MA H605

Establishes a special commission to study and recommend improvements to anti-slavery education in Massachusetts middle and high schools

Requires all school districts to include curriculum on the history of slavery, utilizing the Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework

Commission membership includes 9 members: the DESE Commissioner (chair), 2 senators, 2 representatives, 2 governor appointees (including an anti-slavery educator), and 2 attorney general appointees (including an education law expert)

Curriculum goals include promoting teaching on racism and the inhumanity of slavery, addressing how hatred can lead to genocide, and deterring indifference to crimes against humanity

First meeting required by June 1, 2025, with final report and legislative recommendations due by November 30, 2025