,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #i1        
#bjbc,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman 7for        
herself1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1    
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4     
,blunt ,rochester1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1  
,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,mr4 ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,johnson of 
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,mr4 ,davis of  
,illinois1 and ,mr4 ,carter of          
,louisiana7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to direct the ,director of the
 ,national ,museum of ,african ,american
 ,history and ,culture to conduct a     
study on ,black history education       
efforts in public elementary and        
secondary schools1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,black ,history     
,matters ,act4  #b4 ,study and report on
 ,black history education  7a7 ,study   
7#a7 ,in general ,during the period     

described in paragraph 7#b71 the        
,director of the ,national ,museum of   
,african ,american ,history and ,culture
 7referred to in this ,act as the       
,director7 shall conduct a study on     
,black history education efforts in     
public elementary and secondary schools4
  7#b7 ,period ,the ,director shall1    
with respect to the study required under
 paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 begin such study 
not later than #ahj days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act2 and  7,b7
 complete such study not later than #c  
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act4  7b7 ,elements ,in          
conducting the study under subsection   
7a71 the ,director shall-- 7#a7 identify
 ,states and local educational agencies 
that require ,black history education as
 part of the curriculum taught in public
 elementary and secondary schools2  7#b7
 identify ,states and local educational 
agencies that do not require ,black     
history education as part of the        
curriculum taught in public elementary  

and secondary schools2  7#c7 assess the 
quality of ,black history education     
provided by public elementary and       
secondary schools1 including through the
 qualitative and quantitative analysis  
of such indicators as-- 7,a7 in-class   
discussion2  7,b7 educational activities
 conducted outside the classroom1       
including homework assignments2 and     
7,c7 project based learning2  7#d7      
assess the types and quality of         
instructional materials used to teach   
students about ,black history2  7#e7    
examine the duration and                
comprehensiveness of any ,black         
history-related courses or lessons      
provided by public elementary and       
secondary schools2 and  7#f7 analyze the
 approaches used by such schools to     
assess students' knowledge of ,black    
history1 including the use of           
traditional and nontraditional          
assessments4  7c7 ,report  7#a7 ,in     
general ,following the completion of the
 study under subsection 7a71 the        

,director shall prepare and submit to   
,congress a report on the results of the
 study4  7#b7 ,deadline for submittal   
,the report required under paragraph    
7#a7 shall be submitted not later than  
#ahj days after the completion of the   
study under subsection 7a77#b77;,b74    
7d7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,,esea terms ,the terms elementary      
school1 local educational agency1       
secondary school1 and ,state have the   
meanings given those terms in section   
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7#b7 ,black history ,the term  
,black history means the study and      
stories of ,black life in the ,united   
,states and around the world1 with a    
specific focus on the triumphs and      
struggles 7including political1 social1 
and cultural achievements7 of ,african  
,americans throughout the ,united       
,states4  7#c7 ,black history education 
,the term ,black history education means
 educational activities that are        

specifically intended-- 7,a7 to improve 
students' awareness and understanding of
 the history of people of ,african      
descent1 especially as it relates to    
,united ,states history2  7,b7 to       
educate students on the lessons of      
chattel slavery1 ,reconstruction1 ,jim  
,crow laws1 and the ,civil ,rights      
movement as a means to raise awareness  
about the importance of preventing      
genocide1 hate1 and bigotry against any 
group of people2 and  7,c7 to study the 
history of racism1 its deep historical  
roots1 the use of discrimination and    
propaganda that target the ,black       
people1 and the evolving nature of white
 supremacy over time4  7#d7 ,project    
based learning ,the term project based  
learning means a teaching method through
 which students learn by actively       
engaging in real-world and personally   
meaningful projects4