Under existing law, the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, is required to include instruction in the social sciences, as prescribed.
Existing law requires that instruction to contain instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. Existing law expresses the Legislature’s encouragement that the instruction include a component drawn from personal testimony of American soldiers who were involved in World War II and those men and women who contributed to the war effort on the homefront. Existing law specifies that the instruction be carried out in a manner that does not result in any new duties or programs imposed on school districts.
This bill would, instead, authorize the inclusion of instruction on World War II and the American role in that war, and would make conforming changes. The bill would make a finding and declaration that the current state-adopted academic content standards already include instruction on the Korean and Vietnam Wars in the appropriate grade level consistent with those standards, and would encourage that the instruction include personal testimony of those involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.