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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
February 20, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Seidel, Kessler, Nelson,
Fields, Black, Hebl, Smith, Travis, Sheridan, Shilling, Hintz, Molepske,
Hilgenberg, Soletski, Grigsby, Pocan, Zepnick, Berceau and Musser,
cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Wirch, Schultz, Hansen, Plale and
Roessler. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB78,1,2
1An Act to amend 118.01 (2) (c) 6. of the statutes;
relating to: directing school
2boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law requires each school board to provide an instructional program
designed to give pupils knowledge of state, nation, and world history. This bill directs
school boards to include the role of the Hmong in fighting for the United States in the
Vietnam War, the persecution of the Hmong by the Laotian government after the
Vietnam War, and the reasons for the emigration of many Hmong to the United
States.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB78, s. 1
3Section
1. 118.01 (2) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB78,1,74
118.01
(2) (c) 6. Knowledge of state, national
, and world history
, including the
5role of the Hmong in fighting for the United States in the Vietnam War, the
6persecution of the Hmong by the Laotian government after the Vietnam War, and the
7reasons for the emigration of many Hmong to the United States.
