ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1671 By: Pugh
and Dossett (J.A.) of the Senate
and
Bush
and Waldron of the House
An Act relating to school curriculum; directing the State
Department of Education in certain consultation to develop resources related to
Holocaust education for students in certain grades; requiring Holocaust
education be taught in public schools beginning in certain school year;
allowing Holocaust education to be integrated in courses; directing the State
Department of Education to develop certain professional learning opportunities;
defining term; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: School curriculum
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
SECTION 1.
NEW LAW A new section of law
to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.6o of Title 70,
unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The State Department
of Education, in consultation with experts in Holocaust education, shall
develop and make available to public schools resources related to Holocaust
education for grade-appropriate instruction of students in grades six through
twelve.
B. Beginning in the
2022-2023 school year, Holocaust education shall be taught to students in
grades six through twelve in public schools in this state, as prescribed in the
Oklahoma Academic Standards. Holocaust
education may be integrated into one or more existing courses of study and
shall be taught in a manner that:
1. Generates an
understanding of the causes, course, and effects of the Holocaust;
2. Develops dialogue with
students on the ramifications of bullying, bigotry, stereotyping, and
discrimination; and
3. Encourages tolerance
of diversity and reverence for human dignity for all citizens in a pluralistic
society.
C. The State Department
of Education, in consultation with experts in Holocaust education, shall develop
and implement high quality professional learning opportunities for Holocaust
education teachers.
D. As used in this
section, "Holocaust" means the systematic, state-sponsored
persecution and attempted annihilation of Jews and other groups by the Nazi
regime in Germany between 1933 and 1945, which resulted in the murder of
approximately six million Jews and five million other individuals.
SECTION 2.
This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3.
It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace,
health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof
this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and
approval.
Passed the Senate the 11th day of May, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 18th day of April, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received
by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ day of
___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved
by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________ day of
___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received
by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ day of
__________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________