By: Menéndez, Campbell, Paxton  S.B. No. 2482
         (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2023; March 23, 2023, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 11, 2023,
  reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
  following vote:  Yeas 13, Nays 0; April 11, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2482 By:  Paxton
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to a survey of public schools regarding Holocaust
  Remembrance Week instruction.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 29.90725 to read as follows:
         Sec. 29.90725.  SURVEY ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK
  INSTRUCTION. (a)  In this section, "advisory commission" means the
  Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission.
         (b)  The advisory commission, with the assistance of the
  agency, shall conduct a survey of school districts to review the
  implementation at each district of Holocaust Remembrance Week
  instruction under Section 29.9072.
         (c)  The survey must request information from at least half
  of the campuses in a surveyed school district regarding Holocaust
  Remembrance Week instruction, including:
               (1)  the extent to which the campus participates in
  Holocaust Remembrance Week;
               (2)  the familiarity of the educators and
  administrators at each campus with the materials and resources
  available from the advisory commission and other local institutions
  dedicated to Holocaust education to support instruction during
  Holocaust Remembrance Week; and
               (3)  any additional materials or resources the campus
  would find useful to support instruction during Holocaust
  Remembrance Week, including professional development for
  educators, lessons plans, or other classroom resources.
         (d)  Not later than December 1, 2024, the advisory commission
  shall submit to the legislature a written report that includes the
  survey's findings and any recommendations for legislative or other
  action.
         (e)  This section expires September 1, 2025.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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