DeSantis Just Signed Bill Requiring Schools To Observe A "Victims Of Communism Day"
According to the bill, high school students will be required to receive 45 minutes of instruction on "Victims of Communism Day" beginning in the 2023-2024 school year.
The instruction will include "topics such as Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution, Joseph Stalin and the Soviet System, Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution, Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Revolution, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, and Nicolás Maduro and the Chavismo movement, and how victims suffered under these regimes through poverty, starvation, migration, systemic lethal violence, and suppression of speech."
DeSantis' signature on the bill also means the State Board of Education will revise social studies standards to include the classroom instruction that aligns with "Victims of Communism Day."
According to the bill, high school students will be required to receive 45 minutes of instruction on "Victims of Communism Day" beginning in the 2023-2024 school year.
The instruction will include "topics such as Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution, Joseph Stalin and the Soviet System, Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution, Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Revolution, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, and Nicolás Maduro and the Chavismo movement, and how victims suffered under these regimes through poverty, starvation, migration, systemic lethal violence, and suppression of speech."
DeSantis' signature on the bill also means the State Board of Education will revise social studies standards to include the classroom instruction that aligns with "Victims of Communism Day."
