HOUSE BILL No. 6298

 

June 29, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Baxter, Nofs, Kahn and Pastor and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1164a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1164a. If a school district or public school academy

 

teaches world history in a middle school grade, the board of the

 

school district or board of directors of the public school academy

 

shall ensure that the content of the instruction regarding Africa

 

is focused on at least 1 or more of the following kingdoms: Ghana,

 

Mali, Songhay, Benin, Bornu, Nubia, Axum, Meroe, Monomotapa, or

 

medieval Ethiopia. The instruction may also focus on the Swahili

 


coast prior to 1750. This section does not prohibit or limit

 

teaching about other areas of African history.