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HB 2409 Holocaust education; Board of Education to establish objectives therefor.

Introduced by: Frank P. Hall;Resigned 4/14/09 | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Holocaust education; teacher's manual.  Requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to select and distribute a teacher's manual that emphasizes the causes and ramifications of the Holocaust and genocide to all school divisions.  Local school divisions must provide grade-appropriate portions of such manual to each history and literature teacher.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Holocaust education; teacher's manual.  Requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to select and distribute a teacher's manual that emphasizes the causes and ramifications of the Holocaust and genocide to all school divisions.  Local school divisions must provide such manual to each history and literature teacher.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Holocaust education; middle and high schools.  Requires the Board of Education to establish objectives for Holocaust education with an emphasis on the causes and ramifications of the Holocaust. Such objectives must be infused into the appropriate curriculum areas and Standards of Learning.