S 2682 117th Congress Senate Education Civics education Education programs funding Racial and ethnic relations Teaching, teachers, curricula

PEACE Act

Introduced: August 9, 2021 See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Aug 9, 2021

Introduced in Senate

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Protect Equality And Civics Education Act or the PEACE Act

This bill prohibits the use of FY2021 funding made available for the American History and Civics Education program to fund a curriculum, teaching, or counseling that promotes a divisive concept under the priorities noticed in the Department of Education's proposed rule titled Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education, published on April 19, 2021.

What's happening now August 9, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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