By: Oliverson H.B. No. 2230       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to including an understanding of certain political   ideologies in the foundation curriculum in public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (h-1) and (h-6) and adding Subsection (h-3) to   read as follows:          (h-1)  In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the   foundation curriculum under Subsection (a)(1), the State Board of   Education shall, as appropriate, adopt essential knowledge and   skills that develop each student's civic knowledge, including an   understanding of:                (1)  the fundamental moral, political, and   intellectual foundations of the American experiment in   self-government;                (2)  political ideologies, such as communism,   socialism, fascism, and totalitarianism, that conflict with the   principles of freedom and democracy essential to the founding   principles of the United States;                (3)  the history, qualities, traditions, and features   of civic engagement in the United States;                (4) [(3)]  the structure, function, and processes of   government institutions at the federal, state, and local levels;   and                (5) [(4)]  the founding documents of the United States,   including:                      (A)  the entirety of the Declaration of   Independence;                      (B)  the entirety of the United States   Constitution;                      (C)  the Federalist Papers, including the   entirety of Essays 10 and 51;                      (D)  excerpts from Alexis de Tocqueville's   Democracy in America;                      (E)  the transcript of the first Lincoln-Douglas   debate;                      (F)  the writings of the founding fathers of the   United States;                      (G)  the entirety of Frederick Douglass's   speeches "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" and "What the   Black Man Wants"; and                      (H)  the entirety of Martin Luther King Jr.'s   speech "I Have a Dream."          (h-3)  In providing instruction regarding the political   ideologies described by Subsection (h-1)(2), a school district or   open-enrollment charter school shall use first-person accounts as   part of the instructional materials for the instruction.          (h-6)  In providing instruction regarding the founding   documents of the United States as described by Subsection (h-1)(5)   [(h-1)(4)], a school district or open-enrollment charter school   shall use those documents as part of the instructional materials   for the instruction.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.