HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

150th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 318

AMEND House Bill No. 318 by deleting lines 4 through 6 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (a)(1) Each school district and charter school serving students in 1 or more of the grades 6 through 12 shall provide instruction on the Holocaust and genocide at least 1 time in each grade.

(2) The instruction required under paragraph (a)(1) of this section may be provided through any of the following:

a. An existing course that meets State standards.

b. Curricula developed or identified by the school district or charter school.

c. Curricula developed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 318 on line 30 by deleting “ statewide ” between “ a ” and “ curriculum ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 318 on lines 30 through 31 by deleting “ the Department of Education shall ” between “ section, ” and “ consult ” and inserting in lieu thereof “ a school district or charter school may ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 318 on line 33 by deleting “ charters ” between “ and ” and “ schools ” and inserting in lieu thereof “ charter ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 318 on line 34 by deleting “ year, as “contracted school year” is defined in § 1305(e) of this title. ” after “ school ” and inserting in lieu thereof “ year. ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 318 on line 35 between “ (f) ” and “ The ” by inserting the following:

“ (1) No later than June 20 each year, each school district and charter school shall report to the Department of Education regarding how the school district or charter school implemented the requirements under this section.

(2) ”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment removes the Department of Education's responsibility for establishing and implementing the curricula on the Holocaust and genocide required under this Act. Instead, school districts and charter schools can meet the requirements under this Act either through instruction that is already included in a course that meets State standards, curricula developed or identified by the school district or charter school, or curricula developed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This Amendment also requires that each school district and charter school annually report to the Department of Education regarding how the requirements under this Act have been implemented.

This Amendment also corrects typographical errors.