Bill Text - HB1144 (2022)

Requiring public schools to teach labor history.


Revision: Nov. 17, 2021, 9:49 a.m.

HB 1144  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2259

10/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1144

 

AN ACT requiring public schools to teach labor history.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gallager, Merr. 15; Rep. Labranche, Hills. 22

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires middle schools and high schools to include instruction on United States and New Hampshire labor history.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2259

10/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT requiring public schools to teach labor history.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Section; Schools.  Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 11-d the following new section:

189:11-e United States and New Hampshire Labor History. Each public school in the state, as part of the school board-approved middle/high school education program, shall provide instruction as part of the standard history curriculum under RSA 189:11 on United States and New Hampshire labor history including notable strikes, unionization drives, and other labor actions.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.