1836 Project

Texas law article 1836 Project 1836 Project Advisory Committee, Texas Education Agency 2022 English United States Government report House Bill 2497 Texas Legislature House of Representatives Senate An Act relating to the establishment and duties of the Texas 1836 Project. 5 May 2021 26 May 2021 Governor Greg Abbott 16 June 2021 2021 09 01 30 March 2021 124 19 6 1 6 May 2021 22 9 Full Text of HB 2497 with signatures of: Senate President Dan Patrick House Speaker Dade Phelan House Chief Clerk Robert Haney Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw Governor Greg Abbott in force The 1836 Project, created by Texas House Bill 2497 of the Texas Legislature, is an advisory committee designed to promote "patriotic education" regarding Texas history.State of Texas. “House Bill No. 2497.” Texas Legislature Online, Texas Capitol, capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/HB02497F.pdf. Accessed 4 May 2024. Texas's 1836 project is an “advisory committee designed to promote patriotic education and increase awareness of the Texas values that continue to stimulate boundless prosperity across this state” originally established by house bill 2497.The 1836 Project: Telling the Texas Story https://tea.texas.gov/academics/subject-areas/1836-document-telling-the-texas-story-final.pdf tea.texas.gov Texas Education Agency 2025-10-10 "The 1836 Project: Telling the Texas Story" also explains that there were nine committee members made up the 1836 Project, in an attempt to represent the diversity of the state. Three members were appointed by each of the following: the speaker of the house of representatives, lieutenant governor, and governor. Individuals in the private sector with appropriate experience or subject matter expertise may be among the appointees. The bill was introduced on March 1st, 2021, passed by the house and senate in May 2021 and then executive signed in June of 2021.Vote Smart Facts For All http://votesmart.org/ 2024-05-05 Vote Smart The committee's report, "The 1836 Project: Telling the Texas Story", was released in 2022.Dey Sneha 1836 Project promotes sanitized version of Texas history, experts say The Texas Tribune 2022-09-26 https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/26/texas-1836-project-pamphlet/ 2025-10-10 It will be available to new drivers at Texas driver's license offices across the state. Development House Bill 2497 was passed in May 2021, receiving support from Republicans and Democrats, and was signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.Romero Simon Texas Pushes to Obscure the State’s History of Slavery and Racism https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/us/texas-history-1836-project.html 7 November 2021 The New York Times May 20, 2021 The 1836 project’s main goal shall be to “promote awareness among residents of this state of the following as they relate to the history of prosperity and democratic freedom in this state.”“1836 Committee Report Final.” Texas Education Agency, The State of Texas, Dec. 2022, tea.texas.gov/academics/subject-areas/the-1836-report-final.pdf. The committee states this is to be done by promoting awareness of the following: the indigenous peoples, the spanish and mexican heritage, Tejanos, the African-American heritage, Texas war for independence, juneteenth, annexation of Texas, the christian heritage, heritage of keeping and bearing firearms, the founding documents of the state, the founders, state civics, and the role of this state in passing the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. House lawmakers passed the bill by a margin of 124 to 19. The law went into effect on September 1, 2021, and will expire in 2036. The project is named after the year Texas won independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution and is funded by the Texas Education Agency. The bill is meant to promote a "patriotic education" to the state’s residents. The 1836 Project is made up of a nine-member advisory committee tasked with promoting the state’s history to Texas residents, primarily through pamphlets given to people receiving driver’s licenses.Franklin Brian The 1836 Project Is an Opportunity https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/texas-1836-project-teachers.html 7 November 2021 Slate June 11, 2021 Committee members were appointed by Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan. The project also awards students for their knowledge of the state’s history and values through the Gubernatorial 1836 Award. It is believed by many that Texas’s 1836 project was inspired by a few similar projects that happened in the years leading up to it.Graff Harvey J. Battle of the Books: When Historical Reassessments Collide https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/88602-battle-of-the-books-when-historical-reassessments-collide.html 2024-05-05 PublishersWeekly.com en Harvey Graff’s article “Battle of the Books'' speculates that the 1836 project was enacted in order to combat the New York Times “1619 project” which is a deliberate plan to rewrite American history by systematically including people of color, whose first non-native ancestors arrived in Virginia in 1619 as slaves. The article also mentions Trump’s 1776 Project that begins the history of the United States with the Revolution, additionally, most forms of conflict, including racial and gender, are erased from history in favor of a push for freedoms that predominantly benefit a white man. Criticism The project's name was criticized by some because Texas’ independence didn’t apply to all people living in Texas at the time, including slaves and indigenous groups. Critics, including Nikole Hannah-Jones, who created The 1619 Project, worried that the 1836 Project was created as a way to limit the teaching of critical race theory in schools and hide the country's history of racism. The project has also received criticism for promoting the "Christian heritage" of the state. Historians consulted by The Texas Tribune stated: "that condensing the state’s history and painting it in a mostly celebratory light came at a cost. The pamphlet, they said, fails to fully hold institutions accountable for slavery and other forms of oppression and shortchanged Indigenous Texans, Tejanos, Black Texans and women." References External links 1836 Project Advisory Committee, at the Texas Education Agency The 1836 Project: Telling the Texas Story, published by the Texas Education Agency The 1836 Report, published by the Texas Education Agency Category:Texas statutes Category:2021 in Texas Category:2021 in American law Category:Greg Abbott