Requires certain topics in Native American and African American history to be included in the seventh through twelfth grade history curriculum in public schools

Summary

SB 1045 directs the Missouri State Board of Education to require public schools to teach a detailed set of Native American and African American history subjects from seventh through twelfth grade. The bill lists numerous points, including pre‑Columbian societies, the impacts of European colonization, Indian removal, the Homestead Act, and the history of slavery and African civilizations. The measure, aimed at broadening students’ historical understanding, did not pass.

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