Signed by Governor Kate Brown

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires school districts to teach about the Holocaust and genocide.

Highlights:

• Requires that by the 2020-21 school year, school districts within the state of Oregon provide instruction about the Holocaust and genocide (Sec 2-3).

• Specifies that instruction required under this act is designed to do the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):

• Confront the immorality of the Holocaust, genocide and other acts of mass violence and to reflect on the causes of related historical events;

• Promote students understanding of how the Holocaust contributed to the need for the term “genocide”;

• Stimulate students reflection on the roles and responsibilities of citizens to combat misinformation through tools of resistance; and

• Provide students with opportunities to contextualize and analyze patterns of human behavior.

• Establishes that this act shall become effective July 1, 2020 (Sec. 3).

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