SB2839 Summary

• Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide Holocaust and genocide curriculum beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, taught in social studies and language arts courses.

• Mandates a minimum of six hours of instruction on Holocaust and genocide for all students in grades eight through twelve before high school graduation.

• Curriculum must include study of multiple genocides (Holocaust, Armenian Genocide, Rwandan Genocide, Cambodia, Bosnia, Sudan, Darfur), Nazi persecution and resistance, antisemitism, racism, civil rights abridgement, and warning signs of genocide.

• Directs the Department to establish curriculum guidelines, provide teacher training, create resources addressing antisemitism and hate-related incidents, and consult with Holocaust and human rights organizations in curriculum development.

• Appropriates unspecified general revenue funds for fiscal year 2024-2025 to develop and implement the curriculum; requires reporting to the legislature by 2025.