Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 611 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S1/21/21 S1/26/21 S2/4/21 S3/18/21
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2021 SENATE BILL 160
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5 By: Senators Hester, B. Ballinger, Rapert, J. Hendren, Irvin, B. Johnson, Elliott, J. English, C. Tucker,
6 Bledsoe, D. Sullivan, Beckham, D. Wallace, Gilmore, B. Davis, K. Hammer, Hill, A. Clark, Caldwell, T.
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8 By: Representatives Vaught, F. Allen, Christiansen, A. Collins, Cozart, Boyd, Hollowell, Brown, Dotson,
9 D. Whitaker, Cloud, Underwood, Richardson, S. Smith, Bentley, Lundstrum, Cavenaugh, L. Johnson,
10 Evans, M. Gray, Crawford, Eaves, McCullough, Wooten, Rye, Scott, Warren, Eubanks, Godfrey,
11 Maddox, S. Meeks, Perry, Penzo
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13 For An Act To Be Entitled
14 AN ACT TO REQUIRE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION BE TAUGHT IN
15 ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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19 TO REQUIRE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION BE TAUGHT
20 IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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25 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 16, Subchapter 1, is amended
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27 6-16-152. Holocaust education Required.
28 (a) Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, Holocaust education shall
29 be taught in all public schools in a manner that:
30 (1) Generates an understanding of the causes, course, and
31 effects of the Holocaust;
32 (2) Develops dialogue with students on the ramifications of
33 bullying, bigotry, stereotyping, and discrimination; and
34 (3) Encourages tolerance of diversity and reverence for human
35 dignity for all citizens in a pluralistic society.
36 (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with local,
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1 statewide, and national experts in Holocaust education, shall develop and
2 distribute curricula, standards, materials, and units relating to Holocaust
3 education for grade-appropriate grades five through twelve (5-12) instruction
4 in all public schools.
5 (c) As used in this section, "Holocaust" means the systematic, state-
6 sponsored persecution and attempted annihilation of Jews and other groups by
7 the Nazi regime in Germany between 1933 and 1945, which resulted in the
8 murder of approximately six million (6,000,000) Jews and five million
9 (5,000,000) other individuals.
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