H0434B0421A02675 DMS:NLG 08/28/19 #90 A02675
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 434
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SOLOMON
Printer's No. 421
Amend Bill, page 1, line 7, by striking out the period after
"course" and inserting
; and, in terms and courses of study, further providing for
Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction.
Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 25 and 26
Section 2. Section 1554 heading, (a), (b) and (c) of the act
are amended to read:
Section 1554. Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights
Violations and Cultural Awareness Instruction.--(a) (1)
Beginning with school year 2015-2016, each school entity may
offer instruction in the Holocaust, genocide and human rights
violations to students. Beginning with school year 2020-2021,
each school entity may offer instruction in cultural awareness.
The instruction shall be integrated within the social studies
and language arts courses of study required in accordance with
State Board of Education regulations. Instruction may also be
integrated into other appropriate courses of study.
(2) The [Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations]
instruction permitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall:
(i) Be age appropriate.
(ii) Be sequential in method of study.
(iii) Communicate the connection between national, ethnic,
racial [or], religious or cultural intolerance and the subjects
described in subsection (b).
(iv) Communicate the impact of personal responsibility,
civic engagement and societal response within the context of the
subjects described in subsection (b).
(3) School entities may utilize any appropriate public or
private materials, personnel and other resources in developing
and implementing the program of instruction permitted pursuant
to paragraph (1). The Department of Education shall distribute
information about appropriate curriculum materials to each
school entity. School entities may utilize any curriculum that
complies with the requirements of this subsection.
(b) (1) The Department of Education shall establish
curriculum guidelines [no later than twelve (12) months after
the effective date of this section] to foster implementation of
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this section by school entities. The guidelines shall encourage
the inclusion of all of the following subjects where appropriate
in the instruction:
(i) The breadth of the history of the Holocaust, including
the Third Reich dictatorship, concentration camp system,
persecution of Jews and non-Jews, Jewish and non-Jewish
resistance and post-World War II trials.
(ii) The definition, history, response and actions taken in
the face of genocide, including the Holocaust and any other
genocide perpetrated against humanity, including the Rwandan
genocide and other genocides committed in Africa, Asia and
Europe.
(iii) Human rights violations.
(iv) Anti-Semitism, racism and the abridgment of civil
rights.
(v) Cultural awareness and rejection of ethnic, cultural and
religious biases.
(vi) Resolution of disputes that result from ethnic and
cultural disputes and religious biases.
(2) The Department of Education shall work in consultation
with organizations and individuals that provide educational
expertise and resources related to the Holocaust, genocide and
human rights violations to develop the curriculum guidelines.
The guidelines shall state the minimum amount of instruction
necessary to adequately educate students on the Holocaust,
genocide and human rights violations and on cultural awareness.
(c) [Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, the] The
Department of Education shall make available, to all school
entities, in-service training programs based upon the
instruction provided for under subsection (a) and the curriculum
guidelines established pursuant to subsection (b).
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inserting
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