Arizona 2024 2024 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2760 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 02/22/2024

                      	HB 2760 
Initials CH/RP 	Page 1 	House Engrossed 
 
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-sixth Legislature 
Second Regular Session 
House: ED DP 10-0-0-0 
 
HB 2760: Holocaust education study committee 
Sponsor: Representative Hernandez A., LD 20 
House Engrossed 
Overview 
Establishes the Holocaust Education Study Committee (Study Committee). 
History 
Laws 2021, Chapter 418 instructs the State Board of Education (SBE) to include, in course 
of study and competency requirements, a requirement that students be taught about the 
Holocaust and other genocides at least twice between the 7th-12th grades (A.R.S. § 15-
701.02). Currently, SBE rules require that: 1) students, as part of a social studies course, 
receive instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides at least once in the 7th or 8th 
grades; and 2) the one credit of world history/geography required for high school graduation 
include instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides (A.A.C. R7-2-301, R7-2-302). 
Provisions 
1. Establishes the Study Committee that consists of: 
a) three Senate members and two SBE members appointed by the Senate President;  
b) three House of Representatives (House) members, one public schoolteacher and one 
public university faculty member appointed by the Speaker of the House;  
c) the Superintendent of Public Instruction or their designee; and 
d) three public members with expertise in the Holocaust appointed by the Governor.  
2. Specifies requirements regarding the Senate and House members appointed by the 
Senate President and Speaker of the House.  
3. States Study Committee members are ineligible for compensation but specified members 
are eligible for expense reimbursement.  
4. Directs the Study Committee to: 
a) review the course of study and competency requirements that require instruction on 
the Holocaust and other genocides; 
b) study how teacher lessons and trainings regarding the Holocaust can be improved; 
c) study how the public universities can incorporate teachings of the Holocaust into 
courses and campus engagements; and 
d) explore how public schools and universities can facilitate speaking engagements for 
students by survivors, their families and liberators. 
5. Instructs the Study Committee, by December 15, 2024, to submit a report of its activities 
and recommendations for legislative action to specified individuals. 
6. Repeals the Study Committee on October 1, 2025.  
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