Texas HB2230 mandates civic education in public schools, focusing on American political ideologies and founding documents.

HB2230 amends the Texas Education Code to require the State Board of Education to adopt essential knowledge and skills in the foundation curriculum. This includes understanding the moral, political, and intellectual foundations of American self-government, as well as political ideologies like communism, socialism, fascism, and totalitarianism. The curriculum also covers civic engagement, government institutions, and foundational U.S. documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and speeches by Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr.

Texas HB2230 mandates civic education in public schools, focusing on American political ideologies and founding documents.

HB2230 amends the Texas Education Code to require the State Board of Education to adopt essential knowledge and skills in the foundation curriculum. This includes understanding the moral, political, and intellectual foundations of American self-government, as well as political ideologies like communism, socialism, fascism, and totalitarianism. The curriculum also covers civic engagement, government institutions, and foundational U.S. documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and speeches by Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr.