Bill > HB5996

This bill aims to modify the core academic curriculum requirements in Michigan's education system. It proposes several key changes: 1. It requires the State Board to ensure that the recommended model core academic curriculum content standards for history include learning objectives on genocide, including the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide. 2. It mandates that the State Board ensure the state assessment program and the Michigan merit examination are based on the state-recommended model core curriculum content standards, testing only for proficiency in basic and advanced academic skills and subject matter, and not used to measure students' values or attitudes. 3. It requires the State Board to ensure that the recommended model core academic curriculum content standards for reading and writing in grades K-6 are based on the science of reading, using evidence-based instructional methods and curriculum resources. 4. It directs the State Board to establish a committee to update the recommended model core academic curriculum content standards for math in grades K-5, with the updated standards to be provided by June 30, 2025. 5. It specifies that beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, school districts' core academic curricula for reading and writing in grades K-6 must adhere to the science of reading standards recommended by the State Board. Similarly, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, school districts' core academic curricula for math in grades K-5 must adhere to the updated standards recommended by the committee.