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Starting in the 2027-2028 school year, this bill requires Utah's State Board of Education to add content about "the fundamental role of religion in United States history and the primacy of religious liberty to American constitutional government" to the existing American constitutional government and citizenship course standards. It also creates a new section of law listing optional topics teachers may cover — such as religion's influence on colonial settlement, the American Revolution, the abolition of slavery, and civil rights movements — while making clear those specific topics remain at the teacher's discretion. In addition, the bill adds this same religious history and religious liberty content as a required subject in American history and government courses already taught in public schools, and requires that college students demonstrate understanding of it before receiving a bachelor's degree or teaching credential.