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 curriculum materials and such other materials as may assist local and regional school committees in developing instructional programs pursuant to this section. The curriculum materials shall include information on relevant genocides, including the Holocaust, and the genocides involving Armenia, Cambodia, Iraq, Rwanda, and Darfur. Every school district shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on holocaust and genocide, utilizing, but not being limited to, the department of education materials commencing with the school year beginning September 2017.