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Heated testimony as committee reconsiders Holocaust and genocide curriculum; sponsor seeks narrower, adjudicated list
Summary
Representative Ellen Reid proposed an amendment to HB 555 that would require schools to teach the U.N. Genocide Convention definition and recognized stages/tools of genocide and to base lists on incidents adjudicated by international courts.
Representative Ellen Reid told the committee she introduced House Bill 555 and an accompanying amendment to strengthen Holocaust and genocide instruction by specifying the U.N. definition of genocide and by requiring instruction on commonly accepted stages and tools used in genocidal campaigns.
“In my view, if there is one lesson we must teach, it is how we must live with one another,” Reid told committee members, urging a standard definition and materials so students can recognize warning signs of mass atrocity.
Reid’s amendment would direct teachers to use the U.N. Genocide Convention definition and to present the internationally recognized stages and “tools” of genocide so students could identify early warning signs. Her draft also sought to avoid naming or adjudicating contemporary conflicts within state statute by deferring to…
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