Standards Review Committee - Social Studies

Committee Members

* denotes Committee Co-Chair

Meeting Dates and Notes

• Meeting # 1: May 15, 2021 | 10:00am - 2:00pm | May 15th Agenda | May 15th Meeting Summary
• Meeting # 2: June 14, 2021 | 10:00am - 2:00pm | June 14th Agenda | June 14th Meeting Summary 
• Meeting # 3: August 21, 2021 | 9:00am - 1:00pm | August 21st Agenda | August 21st Meeting Summary 
• Meeting # 4: October 9, 2021 | 9:00am - 1:00pm | October 9th Agenda | October 9th Meeting Summary
• Meeting # 5: February 12, 2022 | 9:00am - 1:00pm | February 12th Agenda | February 12th Meeting Summary
• Meeting # 6: March 5, 2022 | 9:00am - 1:00pm | March 5th Agenda |  March 5th Meeting Summary

Committee Resources

• Public feedback-Spring 2021
• Benchmarking Report
• History, Culture, Social Contributions, and Civil Government in Education Report
• Media Literacy Committee Report
• Holocaust and Genocide Standards

Legislation Informing this Revision

• HB 19-1192:  Concerning the Inclusion of Matters Relating to American Minorities in the Teaching of Social Contributions in Civil Government in Public Schools
• HB 20-1032:  Concerning the Timing of Education Standards Review
• HB 20-1336:  Concerning Requiring the Satisfactory Completion of a Course that Includes Holocaust and Genocide Studies as a Condition of High School Graduation
• HB 21- 1200: Concerning Financial Literacy Standards for Public Schools
• HB 21- 1103: Concerning Implementation of the Recommendations of the Media Literacy Advisory Committee
• SB 21-   067: Concerning Measures to Strengthen Civics Education in Colorado

Standards Revision Process

July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2022

Status	Steps	Actions	Dates
		Stakeholders apply for committee membership.	October 2020- January 2021
		Public feedback open for all content area standards in group 1.	March-April, 2021
		Committees finalized.	March 31, 2021
		Committees begin to meet.	May 2021
		HB 19-1192 Commission sends history and civic standards recommendations to social studies committee.	June 2021
		Research and benchmark report to be completed.	July-August 2021
		Social studies committee considers public input, benchmarking report, recommendations from HB 19-1192 Commission, and requirements of HB 21-1103 for Media Literacy Standards, HB 21-1200 for Financial Literacy Standards, and SB 21-067 for Civics standards.	June-October 2021
		First draft of the social studies standards revisions recommendations presented to the State Board of Education for feedback..	November 2021
		First draft of the social studies standards revisions recommendations available for public feedback	November 12, 2021- February 1, 2022
		Social Studies Committee reconvenes to consider public feedback.	February and March 2022
		Summary of public feedback presented to State Board of Education.	April 2022
		Final standards revision recommendations presented to the State Board of Education.	June 2022
		State Board of Education meets to consider final recommendations for Social Studies Standards. State Board of Education discusses amendments to revision recommendations specific to the Holocaust and Genocide studies (August 2022) State Board of Education discusses amendments to revision recommendations specific to Personal Financial Literacy (September 2022) State Board of Education discusses amendments to revision recommendations specific to Civics and Media Literacy (October 2022) State Board of Education discusses amendments to revision recommendations specific to House Bill 19-1192 (November 2022) State Board of Education adopts final Social Studies Standards (November 2022)	August-November 2022

For more information, contact Stephanie Hartman at hartman_s@cde.state.co.us