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 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-16b of the 2018 supplement to
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):
(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall
include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally
qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education;
health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and
development, nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary
resuscitation training in accordance with the provisions of section 10-
16qq, disease prevention and cancer awareness, including, but not
limited to, age and developmentally appropriate instruction in
performing self-examinations for the purposes of screening for breast
cancer and testicular cancer, community and consumer health,
physical, mental and emotional health, including youth suicide
prevention, substance abuse prevention, safety, which shall include the
safe use of social media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include
the dangers of gang membership, and accident prevention; language
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arts, including reading, writing, grammar, speaking and spelling;
mathematics; physical education; science; social studies, including, but
not limited to, citizenship, economics, geography, government, [and]
history and Holocaust and genocide education and awareness in
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of this act; computer
programming instruction; and in addition, on at least the secondary
level, one or more world languages and vocational education. For
purposes of this subsection, world languages shall include American
Sign Language, provided such subject matter is taught by a qualified
instructor under the supervision of a teacher who holds a certificate
issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes of this
subsection, the “arts” means any form of visual or performing arts,
which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and theatre.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2018) (a) For the school year
commencing July 1, 2018, and each school year thereafter, each local
and regional board of education shall include Holocaust and genocide
education and awareness as part of the social studies curriculum for
the school district, pursuant to section 10-16b of the general statutes, as
amended by this act. In developing and implementing the Holocaust
and genocide education and awareness portion of the social studies
curriculum, the board may utilize existing and appropriate public or
private materials, personnel and other resources.
(b) A local or regional board of education may accept gifts, grants
and donations, including in-kind donations, designated for the
development and implementation of Holocaust and genocide
education and awareness under this section.
Approved May 10, 2018