underrepresented communities; instruction; public schools

Plain English Breakdown

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SB1182: Instruction on Underrepresented Communities in Public Schools

This bill allows Arizona public schools to include historically accurate lessons about the history and contributions of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.

What This Bill Does

• Allows school districts and charter schools to add instruction on underrepresented groups into their required courses.
• Requires that any added content be historically accurate regarding history, contributions, and civic participation.
• Permits this instruction in social studies or existing civics, U.S. history, or Arizona history classes.

Who It Names or Affects

• Arizona school districts
• Charter schools in Arizona

Terms To Know

Communities that have been historically underrepresented

For this law, these groups include Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.

Minimum course of study

The required subjects or curriculum that schools must teach to students.

Limits and Unknowns

• This law allows but does not require schools to add this instruction.
• The definition provided in the bill specifically lists Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities as examples of underrepresented groups for this section.

Official Summary Text

SB1182 - underrepresented communities; instruction; public schools

Current Bill Text

SB1182 - 572R - I Ver

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underrepresented communities; instruction; public schools

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1182

Introduced by

Senator
Kavanagh

AN
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 7, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-701.05; relating to school
curricula.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 7, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-701.05, to read:

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15-701.05.

Instruction on underrepresented communities; definition

A. A school district or charter
school may incorporate into the school district's or charter school's minimum
course of study, in the area of social studies or into one or more existing
courses on civics, United States history or Arizona history, historically
accurate instruction on the history, contributions and civic participation of
communities that have been historically underrepresented.�

B. For the purposes of this section,
"communities that have been historically underrepresented" includes
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

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