Alaska Considers Law Requiring Constitutionalism Education

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers are considering a bill that would require school districts to teach American constitutionalism, the latest of several state government measures across the U.S. aimed at civics education.

The Republican-led bill would require Alaska high school students to study the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist Papers and the first state constitutions.

This is the third time Keller has introduced such a bill. He did so in 2011 and 2013; neither of those bills made it to the House floor for a vote.

An aide to Keller said that while the issue wasn’t a priority before, this time around, it appears that there’s more momentum within the Legislature, and in the state as a whole, for the bill.

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