S 2468
118th Congress
Senate
Education
Civics education
Education programs funding
Racial and ethnic relations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
PEACE Act of 2023
Introduced: July 25, 2023
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protect Equality And Civics Education Act of 2023 or the PEACE Act of 2023
This bill prohibits the use of FY2023 funding made available for the American History and Civics Education program to fund a curriculum, teaching, or counseling that promotes a divisive concept (e.g., race stereotyping or scapegoating) 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1