OLR Bill Analysis

HB 5595

AN ACT CONCERNING GENOCIDE AWARENESS EDUCATION.

SUMMARY:

This bill requires the State Board of Education to encourage and help school boards include genocide education, including the scope and consequences of genocide, as part of the program of instruction the law requires them to offer in the public schools. They are already required to include Holocaust education and awareness; the Great Famine in Ireland; African-American, Puerto Rican, and Native American history; personal financial management; and other topics the state board approves on request of a school board. As in those cases, the state board must do this within available appropriations using available resources.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2008

COMMITTEE ACTION

Education Committee

Joint Favorable Change of Reference

Appropriations Committee

Joint Favorable