HB 1323

Did not advance

Education - Public Schools - Asian American History Curriculum Requirement

Sponsor: Kriselda Valderrama (District 26)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 3/05 at 1:15 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

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 2026-2027 school year; and requiring each county superintendent of schools to ensure compliance with the Act.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 29FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Kumar, Aditya	Asian American Progressive Student Union	Written (PDF)
FAV	Munot, Oorja	Asian American Progressive Student Union	Written (PDF)
FAV	Moreno, Gabriel	Luminus Network for New Americans, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gambhir, Vainavi	Maryland Legislative Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ong, Aryani	Montgomery County Progresive Asian American Network (MoCoPAAN)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Poon, Adrienne	OCA-APA Advocates, Greater Washington DC Chapter	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chen, Jasper	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chen, Jay	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cheng, Annette	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoang, Hank	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Le, Ariel	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mui, Rick	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sharma, Siddarth	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FAV	So, Yvonne	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tran, Hoang-Viet	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tom, Mary	OCA-DC Chapter	Written (PDF)
FAV	Phelps Jr, Ken	The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chen, Miles	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Valderrama, Delegate Valderramalegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Huang, Ethan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jasen, Debi	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jhon, Anna	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lee, Adam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lin, Karen	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Noor, Safora	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Reid, William	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tran, Elizabeth	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tsai, Stan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Veng, Elika	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Howard County, Staff	Board of Education of Howard County	Written (PDF)
UNF	Houck, Madeline	Maryland State Department of Education	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ursprung, Patricia	Montgomery County Board of Education	Written (PDF)
UNF	Callender, Nialobbyist	PSSAM	Written (PDF)
UNF	Crespo, Virginialobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Lamb, Laurenlobbyist	Maryland State Education Association	Written (PDF)
FWA	Zhang, Ellie	OCA \| DC	Written (PDF)
FWA	Berndt, Elise	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kim, Sewon	OCA-DC	Written (PDF)
INFO	Wambui, Maureen	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Asian American Progressive Student UnionFAV 2

Board of Education of Howard CountyUNF 1

Luminus Network for New Americans, Inc.FAV 1

Maryland Legislative Asian American and Pacific Islander CaucusFAV 1

Maryland State Department of EducationUNF 1

Maryland State Education AssociationFWA 1

Montgomery County Board of EducationUNF 1

Montgomery County Progresive Asian American Network (MoCoPAAN)FAV 1

OCA | DCFWA 1

OCA-APA Advocates, Greater Washington DC ChapterFAV 1

OCA-DCFAV 9FWA 2

OCA-DC ChapterFAV 1

PSSAMUNF 1

The Episcopal Diocese of MarylandFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFCallender, NiaPSSAMRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland

UNFCrespo, VirginiaRegistered for: Maryland Retired School Personnel Association

FWALamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association