre. (7) Understanding and use of library and other information sources. (8) Health, safety and physical education, including instruction in concepts and skills which affect personal, family and community health and safety, nutrition, the prevention of alcohol, chemical and tobacco abuse, knowledge and practice of lifetime physical activities, personal fitness, basic movement skills and concepts, motor skill development, principles and strategies of movement and safety practices in physical activity settings. (g) Planned instruction aligned with academic standards in the following areas shall be provided to every student at least once by the end of elementary school. Planned instruction may be provided as a separate course or as an instructional unit within another course or other interdisciplinary instructional activity. See section 1511 of the School Code (24 P. S. § 15-1511). (1) History of the United States. (2) History of the Commonwealth. (3) Geography. (4) Civics...

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22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.22:

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Middle level education. (c) Planned instruction aligned with academic standards in the following areas shall be provided to every student in the middle level program. Planned instruction may be provided as a separate course or as an instructional unit within a course or other interdisciplinary instructional activity: (1) Language arts, integrating reading, writing, listening, speaking, literature and grammar. (2) Mathematics, including mathematical reasoning, algebra and problem-solving. (3) Science, environment and ecology, which involves active learning experiences and which may include laboratory experiments, instruction in agriculture and agricultural science, and political and economic aspects of ecology. (4) Social studies (civics and government, economics, geography and history, including the history and cultures of the United States, the Commonwealth, and the world). (5) Technology and engineering. (6) Information skills, including access to traditional and electronic information sources, computer use and research. (7) Health, safety and physical education, including instruction in concepts and skills which affect personal, family and community health and safety, nutrition, physical fitness, movement concepts, motor skill development, safety in physical activity settings, and the prevention of alcohol, chemical and tobacco abuse. (8) The arts, including art, music, dance and theatre. (9) Career education, including exposure to various career options and the educational preparation necessary to achieve those options. (10) Technology education, emphasizing practical application of academic skills and problem-solving experiences facilitated by technology. (11) Family and consumer science, including principles of consumer behavior and basic knowledge of child health and child care skills...

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22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.25:

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Languages. (a) World language programs must prepare students to be proficient in meeting the World Language Standards issued by the Department and available on its web site. Every school district shall provide planned instruction in at least two languages in addition to English, at least one of which shall be a modern language, and at least one of which shall be offered in a minimum 4-year sequence in the secondary program (middle level and high school).

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22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.26:

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ESOL. Every school district shall provide a program for each student whose dominant language is not English for the purpose of facilitating the student’s achievement of English proficiency and the academic standards under § 4.12 (relating to academic standards). Programs under this section shall include appropriate bilingual-bicultural or English as a second language (ESL) instruction.

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22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.27:

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Physical education and athletics. (a) Physical education shall be taught as required under § § 4.21(e)(6) and (f)(8), 4.22(c)(7) and 4.23(c)(8) (relating to elementary education: primary and intermediate levels; middle level education; and high school education)...

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22 Pennsylvania Code § 4.29:

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HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening and communicable diseases. (a) Instruction regarding prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other life-threatening and communicable diseases shall be given for primary, intermediate, middle school and high school education and shall follow the requirements of subsections (b) and (c)...

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-2:

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Civics education. (b) All middle and high school students attending public schools, or any other schools managed and controlled by the state, shall demonstrate proficiency, as defined by the local school district, in civics education that shall also satisfy half credit or course requirement in history and social studies...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-3:

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Instruction in physiology and hygiene. The school committees of the several cities and towns shall make provision for the instruction of the pupils in all schools supported wholly, or in part, by public money, in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcoholic liquors, stimulants, and narcotics upon the human system.

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-4:

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Instruction in health and physical education. (a) All children in grades one through twelve (12) attending public schools, or any other schools managed and controlled by the state, except as provided in § 16-100-3(d), shall receive in those schools instruction in health and physical education under rules and regulations the department of elementary and secondary education may prescribe or approve during periods that shall average at least twenty (20) minutes in each school day...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-10:

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Voting instruction. The school committees of the several cities, towns, and school districts shall provide for students of the senior class in high school a course of instruction and demonstration in the operation of a voting machine, and of the manner of casting a valid ballot. The board of elections is directed to make available to each city and town school committee one voting machine per city or town to carry out the purposes of this section.

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-12:

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Required courses on alcohol and substance abuse. (a) The school committees of the several cities, towns, and school districts shall provide for the incorporation of mandatory instruction of students in grades one through twelve (12) on the effects of alcohol and substance abuse upon the human system in existing health education or other courses...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-13:

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Consumer education. (b) By the start of the 2022-2023 school year, the school committees of the several cities, towns, and local education agencies (“LEAs”) shall ensure that public high schools offer a course that includes instruction in consumer education that is aligned with the statewide standards...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-14:

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Suicide prevention awareness. (a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall develop and prescribe a suicide prevention awareness program for public school students in grades nine (9) through twelve (12). The school committees of the several cities, towns, and school districts shall provide for the incorporation of the program in existing health education courses...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-15:

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. (a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall develop and prescribe a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training course for public school students in the state. The course shall be established in accordance with the requirements and criteria obtained from the Red Cross and/or the American Heart Association and the director of the department of health...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-16:

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Blocked air passage treatment training. (a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall develop and prescribe a training course in the emergency treatment for blocked air passages. The course shall be established in accordance with criteria and requirements established by the director of the department of health. The department of elementary and secondary education shall determine the age or grade level of pupils required to receive training...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-17:

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AIDS education program. (a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall, pursuant to rules promulgated by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education and the director of the department of health, establish comprehensive AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) instruction, which shall provide students with accurate information and instruction on AIDS transmission and prevention, and which course shall also address abstinence from sexual activity as the preferred means of prevention, as a basic education program requirement...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-18:

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Health and family life courses. (a) Every secondary school teaching courses in family life or sex education within this state shall include, as part of the course instruction, abstinence from sexual activity and refraining from sexual intercourse as the preferred method of pregnancy prevention and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Provided further, part of the course instruction may incorporate age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the law and meaning of consent. Such age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the prevention of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and sexual violence may include instruction that increases student awareness of the fact that consent is required before sexual activity...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-22:

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Genocide and human rights education. The department of elementary and secondary education shall, pursuant to rules promulgated by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, develop curricular material on genocide and human rights issues and guidelines for the teaching of that material. The material and guidelines shall include, but not be limited to: (1) the period of the transatlantic slave trades and the middle passage; (2) the great hunger period in Ireland; (3) the Armenian genocide; (4) the Holocaust; and (5) the Mussolini fascist regime and other recognized human rights violations. In formulating this program the department shall consult with practicing teachers, principals, superintendents and experts knowledgeable in genocide and human rights issues. Local school committees may incorporate the material into their elementary and secondary school curriculum.

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-23:

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Mathematics, English/Language Arts, and Science. (a) The board of regents for elementary and secondary education shall select and/or develop a statewide curriculum (i) in Mathematics and English/Language Arts for students in grades kindergarten (k) through twelve (12) by August 31, 2006 and (ii) in Science for students in grades kindergarten (k) through twelve (12) by August 31, 2008...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-24:

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Dating violence education. (a) Each school district shall incorporate dating violence education that is age-appropriate into the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades seven (7) through twelve (12)...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-26:

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Age appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness education. (1) All pupils in grades kindergarten through eight (8) in all public schools in the state shall receive instruction designed to prevent the abduction, exploitation, or sexual abuse of children. Such instruction shall be provided by, or under the direct supervision of, regular classroom teachers; provided, however, that such instruction may be provided by any other agency, public or private...

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Rhode Island General Laws § 16-22-35:

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Littering prevention and recycling awareness program. The department of elementary and secondary education shall, in collaboration with the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation, prescribe a presentation on litter prevention, reducing and reusing materials, and recycling awareness that shall be used to educate every public elementary and middle school student within the state on a yearly basis.

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South Carolina

South Carolina Code of Laws Section 59-29-10:

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Required subjects. The county board of education and the board of trustees for each school district shall see that in every school under their care there shall be taught, as far as practicable, orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar and instruction in phonics, the elements of agriculture, the history of the United States and of this State, the principles of the Constitutions of the United States and of this State, morals and good behavior, algebra, physiology and hygiene (especially as to the effects of alcoholic liquors and narcotics upon the human system), English literature, and such other branches as the state board may from time to time direct.

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South Carolina Code of Laws Section 59-32-30:

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Comprehensive Health Education Program (A) Pursuant to guidelines developed by the board, each local school board shall implement the following program of instruction: (1) Beginning with the 1988-89 school year, for grades kindergarten through five, instruction in comprehensive health education must include the following subjects: community health, consumer health, environmental health, growth and development, nutritional health, personal health, prevention and control of diseases and disorders, safety and accident prevention, substance use and abuse, dental health, and mental and emotional health. Sexually transmitted diseases as defined in the annual Department of Health and Environmental Control List of Reportable Diseases are to be excluded from instruction on the prevention and control of diseases and disorders. At the discretion of the local board, age-appropriate instruction in reproductive health may be included. (2) Beginning with the 1988-1989 school year, for grades six through eight, instruction in comprehensive health must include the following subjects: community health, consumer health, environmental health, growth and development, nutritional health, personal health, prevention and control of diseases and disorders, safety and accident prevention, substance use and abuse, dental health, mental and emotional health, and reproductive health education. Sexually transmitted diseases are to be included as a part of instruction. At the discretion of the local board, instruction in family life education or pregnancy prevention education or both may be included, but instruction in these subjects may not include an explanation of the methods of contraception before the sixth grade. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, for grades six through eight, instruction in comprehensive health education also must include the subject of domestic violence. (3) Beginning with the 1989-90 school year, at least one time during the four years of grades nine through twelve, each student shall receive instruction in comprehensive health education, including at least seven hundred fifty minutes of reproductive health education and pregnancy prevention education. (4) The South Carolina Educational Television Commission shall work with the department in developing instructional programs and materials that may be available to the school districts. Films and other materials may be designed for the purpose of explaining bodily functions or the human reproductive process. These materials may not contain actual or simulated portrayals of sexual activities or sexual intercourse. (5) The program of instruction provided for in this section may not include a discussion of alternate sexual lifestyles from heterosexual relationships including, but not limited to, homosexual relationships except in the context of instruction concerning sexually transmitted diseases. (6) In grades nine through twelve, students must also be given appropriate instruction that adoption is a positive alternative. (7) At least one time during the entire four years of grades nine through twelve, each student shall receive instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which must include, but not be limited to, hands-only CPR and must include awareness in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Each school district shall use a program that incorporates the instruction of the psychomotor skills necessary to perform CPR developed by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or an instructional program that is nationally recognized and based on the most current national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for CPR and awareness in the use of an AED. Local and statewide school districts shall coordinate with entities that have the experience and necessary equipment for the instruction of CPR and awareness in the use of AEDs; provided, however, that virtual schools may administer the instruction virtually and are exempt from any in-person instructional requirements. A school district must adopt a policy providing a waiver for this requirement for a student absent on the day the instruction occurred, a student with a disability whose individualized education program indicates such student is unable to complete all or a portion of the hands-only CPR requirement, or a student whose parent or guardian completes, in writing, a form approved by the school district opting out of hands-only CPR instruction and AED awareness. The State Board of Education shall incorporate CPR training and AED awareness into the South Carolina Health and Safety Education Curriculum Standards and promulgate regulations to implement this section...

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South Dakota

South Dakota Codified Laws 13-33-4:

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Instruction on United States and state Constitutions required--Years when given. In all public and nonpublic schools located within the state there shall be given regular courses of instruction in the Constitutions of the United States and the State of South Dakota. Such instruction shall begin not later than the opening of the eighth grade and shall continue in the high school to an extent to be determined by the South Dakota Board of Education Standards.

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South Dakota Codified Laws 13-33-6.1:

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Character development instruction. Unless the governing body elects, by resolution, effective for not less than one or more than four school terms, to do otherwise, character development instruction shall be given in all public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools in the state to impress upon the minds of the students the importance of citizenship, patriotism, honesty, self discipline, self respect, sexual abstinence, respect for the contributions of minority and ethnic groups to the heritage of South Dakota, regard for the elderly, and respect for authority.

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South Dakota Codified Laws 13-33-11:

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Instruction to promote mastery of English language. Instruction in any school shall be such that it promotes a mastery of the English language in oral and written communications.

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Tennessee

Tennessee Code § 49-6-1006:

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Black history and culture. The course of instruction in all public schools should include, at some appropriate grade level or levels, as determined by the local board of education, courses and content designed to educate children in black history and culture and the contribution of black people to the history and development of this country and of the world. The general assembly finds that the goal of curriculum shall include the history, heritage, culture, experience and ultimate destiny of all social, ethnic, gender and national groups and individuals, and that such are represented as interdependent, interactive and complementary. The state board of education shall include multicultural diversity when developing frameworks and curricula to be taught at appropriate grade levels kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1007:

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Character education. (a) The course of instruction in all public schools shall include character education to help each student develop positive values and improve student conduct as students learn to act in harmony with their positive values and learn to become good citizens in their school, community and society. Public schools are urged to include the use of nonviolence as a means of conflict resolution within character education...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1010:

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Computer science education. (a) In order for every student for whom it is educationally appropriate to receive instruction in computer science sufficient to enable the student to communicate and to be prepared for the technological jobs of today and tomorrow, the state board of education shall, no later than the 2024-2025 school year: (1) Require each public high school to offer its students access to at least one (1) credit of computer science education; (2) Require each public middle school student to take one (1) course in computer science education that includes instruction for a minimum of one (1) grading period for one (1) full school year; (3) Approve appropriate computer science courses that allow LEAs and public charter schools to meet the requirements of subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2). A computer science course may include, but is not limited to, grade-appropriate instruction on how and why technologies work; exploring whether and how technologies may solve real-life problems; investigating procedures; creating solutions; and learning about computing systems, programming, data, networks, and the effects of technologies on society and individuals; and (4) Require each elementary school to provide each student grade-appropriate computer science education based on the academic standards in computer science education adopted by the state board of education...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1014:

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Celebrate Freedom Week. (b) To educate students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12) about the sacrifices made for freedom in the founding of this country and the values upon which this country was founded, the week of September 17, 2018, and annually thereafter, is designated as Celebrate Freedom Week to honor Constitution Day in all public schools...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1017:

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Sexual violence awareness curriculum. (a) Subject to the guidance and approval of the state board of education, local boards of education are urged to develop a sexual violence awareness curriculum for presentation at least once in grades seven (7) and eight (8) and at least once, preferably twice, in grades nine through twelve (9-12), as part of the wellness, family life, safety, or other existing curricula. The curriculum should include instruction to increase students' awareness and understanding of teen dating violence and sexual violence, including, but not limited to, date rape, acquaintance rape, stranger rape, statutory rape, rape prevention strategies, resources and support available to victims of teen dating violence and sexual violence, and prosecution of crimes associated with teen dating and sexual violence...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1025:

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Art and music education. (a) The course of instruction in all public schools for kindergarten through grade eight (K-8) shall include art and music education to help each student foster creative thinking, spatial learning, discipline, craftsmanship and the intrinsic rewards of hard work...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1034:

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Cursive writing to be included in public school course of instruction. (a) The state board of education shall include cursive writing in the course of instruction in all public schools through the curriculum standards, at the appropriate grade level, as determined by the state board of education. The local board of education, in providing instruction in cursive writing, shall design curriculum, courses and content to enable students to create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting.

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1104:

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Curriculum in middle schools to educate students on STEM careers. TSIN shall make available to all middle schools in the state a curriculum to educate students on the variety and benefits of STEM careers. The curriculum shall: (1) Emphasize the benefits of STEM careers in helping people; (2) Not be limited to science classrooms, but be applicable in multiple classrooms; (3) Automatically produce reports detailing the academic skills of students without requiring teachers to separately analyze these skills; and (4) Be available through the internet without requiring additional materials so that rural schools may easily access the curriculum.

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1202:

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American history and government. (a) (1) Every four-year high school that receives public funds from city, county or state governments shall require every student to have at least one (1) year of instruction in American history and government, preferably in the fourth year...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1203:

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Federal and state constitutions. (a) A treatise on the history and interpretation of the constitution of the United States approved or adopted by the state board of education is required to be taught in the high schools of this state...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1205:

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Free enterprise system. (a) The state board of education shall establish a program of instruction for the public high schools on the essentials of the free enterprise system. Instruction shall be given in accordance with the course of study prescribed by the state board of education for at least one (1) semester, equal to one-half (½) unit of credit. The state board of education shall prescribe suitable teaching material for the instruction...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1302:

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Curriculum for family life education — Curriculum on sex education or human sexuality in accordance with curriculum guidelines for family life education. (a) (1) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, each LEA shall locally devise, adopt, and implement a program of family life education in conformance with the curriculum guidelines established for such programs by this part. (2) Each LEA shall locally develop and adopt a family life curriculum in compliance with the requirements of this part...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1028:

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Legislative findings — Public school courses and content to educate children in the United States and Tennessee governments. (b) (1) The state board of education shall include in the social studies standards, at the appropriate grade level or levels in high school, as determined by the state board of education through standards and the local board of education through curriculum, courses and content designed to educate children about the United States and Tennessee governments. The standards shall include the three (3) branches of government, the fundamental documents identified in § 49-6-1011(a) that underpin our form of government, an understanding of how laws are enacted, and ways citizens shape and influence government and governmental actions...

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Tennessee Code § 49-6-1208:

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) program for junior or senior high schools curriculum. (a) The state board of education may provide for a program of instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques commensurate with the learning expectations within the lifetime wellness curriculum for public junior or senior high schools. All students should participate in this introduction at least once during their attendance in junior or senior high school...

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Texas

Texas Education Code § 28.002 (2022):

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Required Curriculum (a) Each school district that offers kindergarten through grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum: (1) a foundation curriculum that includes: (A) English language arts; (B) mathematics; (C) science; and (D) social studies, consisting of Texas, United States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on the free enterprise system and its benefits, and geography; and (2) an enrichment curriculum that includes: (A) to the extent possible, languages other than English; (B) health, with emphasis on: (i) physical health, including the importance of proper nutrition and exercise; (ii) mental health, including instruction about mental health conditions, substance abuse, skills to manage emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and responsible decision-making; and (iii) suicide prevention, including recognizing suicide-related risk factors and warning signs; (C) physical education; (D) fine arts; (E) career and technology education; (F) technology applications; (G) religious literature, including the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact on history and literature; and (H) personal financial literacy...

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Utah

Utah Code Section 53E-4-202:

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Core standards for Utah public schools. (3) The basic knowledge, skills, and competencies identified pursuant to Subsection (2)(a) shall increase in depth and complexity from year to year and focus on consistent and continual progress within and between grade levels and courses in the basic academic areas of: (a) English, including explicit phonics, spelling, grammar, reading, writing, vocabulary, speech, and listening; and (b) mathematics, including basic computational skills...

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Utah Code Section 53E-4-204.1:

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Ethnic studies core standards and curriculum requirements. (2) (a) The state board shall incorporate ethnic studies into the core standards for Utah public schools...

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Vermont

16 Vermont Statutes. § 906:

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Course of study (a) In public schools, approved and recognized independent schools, and in home study programs, learning experiences shall be provided for students in the minimum course of study. (b) For purposes of this title, the minimum course of study means learning experiences adapted to a student’s age and ability in the fields of: (1) basic communication skills, including reading, writing, and the use of numbers; (2) citizenship, history, and government in Vermont and the United States; (3) physical education and comprehensive health education, including the effects of tobacco, alcoholic drinks, and drugs on the human system and on society; (4) English, American, and other literature; (5) the natural sciences; and (6) the fine arts.

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16 Vermont Statutes. § 909:

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Tobacco use, alcohol and drug abuse prevention education curriculum (a) The Secretary, in conjunction with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council, and, where appropriate, with the Division of Health Promotion, shall develop a sequential alcohol and drug abuse prevention education curriculum for elementary and secondary schools. The curriculum shall include teaching about the effects and legal consequences of the possession and use of tobacco products...

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Virginia

Virginia Code § 22.1-200 (2021):

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Subjects taught in elementary grades A. In the elementary grades of every public school the following subjects shall be taught: Spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geography, health and physical education, drawing, civil government, history of the United States and history of Virginia...

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Virginia Code § 22.1-200.03 (2021):

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Economics education and financial literacy required in middle and high school grades; Board of Education to establish objectives for economic education and financial literacy; banking-at-school programs A. Instruction in the principles of the American economic system shall be required in the public middle and high schools of the Commonwealth to promote economics education and financial literacy of students and to further the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for responsible citizenship in a constitutional democracy...

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Virginia Code § 22.1-201 (2021):

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Study of documents of Virginia history and United States Constitution To increase knowledge of citizens' rights and responsibilities thereunder and to enhance the understanding of Virginia's unique role in the history of the United States, the Declaration of American Independence, the general principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the charters of the Virginia Company of April 10, 1606, May 23, 1609, and March 12, 1612, and the Virginia Declaration of Rights shall be thoroughly explained and taught by teachers to pupils in public elementary, middle, and high schools. Emphasis shall be given to the relationship between these documents and Virginia history and to citizenship responsibilities inherent in the rights included in these documents. Each teacher shall ensure that all supplementary written materials that he uses to teach these documents contain accurate restatements of the principles contained in such documents. Written examinations as to each of such documents shall be given...

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Virginia Code § 22.1-202 (2021):

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Instruction in history and principles of flags of United States and Virginia; pledge of allegiance to American flag; guidelines developed by the Board A. Instruction in the history and principles of the flag of the United States and the flag of the Commonwealth shall be given in one or more grades in every school division. The instruction shall include the pledge of allegiance and the appropriate etiquette and conventions for respecting the dignity and appropriate display of such flags. In recognition of the civic heritage of the United States of America, all students shall be required to learn the Pledge of Allegiance and to demonstrate such knowledge...

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Virginia Code § 22.1-204 (2021):

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Study of accident prevention In one or more of the elementary or secondary grades of every school division there shall be provided a course of study including elementary training in accident prevention, in proper conduct on streets and highways, in the operation of motor vehicles as required by the traffic laws of this Commonwealth, and in ways and means of preventing loss of lives and damage to property through preventable fires. Such course shall be required of every pupil completing the course of study in any such grade.

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Virginia Code § 22.1-204.1 (2021):

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Firearm safety education program Local school boards may provide firearm safety education programs for students in the elementary school grades. To assist local school boards electing to provide firearm safety education programs, the Board of Education shall establish curriculum guidelines for a standardized program of firearm safety education for the elementary school grades to promote the protection and safety of children enrolled in the public schools. The curriculum guidelines shall incorporate, among other principles of firearm safety, accident prevention and the rules upon which the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program offered by the National Rifle Association is based. Local school boards electing to provide firearm safety education shall offer instruction pursuant to the Board's curriculum guidelines and shall integrate firearm safety education into appropriate subject areas, if feasible, to ensure that every elementary grade student completes the course of study in firearm safety education.

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Virginia Code § 22.1-206 (2021):

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Instruction concerning drugs, alcohol, substance abuse, and tobacco and nicotine products A. Instruction concerning drugs and drug abuse shall be provided by the public schools as prescribed by the Board of Education. B. Instruction concerning the public safety hazards and dangers of alcohol abuse, underage drinking, and drunk driving shall be provided in the public schools. The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority shall provide educational materials to the Department of Education. The Department of Education shall review and shall distribute such materials as are approved to the public schools...

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Virginia Code § 22.1-207 (2021):

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Physical and health education Physical and health education shall be emphasized throughout the public school curriculum by lessons, drills, and physical exercises, and all pupils in the public elementary, middle, and high schools shall receive as part of the educational program such health instruction and physical training as shall be prescribed by the Board of Education and approved by the State Board of Health. Such health instruction shall incorporate standards that recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and the relationship of physical and mental health so as to enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behavior that promote health, well-being, and human dignity. Such health instruction may include an age-appropriate program of instruction on the safe use of and risks of abuse of prescription drugs that is consistent with curriculum guidelines developed by the Board and approved by the State Board of Health.

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Virginia Code § 22.1-207.1 (2021):

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Family life education B. The Board of Education shall develop Standards of Learning and curriculum guidelines for a comprehensive, sequential family life education curriculum in grades kindergarten through 12. Such curriculum guidelines shall include instruction as appropriate for the age of the student in family living and community relationships; the benefits, challenges, responsibilities, and value of marriage for men, women, children, and communities; the value of family relationships; abstinence education; the value of postponing sexual activity; the benefits of adoption as a positive choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy; human sexuality; human reproduction; the prevention of human trafficking; dating violence, the characteristics of abusive relationships, steps to take to deter sexual assault, the availability of counseling and legal resources, and, in the event of such sexual assault, the importance of immediate medical attention and advice, as well as the requirements of the law; the etiology, prevention, and effects of sexually transmitted diseases; and mental health education and awareness...

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Virginia Code § 22.1-208.01 (2021):

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Character education required A. Each school board shall establish, within its existing programs or as a separate program, a character education program in its schools, which may occur during the regular school year, during the summer in a youth development academy offered by the school division, or both. The Department of Education shall develop curricular guidelines for school divisions to use in establishing a character education program through a summer youth development academy. The purpose of the character education program shall be to instill in students civic virtues and personal character traits so as to improve the learning environment, promote student achievement, reduce disciplinary problems, and develop civic-minded students of high character. The components of each program shall be developed in cooperation with the students, their parents, and the community at large. The basic character traits taught may include (i) trustworthiness, including honesty, integrity, reliability, and loyalty; (ii) respect, including the precepts of the Golden Rule, tolerance, and courtesy; (iii) responsibility, including hard work, economic self-reliance, accountability, diligence, perseverance, and self-control; (iv) fairness, including justice, consequences of bad behavior, principles of nondiscrimination, and freedom from prejudice; (v) caring, including kindness, empathy, compassion, consideration, generosity, and charity; and (vi) citizenship, including patriotism, the Pledge of Allegiance, respect for the American flag, concern for the common good, respect for authority and the law, and community-mindedness...

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Virginia Code § 22.1-253.13:1 (2021):

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Standard 1. Instructional programs supporting the Standards of Learning and other educational objectives School boards shall implement the Standards of Learning or objectives specifically designed for their school divisions that are equivalent to or exceed the Board's requirements. Students shall be expected to achieve the educational objectives established by the school division at appropriate age or grade levels. The curriculum adopted by the local school division shall be aligned to the Standards of Learning...

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Washington

Washington Revised Code 28A.150.210:

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Basic education—Goals of school districts. A basic education is an evolving program of instruction that is intended to provide students with the opportunity to become responsible and respectful global citizens, to contribute to their economic well-being and that of their families and communities, to explore and understand different perspectives, and to enjoy productive and satisfying lives. Additionally, the state of Washington intends to provide for a public school system that is able to evolve and adapt in order to better focus on strengthening the educational achievement of all students, which includes high expectations for all students and gives all students the opportunity to achieve personal and academic success. To these ends, the goals of each school district, with the involvement of parents and community members, shall be to provide opportunities for every student to develop the knowledge and skills essential to: (1) Read with comprehension, write effectively, and communicate successfully in a variety of ways and settings and with a variety of audiences; (2) Know and apply the core concepts and principles of mathematics; social, physical, and life sciences; civics and history, including different cultures and participation in representative government; geography; arts; and health and fitness; (3) Think analytically, logically, and creatively, and to integrate technology literacy and fluency as well as different experiences and knowledge to form reasoned judgments and solve problems; and (4) Understand the importance of work and finance and how performance, effort, and decisions directly affect future career and educational opportunities.

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Washington Revised Code § 28A.230.020 (2021):

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Common school curriculum. All common schools shall give instruction in reading, handwriting, orthography, written and mental arithmetic, geography, the history of the United States, English grammar, physiology and hygiene with special reference to the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on the human system, science with special reference to the environment, and such other studies as may be prescribed by rule of the superintendent of public instruction. All teachers shall stress the importance of the cultivation of manners, the fundamental principles of honesty, honor, industry and economy, the minimum requisites for good health including the beneficial effect of physical exercise and methods to prevent exposure to and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, and the worth of kindness to all living creatures and the land. The prevention of child abuse may be offered as part of the curriculum in the common schools.

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Washington Revised Code 28A.230.010:

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Course content requirements—Access to career and technical statewide equivalency courses—Duties of school district boards of directors—Waivers. (2) Until September 1, 2021, school district boards of directors must provide high school students with the opportunity to access at least one career and technical education course that is considered a statewide equivalency course as determined by the office of the superintendent of public instruction under Washington Revised Code 28A.700.070...

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Washington Revised Code 28A.230.040:

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Physical education in grades one through eight. Every pupil attending grades one through eight of the public schools shall receive instruction in physical education as prescribed by rule of the superintendent of public instruction: PROVIDED, That individual pupils or students may be excused on account of physical disability, religious belief, or participation in directed athletics.

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Washington Revised Code 28A.230.050:

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Physical education in high schools. All high schools of the state shall emphasize the work of physical education, and carry into effect all physical education requirements established by rule of the superintendent of public instruction: PROVIDED, That individual students may be excused from participating in physical education otherwise required under this section on account of physical disability, employment, or religious belief, or because of participation in directed athletics or military science and tactics or for other good cause.

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Washington Revised Code 28A.230.070:

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AIDS education in public schools—Limitations—Program adoption—Model curricula—Student's exclusion from participation. (1) The life-threatening dangers of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and its prevention shall be taught in the public schools of this state. AIDS prevention education shall be limited to the discussion of the life-threatening dangers of the disease, its spread, and prevention. Students shall receive such education at least once each school year beginning no later than the fifth grade...

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Washington Revised Code 28A.230.094:

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High school civics course. (1)(a) Beginning with or before the 2020-21 school year, each school district that operates a high school must provide a mandatory one-half credit stand-alone course in civics for each high school student. Except as provided by (c) of this subsection, civics content and instruction embedded in other social studies courses do not satisfy the requirements of this subsection...

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Washington Revised Code 28A.230.170:

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Study of constitutions compulsory—Rules. The study of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Washington shall be a condition prerequisite to graduation from the public and private high schools of this state. The superintendent of public instruction shall provide by rule for the implementation of this section. The superintendent of public instruction may adopt a rule permitting students who meet the criteria in Washington Revised Code 28A.230.122 to meet the prerequisite through noncredit-based study.

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Washington Revised Code 28A.230.179:

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction. (1) Each school district that operates a high school must offer instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to students as provided in this section. Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation must be included in at least one health class necessary for graduation...

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Washington Revised Code 28A.230.300:

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Computer science. (1) Beginning no later than the 2022-23 school year, each school district that operates a high school must, at a minimum, provide an opportunity to access an elective computer science course that is available to all high school students. School districts are encouraged to consider community-based or public-private partnerships in establishing and administering a course, but any course offered in accordance with this section must be aligned to the state learning standards for computer science or mathematics...

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Washington Revised Code § 28A.150.220 (2021):

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Basic education—Minimum instructional requirements—Program accessibility—Rules. (2) Each school district shall make available to students the following minimum instructional offering each school year: (a) For students enrolled in grades one through twelve, at least a district-wide annual average of one thousand hours, which shall be increased beginning in the 2015-16 school year to at least one thousand eighty instructional hours for students enrolled in grades nine through twelve and at least one thousand instructional hours for students in grades one through eight, all of which may be calculated by a school district using a district-wide annual average of instructional hours over grades one through twelve; and (b) For students enrolled in kindergarten, at least four hundred fifty instructional hours, which shall be increased to at least one thousand instructional hours according to the implementation schedule under Washington Revised Code 28A.150.315. (3) The instructional program of basic education provided by each school district shall include: (a) Instruction in the *essential academic learning requirements under Washington Revised Code 28A.655.070; (b) Instruction that provides students the opportunity to complete twenty-four credits for high school graduation, beginning with the graduating class of 2019 or as otherwise provided in Washington Revised Code 28A.230.090. Course distribution requirements may be established by the state board of education under Washington Revised Code 28A.230.090; (c) If the *essential academic learning requirements include a requirement of languages other than English, the requirement may be met by students receiving instruction in one or more American Indian languages; (d) Supplemental instruction and services for students who are not meeting academic standards through the learning assistance program under Washington Revised Code 28A.165.005 through 28A.165.065; (e) Supplemental instruction and services for eligible and enrolled students and exited students whose primary language is other than English through the transitional bilingual instruction program under Washington Revised Code 28A.180.010 through 28A.180.080; (f) The opportunity for an appropriate education at public expense as defined by Washington Revised Code 28A.155.020 for all eligible students with disabilities as defined in Washington Revised Code 28A.155.020; and (g) Programs for highly capable students under Washington Revised Code 28A.185.010 through 28A.185.030...

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West Virginia

West Virginia Code §18-2-9:

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Required courses of instruction. (a) (1) In all public, private, parochial, and denominational schools located within this state there shall be given prior to the completion of the eighth grade at least one year of instruction in the history of the State of West Virginia. The schools shall require regular courses of instruction by the completion of the 12th grade in the history of the United States, in civics, in the Constitution of the United States, and in the government of the State of West Virginia for the purpose of teaching, fostering, and perpetuating the ideals, principles, and spirit of political and economic democracy in America, and increasing the knowledge of the organization and machinery of the government of the United States and of the State of West Virginia. The required courses shall include instruction on the institutions and structure of American government, such as the separation of powers, the Electoral College, and federalism. The required courses shall include instruction that provides students an understanding of American political philosophy and history, utilizing writings from prominent figures in Western civilization, such as Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Thomas Jefferson. The courses of instruction shall offer an objective and critical analysis of ideologies throughout history including, but not limited to, capitalism, republicanism, democracy, socialism, communism, and fascism. The required courses shall emphasize the use of primary sources and interactive learning techniques, such as mock scenarios, debates, and open and impartial discussions...

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West Virginia Code §18-2-7a:

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Legislative findings; required physical education; program in physical fitness. (b) As a result of these findings, the state Department of Education shall establish the requirement that each child enrolled in the public schools of this state actively participates in physical education classes during the school year to the level of his or her ability as follows: (1) Elementary school grades. –- Not less than thirty minutes of physical education, including physical exercise and age-appropriate physical activities, for not less than three days a week. (2) Middle school grades. –- Not less than one full period of physical education, including physical exercise and age-appropriate physical activities, each school day of one semester of the school year. (3) High school grades. –- Not less than one full course credit of physical education, including physical exercise and age-appropriate physical activities, which shall be required for graduation and the opportunity to enroll in an elective lifetime physical education course...

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West Virginia Code §18-2-7b:

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Programs in drug prevention and violence reduction. (b) No later than the start of the 2018-2019 school year, a county board shall implement comprehensive drug awareness and prevention programs for students in grades K through 12 to receive instruction regarding the dangers of substance abuse...

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West Virginia Code §18-2-7d:

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Program in workforce preparedness. (c) Beginning with the school year 2022 — 2023, county boards of education shall provide elective Career Technical Education courses for middle school students that may include, but are not limited to, foundational Career Technical Education courses, Career Technical Education courses developed with a focus on high need occupational areas within the area or region, agriculture, industrial arts and family and consumer sciences.

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West Virginia Code §18-2-8:

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Course of study in fire prevention. The state Board of Education shall, with the advice of the state Superintendent of Schools, prescribe a course of study in fire prevention for use in the public, private and parochial schools of this state, dealing with the protection of lives and property against loss or damage as a result of preventable fires. It shall be the duty of the county superintendent, Board of Education, directors, trustees, or other committees or persons having control of public, private and parochial schools in each county, village, city or school district, to arrange for such course of study in fire prevention and to compel its use in each school under their control or direction.

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West Virginia Code §18-2-12:

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Computer science courses of instruction; learning standards; state board plan development. (d) Recognizing the importance of computer science instruction and how computer science instruction will assist students in their transition to post-secondary opportunities, the state board shall adopt a policy detailing the appropriate level of computer science instruction that shall be available to students at each programmatic level...

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West Virginia Code §18-2-13:

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Character education integration. (b) The state board shall require all public schools that operate from preschool to grade twelve to develop and integrate components of character development into their existing curriculum. The schools may incorporate such programs as "life skills", "responsible students", or any other program encompassing any of the following components: (1) Honesty; (2) Caring; (3) Citizenship; (4) Justice; (5) Fairness; (6) Respect; (7) Responsibility; (8) Voting; (9) Academic achievement; (10) Completing homework assignments; (11) Improving daily attendance; (12) Avoiding and resolving conflicts; (13) Alternatives to violence; (14) Contributing to an orderly positive school environment; (15) Participating in class; (16) Resisting social peer pressures to smoke, drink and use drugs; (17) Developing greater self-esteem and self-confidence; (18) Effectively coping with social anxiety; (19) Increasing knowledge of the immediate consequences of substance abuse; (20) Increasing knowledge of the consequences of ones actions; (21) The corrupting influence and chance nature of gambling; and (22) The value of decent, honest work...

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin Statutes § 118.01 (2021):

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Educational goals and expectations. (1) Purpose. Public education is a fundamental responsibility of the state. The constitution vests in the state superintendent the supervision of public instruction and directs the legislature to provide for the establishment of district schools. The effective operation of the public schools is dependent upon a common understanding of what public schools should be and do. Establishing such goals and expectations is a necessary and proper complement to the state's financial contribution to education. Each school board should provide curriculum, course requirements and instruction consistent with the goals and expectations established under sub. (2). Parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district share with the state and school board the responsibility for pupils meeting the goals and expectations under sub. (2)...

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Wisconsin Statutes § 118.019 (2021):

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Human growth and development instruction. (1) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to foster a partnership between parents of pupils attending schools in the school district and the schools in the school district to promote the optimal health and well-being of the pupils. The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not supplant, the requirements under ss. 118.01 (2) (d) 2. c. and 8. and 118.13 (1), which are critical to maintaining the physical and psychological health of each pupil...

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Wisconsin Statutes § 118.076 (2021):

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(3) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and subject to sub. (4), each school board operating any grade from 7 to 12, the operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operates any grade from 7 to 12, and the governing body of each private school that operates any grade from 7 to 12 shall do all of the following:

(a) Provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiocerebral resuscitation in any health education course offered to pupils in grades 7 to 12. The school board, operator of the charter school, or governing body of the private school shall use either of the following, and shall incorporate into the instruction the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiocerebral resuscitation:

1. An instructional program developed by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.

2. Nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiocerebral resuscitation.

(b) Provide instruction about automated external defibrillators to pupils enrolled in grades 7 to 12 in the school district, charter school, or private school.

Wyoming

Wyoming Statutes § 21-9-101 (2022):

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Educational Programs for Schools; Standards; Core of Knowledge and Skills; Special Needs Programs; Class Size Requirements; Cocurricular Activities. (b) Each school district within the state shall provide educational programs sufficient to meet uniform student content and performance standards at the level established by the state board of education in the following areas of knowledge and skills: (i) Common core of knowledge: (A) Reading/language arts; (B) Social studies; (C) Mathematics; (D) Science; (E) Fine arts and performing arts; (F) Physical education; (G) Health and safety; (H) Humanities; (J) Career and technical education; (K) World cultures and languages; (M) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 123, § 2. (N) Government and civics including state and federal constitutions pursuant to W.S. 21-9-102; (O) Computer science...

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Wyoming Statutes § 21-9-102 (2022):

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Instruction in State and Federal Constitutions Required; Satisfactory Examination a Prerequisite to Graduation. All schools and colleges in this state that are supported in any manner by public funds shall give instruction in the essentials of the United States constitution and the constitution of the state of Wyoming, including the study of and devotion to American institution and ideals, and no student shall receive a high school diploma, associate degree or baccalaureate degree without satisfactorily passing an examination on the principles of the constitution of the United States and the state of Wyoming. The instruction shall be given for at least three (3) years in kindergarten through grade eight (8) and for one (1) year each in the secondary and college grades.

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See also

• K-12 education content standards in the states
• K-12 curriculum authority, requirements, and statutes in the states
• Overview of trends in K-12 curricula development
• Use of the term critical race theory (CRT)

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