Bill > HB1805

This bill mandates that when Tennessee adopts new academic standards for social studies, the committee responsible for recommending these standards must include, and the state board of education must approve, age-appropriate lessons on the history of communism. These lessons will cover various aspects, including the history and tactics of communist movements in the U.S., atrocities committed under communist regimes abroad, comparisons of communism and totalitarianism with American democratic principles, the historical threat of communism to the U.S. and its allies, significant events like China's Cultural Revolution, the economic and political conditions leading to communist revolutions, and the spread of communist ideology and policies in Cuba and Latin America. This initiative aims to ensure students receive comprehensive education on this significant historical and political ideology.