Posted: July 23rd, 2013
Application: A Plan for Culturally Responsive Advocacy Leadership
In 2010, House Bill 2281 (HB 2281) became a state law in Arizona. While advocates for the law suggest it is intended to promote school curriculum guidelines that would engender a
cultural climate supportive of the United States, opponents identify the bill as an attempt to eliminate ethnic studies programs in schools they view as culturally responsive and contributing to the achievement of
various ethnic groups. In particular, the Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District is viewed by some opponents as an intentional casualty of the
new Arizona law.
You are an educational leader in Arizona who believes that HB 2281 does not represent a positive social change for the students in your state. You have been selected by an Arizona school system that uses the Mexican American Studies program to help develop an advocacy plan to repeal the law.