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                                   7495
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 7, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT authorizing and directing the commissioner of education  and  the
   regents  of  the  university  of  the  state  of New York to study and
   improve Holocaust education within the state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner of education is authorized and directed
 to:
   (a) provide outreach, and additional  resources  to  school  districts
 across  the  state  concerning  course work, instruction, and curriculum
 related to the Holocaust;
   (b) make funds available via grants  to  school  districts  for  guest
 speakers,  events,  lectures,  field  trips,  and other items related to
 enhancing education concerning the Holocaust;
   (c) engage in a public education campaign relating to the Holocaust;
   (d) conduct a study to determine the general  public's  knowledge  and
 understanding  concerning the events of the Holocaust and issue a report
 detailing such findings and recommendations concerning  the  citizenry's
 familiarity  with  the  facts and history surrounding the Holocaust. The
 commissioner shall issue such report  to  the  governor,  the  temporary
 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
 er of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly by the first of
 January following the effective date of this act;
   (e)  conduct  a  study  regarding courses of study on the Holocaust in
 educational institutions within the state. Such  study  shall  focus  on
 identifying  whether school districts are providing a course of study or
 instruction on the Holocaust. A report of the findings of such study and
 recommendations of the commissioner of education shall be  delivered  to
 the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the
 assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority  leader  of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 the  assembly  by  the  first of January following the effective date of
 this act; and
   (f)  promulgate  regulations to ensure instruction on the Holocaust is
 provided in schools in compliance with section 801 of the education law.
   § 2. The board of regents of the university of the state of  New  York
 is authorized and directed to:
   (a)  update the prescribed courses for Holocaust education as required
 by section 801 of the education law; and
   (b) fully fund the republication of volumes I and II of the  "Teaching
 About  The  Holocaust  and  Genocide" text books, and make available for
 distribution to all school districts in New York.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.