Education - Public Schools - Asian American History Curriculum Requirement
Sponsor: Kriselda Valderrama (District 26)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content standards for a unit of instruction on Asian American history in public schools in the State; requiring each county board of education to implement the Asian American history curriculum content standards in each public school in the county beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and requiring each county superintendent of schools to ensure compliance with the Act.
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Testimony (80)
MGA witness listFAV 73FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Lee, Alanna | AAPI Commissioner | Oral |
| FAV | Burton, Cleo | Asian American Center of Frederick | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chung, Elizabeth | Asian American Center of Frederick | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kraham, Charles | Asian American Center of Frederick | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Modabbir, Mehdi | Asian American Center of Frederick | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Quach, Tan Phu | Asian American Center of Frederick | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Shain, Min | Asian American Center of Frederick | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Duong, Hali | Asian American Progressive Student Union | Oral |
| FAV | Munot, Oorja | Asian American Progressive Student Union | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Libongco-Barbour, Jheni | Continuum Healthcare | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Peach, Lian | Dear Asian Youth | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Aitha, Mahesh Kumar | Manabadi Language School | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wan, Ella | OCA DC | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Poon, Adrienne | OCA-APA Advocates, Greater Washington DC Chapter | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Braun, Erika | OCA-DC | Oral |
| FAV | Chen, Jasper | OCA-DC | Oral |
| FAV | Chen, Jay | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cheng, Annette | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cheung, Alan | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gee, Richard | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hoang, Hank | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Le, Ariel | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Le, Lincoln | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mui, Rick | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Nguyen, Olivia | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Patel, Nishta | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Procter, Andrew | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Richard, Maddy | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sharma, Siddarth | OCA-DC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | So, Yvonne | OCA-DC | Oral |
| FAV | Tom, Mary | OCA-DC Chapter | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Casper, Callie | Project Lotus | Oral |
| FAV | Pan, Zachary | Project Lotus | Oral |
| FAV | Zhang, Surie | Project Lotus | Oral |
| FAV | Peng, Lily | RHHS | Oral |
| FAV | Kaur, Upneet | Sikh Coalition | Oral |
| FAV | Singh, Savleen | Sikh Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Qi, Hong | UCA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | A Colbeth, Carol | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Ahmed, Urooj | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bi, Roselyn | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Brown, Niko | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chang, Fei | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chen, Grace | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chen, Ted | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Darmadi, Matthew | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Valderrama, Delegate Valderramalegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Gong, Ginny | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jasen, Debi | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Johanson, Ethan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lakshman, Arun | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Le, Ailin | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lee, Adam | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lee, Albert | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Lin, Karen | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Maung, Khin Rupa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Nguyen, Angela | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Nguyen, Ashley | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Noor, Safora | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
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Organizations on record
AAPI CommissionerFAV 1
Continuum HealthcareFAV 1
Dear Asian YouthFAV 1
OCA DCFAV 1
OCA-DCFAV 16
OCA-DC ChapterFAV 1
Project LotusFAV 3
RHHSFAV 1
Sikh CoalitionFAV 2
UCAFAV 1
YearFAV 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFWoolums, JohnMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
FWALamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association