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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.9072 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.9072. HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK. (a) In this |
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section, "Holocaust" has the meaning assigned by Section 449.001, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) To educate students about the Holocaust and inspire in |
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students a sense of responsibility to recognize and uphold human |
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value and to prevent future atrocities, the governor shall |
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designate a week to be known as Holocaust Remembrance Week in public |
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schools. |
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(c) Holocaust Remembrance Week shall include |
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age-appropriate instruction, as determined by each school |
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district. Instruction shall include: |
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(1) information about the history of and lessons |
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learned from the Holocaust; |
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(2) participation, in person or using technology, in |
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learning projects about the Holocaust; and |
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(3) the use of materials developed or approved by the |
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Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |