Wyoming legislation · 2026 Budget Session
Wyoming HJ7: Social studies content standards-political ideologies.
Status: Failed, February 13, 2026
A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Wyoming state board of education to amend the state board's social studies student content and performance standards to include teaching benchmarks that analyze the negative consequences of the political ideologies of communism, fascism and socialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
What the bill says
A joint resolution for A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Wyoming state board of education to amend the state board's social studies student content and performance standards to include teaching benchmarks that analyze the negative consequences of the political ideologies of communism, fascism and socialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
A JOINT RESOLUTION for A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Wyoming state board of education to amend the state board's social studies student content and performance standards to include teaching benchmarks that analyze the negative consequences of the political ideologies of communism, fascism and socialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. WHEREAS, the duties of the Wyoming state board of education (state board) include prescribing uniform student content and performance standards for the common core of knowledge, including social studies; and WHEREAS, the Wyoming Legislature requests that the state board consider amending the social studies content and HJ0007 2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0452 performance standards, as part of the state board's scheduled review process, to include teaching benchmarks addressing communism, fascism and socialism; and WHEREAS, despite continued human rights travesties committed by communist, fascist and socialist regimes in countries such as China, North Korea, Russia, Cambodia, Venezuela and Cuba, multiple national studies and surveys indicate that favorable views of communism, fascism and socialism are significantly higher among young adults in the United States than among older generations; and WHEREAS, it is important for Wyoming's youth to develop a critical and historically informed understanding of the realities of communism, fascism and socialism, including the impacts of these ideologies on individual liberty; and WHEREAS, new teaching benchmarks may include instruction on documented historical …
Sponsors
- Dalton Banks (R, H26)
- Davis, Bob (R, H47)
- Lee Filer (R, H44)
- Fornstrom, Justin (R, H10)
- Rob Geringer (R, H42) · primary sponsor
- Lawley, Martha (R, H27)
- Lien, Jayme (R, H38)
- Neiman, Chip (R, H01)
- Biteman, Bo (R, S21)
- Evie Brennan (R, S31)
Latest actions
- : H Did not Consider for Introduction
- : H Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Subjects: Social studies content standards-political ideologies.
Common questions
- What is HJ7?
- HJ7 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2026 Budget Session): Social studies content standards-political ideologies.
- What does HJ7 do?
- In its own words: A joint resolution for A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Wyoming state board of education to amend the state board's social studies student content and performance standards to include teaching benchmarks that analyze the negative consequences of the political ideologies of communism, fascism and socialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
- What is the status of HJ7?
- Failed as of February 13, 2026. Latest action: H Did not Consider for Introduction (February 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HJ7?
- Rob Geringer (R, H42), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HJ7?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2026/HJ0007
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