 Bill Promoting Holocaust Education Curriculum Passes House OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to ensure Oklahoma students are taught the history and horror of the Holocaust - the systematic, state-sponsored persecution, and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators – passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday. House Bill 3720, authored by Reps. Mark McBride, R-Oklahoma City, and John Waldron, D-Tulsa, requires Holocaust education to be taught in all public schools in a manner that:
"The horrors of the Holocaust resulted in the extermination of six million people of Jewish descent as well as many of their sympathizers during World War II," McBride said. "And yet, it is proven that too few students in Oklahoma schools are taught or know about the Holocaust. With the war that is happening currently in Ukraine and that is threatening other parts of the world, this topic has never been more timely." The measure requires the State Board of Education to work in consultation with experts to develop and distribute curricula for students in grades 6-12. Read more »by Jamison Faught - March 16, 2022 at 08:36AM |
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Bill promoting Holocaust education curriculum passes House
