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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 768
To require a study on Holocaust education efforts of States, local educational
agencies, and public elementary and secondary schools, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY28, 2025
Mr. G
OTTHEIMER(for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. GOLDMANof New York,
Mr. F
ITZPATRICK, Ms. STEVENS, Mrs. KIM, Ms. ANSARI, Mr.
A
UCHINCLOSS, Mr. BACON, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOYLE
of Pennsylvania, Ms. B
ROWNLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mrs.
C
HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COSTA, Mr.
C
UELLAR, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania, Mr.
D
OGGETT, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida, Ms. FRIED-
MAN, Mr. GARBARINO, Ms. GILLEN, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. HOYLEof Or-
egon, Ms. K
APTUR, Mr. KEAN, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. LALOTA, Mr.
L
ANDSMAN, Mr. LATIMER, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms.
M
ALLIOTAKIS, Ms. MCBRIDE, Ms. MENG, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr.
M
OULTON, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PETERS,
Mr. R
ASKIN, Mr. RYAN, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. SCHOLTEN,
Ms. S
CHRIER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. STANTON, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms.
T
ENNEY, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TORRESof New York, Mr.
V
ALADAO, Mr. VANDREW, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. WASSERMAN
S
CHULTZ, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. AMO, Ms.
M
ORRISON, and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To require a study on Holocaust education efforts of States,
local educational agencies, and public elementary and
secondary schools, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Holocaust Education 4
and Antisemitism Lessons Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION. 6
(a) S
TUDY.—Beginning not later than 180 days after 7
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 8
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (referred to 9
in this Act as the ‘‘Director’’) shall conduct a study on 10
Holocaust education efforts in States, local educational 11
agencies, and public elementary schools and secondary 12
schools. Such study shall include an examination of— 13
(1) all States; 14
(2) a nationally representative sample of local 15
educational agencies; and 16
(3) a representative sample of public elementary 17
and secondary schools served by the local edu-18
cational agencies being studied. 19
(b) E
LEMENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-20
section (a), the Director shall— 21
(1) determine whether States and local edu-22
cational agencies being studied require Holocaust 23
education as part of the curriculum taught in public 24
elementary schools and secondary schools; 25
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(2) identify States and local educational agen-1
cies being studied that have optional Holocaust edu-2
cation as part of the curriculum taught in public ele-3
mentary schools and secondary schools; 4
(3) identify each State’s standards and the re-5
quirements of the local educational agencies being 6
studied relating to Holocaust education and summa-7
rize the status of the implementation of such stand-8
ards and requirements, including— 9
(A) the existence of a centralized appa-10
ratus at the State or local level that collects and 11
disseminates Holocaust education curricula and 12
materials; 13
(B) the existence of Holocaust education 14
professional development opportunities for pre- 15
service and in-service teachers; 16
(C) the involvement of informal edu-17
cational organizations in implementing Holo-18
caust education, including museums and cul-19
tural centers; 20
(D) an assessment of the challenges or 21
gaps that may prevent educators from fulfilling 22
Holocaust education requirements; 23
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(E) the identification of training and re-1
sources needed to support educators teaching 2
about the Holocaust; and 3
(F) the adoption of United States Holo-4
caust Memorial Museum resources by— 5
(i) entities at the State or local level 6
that disseminate Holocaust education cur-7
ricula; or 8
(ii) local Holocaust museums and cen-9
ters; 10
(4) determine— 11
(A) the range of intended outcomes from a 12
Holocaust education unit at the State and local 13
educational agency level; and 14
(B) the methods teachers are using that 15
result in successfully achieving intended learn-16
ing outcomes, which may include— 17
(i) in-class discussion; 18
(ii) educational activities conducted 19
outside the classroom, including homework 20
assignments and experiential learning in-21
volving State and local organizations, such 22
as museums and cultural centers; 23
(iii) project based learning; 24
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(iv) educational materials and activi-1
ties that are developmentally appropriate 2
and taught through a trauma-informed 3
lens; and 4
(v) integration of lessons from the 5
Holocaust across the curriculum and 6
throughout the school year; 7
(5) identify the types of instructional materials 8
used to teach students about the Holocaust, includ-9
ing the use of primary source material; 10
(6) identify— 11
(A) in what disciplines the Holocaust is 12
being taught; 13
(B) the amount of time allotted in the re-14
quired curriculum to teach about the Holocaust; 15
and 16
(C) the comprehensiveness of the Holo-17
caust education curriculum taught in public ele-18
mentary schools and secondary schools, as indi-19
cated by the extent to which the curriculum ad-20
dresses all elements and aspects of the Holo-21
caust and is based on reliable educational re-22
sources, such as resources provided by the 23
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; 24
and 25
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(7) identify the approaches used by public ele-1
mentary schools and secondary schools to assess out-2
comes using traditional and nontraditional assess-3
ments, including assessments of— 4
(A) students’ knowledge of the Holocaust; 5
and 6
(B) students’ ability to identify and ana-7
lyze antisemitism, bigotry, hate, and genocide in 8
historical and contemporary contexts. 9
(c) R
EPORT.— 10
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Following the completion of 11
the study under subsection (a), the Director shall 12
prepare and submit to Congress a report on the re-13
sults of the study. 14
(2) D
EADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL .—The report 15
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later 16
than the earlier of— 17
(A) 180 days after the completion of the 18
study under subsection (a); or 19
(B) 3 years after the date of enactment of 20
this Act. 21
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 22
(1) ESEA
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 23
school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary 24
school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given those 25
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terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-1
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 2
(2) H
OLOCAUST.—The term ‘‘Holocaust’’ has 3
the meaning given that term in section 3 of the 4
Never Again Education Act (Public Law 116–141; 5
36 U.S.C. 2301 note). 6
(3) H
OLOCAUST EDUCATION .—The term ‘‘Holo-7
caust education’’ means educational activities that 8
are specifically intended— 9
(A) to improve students’ awareness and 10
understanding of the Holocaust; 11
(B) to educate students on the lessons of 12
the Holocaust as a means to raise awareness 13
about the importance of preventing genocide, 14
hate, and bigotry against any group of people; 15
and 16
(C) to study the history of antisemitism, 17
its deep historical roots, the use of conspiracy 18
theories and propaganda that target the Jewish 19
people, and the shape-shifting nature of anti-20
semitism over time. 21
(4) P
ROJECT BASED LEARNING .—The term 22
‘‘project based learning’’ means a teaching method 23
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through which students learn by actively engaging in 1
real-world and personally meaningful projects. 2
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