79-720 Multicultural education program; incorporation into curriculum; when; department; duties. - Nebraska Statutes

79-720. Multicultural education program; incorporation into curriculum; when; department; duties.(1) Each school district, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall develop for incorporation into all phases of the curriculum of grades kindergarten through twelve a multicultural education program.(2) The department shall create and distribute recommended multicultural education curriculum guidelines to all school districts. Each district shall create its own multicultural education program based on such recommended guidelines. Each program shall be reviewed and, if within the guidelines, approved by the department, and a copy of each such program shall be on file with the department.(3) The process of implementation of the multicultural education program shall begin in school year 1993-94, and such process shall be completed in school year 1994-95. The multicultural education program shall be integrated into the curriculum of each district each school year thereafter.(4) The incorporation of the multicultural education program into the curriculum of each district shall not change (a) the number of instructional hours prescribed for elementary and high school students or (b) the number of instructional hours dedicated to the existing curriculum of each district. SourceLaws 1992, LB 922, § 2; Laws 1993, LB 27, § 1; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-4,230; Laws 1996, LB 900, § 394.