This bill amends provisions related to social studies instructional materials and art standards.
This bill:
- requires the State Board of Education to develop high-quality open educational resource instructional materials for social studies and civics education;
- requires open educational resources to be updated when social studies standards are revised;
- requires social studies instruction on American Exceptionalism and comparative government systems;
- requires instruction on the Bible as a literary and historical text;
- requires integration of founding documents in English language arts assessments;
- requires instruction on the roles and responsibilities of government officials;
- allows local education agencies to determine whether applied crafts and technical arts courses meet fine arts credit requirements; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53E-4-202, 53E-4-303, 53G-10-302, 53G-10-307