California SB510 mandates curriculum updates to include diverse historical topics in K-12 education.

California SB510 amends the Education Code to require the California Department of Education to incorporate materials on civil rights, human rights violations, genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust into teacher resources. The bill encourages the inclusion of topics such as the Armenian Genocide, the Great Irish Famine, the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the contributions of Chinese Americans to the transcontinental railroad.

California SB510 mandates curriculum updates to include diverse historical topics in K-12 education.

California SB510 amends the Education Code to require the California Department of Education to incorporate materials on civil rights, human rights violations, genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust into teacher resources. The bill encourages the inclusion of topics such as the Armenian Genocide, the Great Irish Famine, the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the contributions of Chinese Americans to the transcontinental railroad.