State Educational Requirement

District of Columbia

Washington, DC grades k-12 Social Studies Standards Standard 8.65: Analyze common risk factors and warning signs that indicate a country is at risk for genocide or mass atrocity, and identify how they were present during the Holocaust and at least…

Colorado

Colorado The bill requires each school district board of education and charter school to incorporate the standards on Holocaust and genocide studies adopted by the state board into an existing course that is currently a condition of high school graduation…

Texas

Text of Proposed Revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 113. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies (Approved for second reading and final adoption by the State Board of Education on November 16, 2018. Not yet filed as adopted with…

Kentucky

Holocaust and Other Acts of Genocide House Bill 128 (2018) requires schools to include both instruction on Holocaust and genocide in their curriculum. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has convened a team representing educators, representatives from higher education and…

Connecticut

Senate Bill No. 452 Public Act No. 18-24 AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section…

Michigan

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4493 Sec. 1168. (1) Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, the board of a school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that the school district’s or public school academy’s social studies…

Virginia

Virginia World History and Geography: 1500 a.d. to the Present Curriculum Framework, Standard WHII.11b, requires that: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the worldwide impact of World War II by examining the Holocaust and other examples of genocide in…

Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Board of Education Act, H7488, 2016 Chapter 16-93, “Holocaust and Genocide Education in Secondary Schools”: The state shall adhere to the following procedures: The department of education shall make available on its website, or via other means…

Ohio

Academic Content Standards Social Studies – Grade Nine Interaction 2. Analyze the results of political, economic, and social oppression and the violation of human rights including: a. The exploitation of indigenous peoples; b. The Holocaust and other acts of genocide,…

New York

New York State Social Studies Core Curriculum Unit Six: A Half Century of Crisis and Achievement (1900-1945), requires that students in the public schools learn about: A. World War I 1. Europe: the physical setting 2. Causes 3. Impacts 4.…