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Arizona Revised Statutes Title 15. Education § 15-718. Civics instruction

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

To help families, civic institutions, local communities, school district governing boards and charter schools prepare students to be civically responsible and knowledgeable adults, the state board of education shall work with the school of civic and economic thought and leadership at Arizona state university, the center for the philosophy of freedom at the university of Arizona and the Sandra Day O'Connor institute to:

1. Develop civic education standards that school districts and charter schools must include pursuant to § 15-701.01. The civic education standards must include instruction on:

(a) The original intent of the founding documents and principles of the United States as found in source documents.

(b) The civic-minded expectations of an upright and desirable citizenry that recognizes and accepts responsibility for preserving and defending the blessings of liberty inherited from prior generations and secured by the United States constitution.

2. On or before December 31, 2022, establish and maintain a list of oral history resources to be used along with the civic education standards and social studies standards that provide portraits in patriotism based on first-person accounts of victims of other nations' governing philosophies who can compare those philosophies with those of the United States.

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