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 See on congress.gov

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Jul 25, 2023

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

Jul 25, 2023

Introduced in Senate

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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 July 25, 2023

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

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