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2000 SESSION

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SB 487 Standards of Quality; gender-diverse and disabled persons.

Introduced by: Benjamin J. Lambert III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Study of the contributions to society of diverse people. Amends the Standards of Quality to require that the Board of Education supplement the Standards of Learning for Social Studies to ensure the study of contributions to society of diverse people. "Diverse" is defined as including consideration of disability, ethnicity, race, and gender.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Study of the contributions to society of diverse people. Amends the Standards of Quality to require that the Board of Education supplement the Standards of Learning for Social Studies to ensure the study of contributions to society of diverse people.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study of the contributions to society of racially and gender-diverse persons and those having disabilities. Amends the Standards of Quality to require that the Board of Education supplement the Standards of Learning for Social Studies, by July 1, 2000, to include instruction regarding the contributions to society of racially and gender-diverse persons and of those persons having disabilities.