2007 Senate Bill 694

Mandate African history course components

Introduced in the Senate

Aug. 30, 2007

Introduced by Sen. Samuel B. Thomas (D-4)

To require that if a school district teaches African history in middle school or high school, the course content must be focused on one or more of the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Benin, Bornu, Nubia, Axum, Meroe, Medieval Ethiopia, or the Swahili Coast.

Referred to the Committee on Education