By: Menéndez, Campbell, Paxton S.B. No. 2482
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2023; March 23, 2023, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 11, 2023,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 13, Nays 0; April 11, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2482 By: Paxton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a survey of public schools regarding Holocaust
Remembrance Week instruction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.90725 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.90725. SURVEY ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK
INSTRUCTION. (a) In this section, "advisory commission" means the
Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission.
(b) The advisory commission, with the assistance of the
agency, shall conduct a survey of school districts to review the
implementation at each district of Holocaust Remembrance Week
instruction under Section 29.9072.
(c) The survey must request information from at least half
of the campuses in a surveyed school district regarding Holocaust
Remembrance Week instruction, including:
(1) the extent to which the campus participates in
Holocaust Remembrance Week;
(2) the familiarity of the educators and
administrators at each campus with the materials and resources
available from the advisory commission and other local institutions
dedicated to Holocaust education to support instruction during
Holocaust Remembrance Week; and
(3) any additional materials or resources the campus
would find useful to support instruction during Holocaust
Remembrance Week, including professional development for
educators, lessons plans, or other classroom resources.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2024, the advisory commission
shall submit to the legislature a written report that includes the
survey's findings and any recommendations for legislative or other
action.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2025.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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