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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Protect Equality And Civics Education Act of 2023 or the PEACE Act&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;b&gt;of 2023&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill prohibits the use of FY2023 funding made available for the American History and Civics Education program to fund a curriculum, teaching, or counseling that promotes a divisive concept (e.g., race stereotyping or scapegoating) under the priorities noticed in the Department of Education's proposed rule titled &lt;em&gt;Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education&lt;/em&gt;, published on April 19, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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