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Analysis of Iowa HF 2544: The Social Studies Curriculum Act, Section 1
Iowa’s Social Studies Curriculum Act would have accomplished the following: Used portions of the America First Policy Institute’s model policy, The Social Studies Curriculum Act, to establish modules based on accurate teaching of American history and address record-low history and civics scores.
Federal Accountability Measures are Failing Pennsylvania Students
Schools are failing students, families — action needed
Federal Accountability Measures are Failing Georgia Students
Accountability In America’s Public Schools: Georgia
Combating Fentanyl In Schools Act
The Combating Fentanyl in Schools Act requires public schools to provide drug poisoning awareness and education on fentanyl to students in grades 6–12 and draws from legislation in Texas and Illinois. According to an article published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 83.9% of overdose deaths among adolescents from July 2019–December 2021 involved illicitly manufactured fentanyl, yet only 35% of adolescents in the study had a documented history of opioid use (Tanz et al., 2022, p.1576). Education should be the first line of defense to prevent children and adolescents from succumbing to these preventable and senseless deaths.