Saturday, March 12, 2011

HB 220 United States Government a Republic Waiting for Governor Signature

Mike Morley's bill  "requires instruction in forms of government, including the United States' form of    government, a republic; and  requires school curricula to include a thorough study of American historical  documents," text, is now waiting the Governor's signature as it passed both sections of the legislature.  Status link

Missing from the bill are the specific instructions for implementing the instruction of "the United States form of government is a republic," including lesson plans, required manuals and text books that can and can't be used in history classes.  Also missing are which classes are required by HB 220 to teach that the US form of government is a Republic.  Does this bill require this instruction in ONLY United States History high school classes or is it required in every class K-12?  Is it also required in Social Studies classes and world history studies as well?

And last but not least, how will the student's knowledge of this information be evaluated?  What will be the method of determining if each instructor is in violation of this law and what will be the penalty for teachers and schools not found compliant?

I guess the answers to these questions will be found in the 2012 legislative session where possibly this bill can be fixed after the legislature has had time to identify text books that can be used in the Utah Classrooms and those that cannot be used in Utah History classes because they will violate this Utah law.

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