Note 272 — Chapter IV · The Effect of the World War on Laws for Teaching History
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The following provide that the course start not later than the eighth grade: Statutes of California, 1923, ch. 176; Laws of Alabama, 1923, p. 87, law approved July 27, 1923; School Laws of Delaware, 1923, pp. 62-63, approved March 14, 1923; School Laws of the State of Idaho (1923), p. 57; Laws of Minnesota, 1923, ch. 291, p. 388, approved April 17, 1923; Oregon School Laws, 1923, p. 39, Laws, 1923, ch. 7, sec. 102; Public School Laws of Tennessee, 1923, p. 35, Laws of Tennessee, 1923, ch. 17, sec. 1, pp. 61-62. In New Jersey, the seventh grade is prescribed for the beginning of the study. Acts of New Jersey, 1923, ch. 17, p. 17. In Arkansas, it is required that “such teaching shall commence in the lowest primary grade,” but Arkansas history may be substituted for American history in one of the grades. Digest of School Laws of Arkansas, op. cit.