H3912

Social studies standards and assessments

Introduced·2/6/25
Introduced Text

South Carolina H3912 amends state education standards to ensure a traditional approach to history and specifies qualifications for reviewers.

South Carolina H3912 amends the state education code to require that individuals responsible for reviewing and revising social studies standards and assessments do not support narratives that portray U.S. history as a story of oppression. The bill mandates that a majority of the State Board of Education designees reviewing and revising these standards must be subject matter historians, including constitutional history experts and military historians.

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History

Feb 6, 2025

House

Introduced and read first time

Feb 6, 2025

House

Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works