TITLE: Relating to the revision of the essential knowledge and skills of the public school social studies curricula to include instruction relating to the history of persons with disabilities.

SUMMARY: Relating to the revision of the essential knowledge and skills of the public school social studies curricula to include instruction relating to the history of persons with disabilities.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the revision of the essential knowledge and skills of the public school social studies curricula to include instruction relating to the history of persons with disabilities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Not later than March 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall revise the essential knowledge and skills for social studies as necessary to require, as age and grade-level appropriate, instruction in: (1) the history of persons with disabilities; and (2) the disability rights movement in the United States. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.