2025 House Bill 119: AN ACT relating to historical instruction

This bill will require require public middle and high school history classes to cover instruction on African and Native American history relevant to the time period covered by the course, unless they are advanced placement classes. It also requires that the Department of Education will work with organizations like Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage and the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission to make curriculums and develop high school elective courses on African and Native American history.

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KSVT is in support of HB 119 because we believe students deserve to have unbiased history lessons that cover diverse histories and cultures. Without this bill's passing, students may learn a strictly Eurocentric history in which they may not be represented.