By Liz Holbrook
May 7, 2021 4:37 PM
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — Two Central Wisconsin lawmakers have teamed up with three others to introduce a revised education bill.
A group of five state legislators has introduced a bill to require Wisconsin public schools to teach students about the history and experience of Hmong Americans and Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans. The bill was introduced for the first time in 2020 but didn’t make it out of committee. Wausau Representative Pat Snyder and Stevens Point Representative Katrina Shankland have reworked the bill for the 2021 session.
Snyder says the bill will help Wisconsin students understand the sacrifices the two communities have made to now be living in the state. “I think right now a lot of times people might know that they [Hmong] came over after the war. But I don’t think they know the details and the sacrifices that they made to do that. And I think this is just our way of making sure that the kids here in the State of Wisconsin really know a little bit more about our Hmong Americans and be able to appreciate their sacrifice,”.