HB5553 SFA Woodrum #1 3-8

Osgood  7820

Senator Woodrum moved to amend the amendment on page 7, section 9, after line 150, by inserting a new subsection (i) to read as follows:

(i) All public schools located within this state shall give age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust, the systematic, planned annihilation on European Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany, a watershed event in the history of humanity, to be taught in a manner that leads to an investigation of human behavior and an examination of what it means to be a responsible and respectful person, for the purposes of encouraging tolerance of diversity in a pluralistic society and for nurturing and protecting democratic values and institutions: Provided, That beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, each public school, including each public charter school, shall incorporate age-appropriate reading and discussion into its Holocaust education curriculum, in grades 10 or 11. The Holocaust discussion must include a reading of The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank.

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