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H.R. 2080119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Mar 11, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 2080 would have a nonprofit build a communism and totalitarianism curriculum for high schools, but no school would be required to use it.
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HR 2080 directs the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to develop a high school civics curriculum covering communist and totalitarian governments, their human rights records, and comparisons to American democratic values. The curriculum would include personal testimonies from people who lived under communist rule, called "Portraits in Patriotism." Materials would be designed to fit existing classes such as social studies, history, government, and economics, and would be updated to reflect current events including China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims and tensions around Taiwan and Hong Kong.
High school students, teachers, and school administrators would be the most directly affected, though only in schools that choose to adopt the materials. The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit established by Congress, would be responsible for building and distributing the curriculum.
Schools that choose to adopt the materials would have a ready-made curriculum on communism and totalitarianism available at no development cost to them. Because participation is voluntary, the curriculum's reach would depend entirely on individual state and local adoption decisions.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.