'A watershed moment': Illinois becomes first state to mandate Asian American history in public schools [usatoday.com]

Carey Sipp 7/12/2110:00 AM

By Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, July 9, 2021

Amid a dramatic rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor of Illinois signed a law Friday requiring public schools to teach a unit of Asian American history – a move education experts said is the first of its kind nationwide.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act, which mandates "a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian American history, including the history of Asian Americans in Illinois and the Midwest, as well as the contributions of Asian Americans toward advancing civil rights from the 19th century onward."

The units are required by the start of the 2022-2023 school year.

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