Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary During the 2026-2027 school year, and in each school year thereafter, this bill requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually designate for the LEA or public charter school one instructional day each school year to observe the Fourth of July by providing students enrolled in any of the grades K-12 with age- and grade-appropriate instruction on the founding of the United States, the separation of the original 13 colonies from Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed by American citizens. INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM – GRADE-SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES This bill requires each LEA and public charter school to determine the instructional program and methods used to provide such instruction, including designing and implementing interactive classroom lessons, readings, writing assignments, and discussions, or conducting school assemblies. The instruction provided by an LEA or public charter school on the day of observance of the Fourth of July must accomplish the following grade-specific objectives: Introduce the foundational concepts of American independence to students in grades K-5 to ensure students can explain the meaning of the Fourth of July; identify the United States as an independent nation; describe the basic ideas of freedom and individual rights; and recognize the national symbols of the United States and their connection to American freedom and independence. Emphasize the historical context of the Fourth of July and establish a civic understanding for students in grades 6-8, which may be accomplished through the social studies curriculum, to ensure students can describe the events that led to America gaining its independence from Great Britain; e
