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Only a handful of US states mandate teaching of it, leading to a patchwork of different content and approaches across the country, so volunteers, teachers and charities are stepping up.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

The DMV announced the new regulations in April, along with certification requirements that mandate testing with a safety driver and 500,000 miles driven at each stage of certification.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Up for review: A mandate to increase the share of EVs sold annually, and how the U.K. can ensure all new cars and vans are zero emissions by 2035.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Even though partially funded by the Pentagon, Stars and Stripes has been editorially independent - through a congressional mandate and DoD rules.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

It was a mandate to seek out young people whose best qualities might otherwise be overlooked and to give them a chance to do something meaningful.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Constitution mandates that states deliver fugitives upon proper demand—though it does not provide a time frame for a response—the judge’s hands were tied.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

"International courts and tribunals must be able to freely carry out their mandates," he added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

To this day, Switzerland mandates that every citizen must have access to a nuclear bunker, external.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Michigan no longer mandates the SAT or ACT for undergraduate admissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Referring to them as sacred might feel uncomfortable, because the First Amendment of the Constitution tells us that this nation legally mandates separation of church and state.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Medicaid estate recovery has been a mandated federal policy since 1993, set up primarily to recoup rising costs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Their final request was that the treatment mandated after the medical assessment "be provided without delay".

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Millions of people write these exams every year across states and nationally, often attending coaching classes, until they reach the mandated age limit.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

She often recommends her clients struggling with their cash flow to set a daily spending limit, which of course they’re not mandated to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The medical discoveries made by such brilliant scientists as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch led to procedures such as vaccination and measures such as quarantines that, when mandated by the government, saved millions of lives.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

In the last decade, states have started mandating individual meters in multifamily buildings; in 2018, California began requiring that water submeters be installed in newly constructed residences with two or more units.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

One point of mandating U.S. stock-market exposure with the funds is to give future generations buy-ins on America’s economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Notably, all nine Justices reject B.P.J.’s challenge that the West Virginia law violates Title IX, the 1972 law mandating equality in men’s and women’s education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

In April, a federal appeals court upheld the law mandating the display after a legal challenge.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

That research, and other investigations like it, led to changes in air traffic regulations, mandating minimum distances between flight paths so as to prevent that kind of wake turbulence accident.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly