This bill, HB 1153-FN, requires public school districts to develop and offer anti-communism courses for middle school and high school students. The middle school curriculum includes instruction on the connection between capitalism, socialism, and communism, as well as the history and nature of communism. It also includes the study of books such as "Animal Farm" by George Orwell and "Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power" by Josef Pieper. The high school curriculum includes courses on defected Soviet KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov, the eugenics movement, and the Chinese Communist Party's war doctrine against America. It also includes the study of philosophers such as Hegel and readings from the book "Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin" by Timothy D. Snyder.

The bill, HB 1153-FN, proposes to add mandatory and elective curricula on political warfare and ideological warfare to public school education. The bill outlines specific topics and concepts that would be covered in these courses, including Marxist tactics, occultism, secret societies, and the historic use of children for blackmail. The bill also specifies that the curriculum should draw from specific sources such as Unconstrained Analytics, New Discourses, and Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals." The fiscal impact of the bill is estimated to increase expenditures for local school districts, with costs varying depending on the size of the district and the availability of related curriculum materials.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 189:11