The bill aims to revise the educational curriculum in Arkansas regarding the failures of communist and autocratic systems while reinforcing the strengths of the constitutional republic system of the United States. It mandates the Department of Education to review and update social studies standards for grades 7-12 by the 2026-2027 school year. The updated curriculum will include age-appropriate content that compares the resiliency of the U.S. constitutional republic with the failures of communism and autocratic governments, as well as other democratic systems.
Specific topics to be included in the updated standards encompass the adherence to constitutional limitations in the U.S. government, the importance of an educated citizenry in influencing government through elections, and the historical record of oppression and economic failures associated with communist and autocratic regimes. The bill also defines "communism and autocratic government" as a system where absolute power is held by a single person or party, lacking external legal constraints or mechanisms for popular control.