AB 231 — Revises provisions governing education on the Holocaust and other genocides. (BDR 34-97)

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231–ASSEMBLYWOMEN COHEN AND KRASNER M ARCH 11, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing education on the Holocaust and other genocides.

(BDR 34-97) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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(NRS 389.520) Section 1 of this bill requires the State Board of Education to appoint a subcommittee to review and make recommendations on the manner in thewhich Holocaustto andprovide otherage-appropriate genocides,and suchhistorically asaccurate theinstruction Armenian,relating Cambodian, Darfur,ting to Guatemalan and Rwandan genocides, in certain courses of study.

(1) the manner in which to modify the curricula of certain courses to include certain instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides, such as inventorythe ofArmenian, availableCambodian, classroomDarfur, resourcesGuatemalan forand educators;Rwandan genocides;

(3)(2) anyan professionalinventory developmentof thatavailable mayclassroom beresources necessary for aeducators; teacher who provides certain instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides, such as the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur, - *AB231_R1* – 2 – Guatemalan and Rwandan genocides;

(3) any professional on the Holocaust and other genocides, such as the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur,on Guatemalan and Rwandan genocides;

Section 1 requires the subcommittee to review the manner in which current standards support comprehensive education on the Holocaust and other genocides, such as the Armenian, Cambodian, Darfur, Guatemalan and Rwandan genocides.

Section 1 requires the State Board of Education to, on or before October 1 of each even-numbered year, submit a report to the Legislative Committee on Education.

Section 1 requires the Legislative Committee on Education to consider such a report and, on or before February 1 of each odd-numbered year, prepare and submit a written report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature.

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(a) The manner in which to modify the curricula of relevant courses in social studies and language arts to include thethevant instruction described in this section;

(a) Preparing pupils to confront the immorality of the Holocaust, other genocides, such as the Armenian, Cambodian, - *AB231_R1* – 3 – Darfur, Guatemalan and Rwandan genocides, and other acts of mass violence and to reflect on the causes of related historical events;

(b) Addressing the breadth of the history of the Holocaust, including, without limitation, the dictatorship of the Third Reich, the system of concentration camps, the persecution of both Jewish and non-Jewish people, the resistance to the Third Reich and the - 81st Session (2021) – 3 – Holocaust by both Jewish and non-Jewish people and the various trials that occurred after the end of World War II;

(c) Developing the respect of pupils for cultural diversity and helping pupils to gain insight into the importance of international humanhum(d) rightsPromoting the understanding of pupils of how the Holocaust contributed to the need for allthe people;term “genocide” and led to international legislation that recognized genocide as a crime;

(d) Promoting the understanding of pupils of how the Holocaust contributed to the need for the term “genocide” and led to international legislation that recognized genocide as a crime;

(k) Including in curricula the use of personal narratives and multimedia primary source materials, which may include, without limitation, video testimony, photographs, artwork, diary entries, letters, government documents, maps and poems;

- *AB231_R1* – 4 – (a) Three members representing the Governor’s Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust created by NRS 233G.020;

(c)- 81st Session (2021) – 4 – 60,000 or more pupils are enrolled;ting a school district in which (d) At least one member representing a school district in which 60,000fewer orthan more60,000 pupils are enrolled;

(d) At least one member representing a school district in which fewer than 60,000 pupils are enrolled;

On or before October 1 of each even-numbered year, the State Board shall report its findings and any recommendations to the Legislative Committee on Education, including, without limitation, any recommendations made by the subcommittee pursuant to subsection 1, as well as any actions the State Board hasrelevant takencourses orpursuant intends to takesubsection to2.e include the instruction in the relevant6. courses pursuant to subsection 2.

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(a) “Genocide” means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group and includes, without limitation, genocides and other acts of mass atrocities identified by the United States HolocaustHoloca(1) MemorialKilling Museum:members of the group;

(1) Killing members of the group;

- *AB231_R1* – 5 – (3) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

(4) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;(5)group; Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

and - 81st Session (2021) – 5 – group.(5) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another (b) “Holocaust” means the systematic, bureaucratic, state- sponsored persecution and murder of approximately 6,000,000 Jewish persons and 5,000,000 other persons by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

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