S 3679
117th Congress
Senate
Education
Civics education
Elementary and secondary education
Political movements and philosophies
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Crucial Communism Teaching Act
Introduced: February 17, 2022
Introduced by:
Kennedy, John
Republican
· Louisiana
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 17, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 17, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Crucial Communism Teaching Act
This bill directs the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to develop a civic education curriculum and oral history resources for high school students to promote understanding of certain political ideologies (e.g., communism and totalitarianism) that conflict with principles of U.S. democracy.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1