{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-158.196","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 158.196","heading":"Instructional materials standards and concepts -- Documents and speeches","body":"to be included.\n(1) A public school or public charter school shall provide instruction and instructional\nmaterials that are aligned with the social studies academic stan dards adopted in\naccordance with KRS 158.6453 and consistent with the following concepts:\n(a) All individuals are created equal;\n(b) Americans are entitled to equal protection under the law;\n(c) An individual deserves to be treated on the basis of the individual's character;\n(d) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, does not bear\nresponsibility for actions committed by other members of the same race or\nsex;\n(e) The understanding that the institution of slavery and post -Civil War laws\nenforcing racial segregation and discrimination were contrary to the\nfundamental American promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as\nexpressed in the Declaration of Independence, but that defining racial\ndisparities solely on the legacy of thi s institution is destructive to the\nunification of our nation;\n(f) The future of America's success is dependent upon cooperation among all its\ncitizens;\n(g) Personal agency and the understanding that, regardless of one's circumstances,\nan American has the ability to succeed when he or she is given sufficient\nopportunity and is committed to seizing that opportunity through hard work,\npursuit of education, and good citizenship; and\n(h) The significant value of the American principles of equality, freedom,\ninalienable rights, respect for individual rights, liberty, and the consent of the\ngoverned.\n(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be construed to restrict a public\nschool or public charter school from providing instruction or using instructiona l\nmaterials that include:\n(a) The history of an ethnic group, as described in textbooks and instructional\nmaterials adopted by a school district;\n(b) The discussion of controversial aspects of history; or\n(c) The instruction and instructional materials on the historical oppression of a\nparticular group of people.\n(3) (a) Notwithstanding the every six (6) year schedule set forth in KRS\n158.6453(2)(a), no later than July 1, 2023, the Kentucky Department of\nEducation shall incorporate fundamental American docu ments and speeches\ninto the grade -level appropriate middle and high school social studies\nacademic standards and align corresponding assessments, including but not\nlimited to:\n1. The Mayflower Compact;\n2. The Declaration of Independence;\n3. The Constitution of the United States;\n4. The Federalist No. 1 (Alexander Hamilton);\n5. The Federalist Nos. 10 and 51 (James Madison);\n6. The June 8, 1789, speech on amendments to the Constitution of the\nUnited States by James Madison;\n7. The first ten (10) amendments to the Constitution of the United States,\nalso known as the Bill of Rights;\n8. The 1796 Farewell Address by George Washington;\n9. The United States Supreme Court opinion in Marbury v. Madison, 5\nU.S. 137 (1803);\n10. The Monroe Doctrine by James Monroe;\n11. What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? speech by Frederick Douglass;\n12. The United States Supreme Court opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60\nU.S. 393 (1857);\n13. Final Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln;\n14. The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln;\n15. Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States by Susan B.\nAnthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton;\n16. The September 18, 1895, Atlanta Exposition Address by Booker T.\nWashington;\n17. Of Booker T. Washington and Others by W.E.B. Du Bois;\n18. The United States Supreme Court opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163\nU.S. 537 (1896);\n19. The August 31, 1910, New Nationalism speech by Theodore Roosevelt;\n20. The January 11, 1944, State of the Union Address by Frankli n D.\nRoosevelt;\n21. The United States Supreme Court opinions in Brown v. Board of\nEducation of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) and Brown v. Board of\nEducation of Topeka, 349 U.S. 294 (1955);\n22. Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.;\n23. The August 28, 1963, I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King,\nJr.; and\n24. A Time for Choosing by Ronald Reagan.\n(b) This revision shall not delay or otherwise impact the existing schedule as set\nforth in KRS 158.6453(2).","path":["KRS Chapter 158"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53057","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:04Z","sha256":"00ab0d3bf923d6a919d1f0d97f8d400a24f3aa6dae4c55729bc6cf920b5c1801","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-158.195","next":"us-ky/krs-158.197"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}