Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1628
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Education (Book) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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5 Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section
6 1003.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 1003.42 Required instruction.—
8 (2) Members of the instructional staff of the public
9 schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education
10 and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and
11 faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the
12 highest standards for professionalism and historical accuracy,
13 following the prescribed courses of study, and employing
14 approved methods of instruction, the following:
15 (g) The history of the Holocaust (1933-1945), the
16 systematic, planned annihilation of European Jews and other
17 groups by Nazi Germany, a watershed event in the history of
18 humanity, to be taught in a manner that leads to an
19 investigation of human behavior, an understanding of the
20 ramifications of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping, and an
21 examination of what it means to be a responsible and respectful
22 person, for the purposes of encouraging tolerance of diversity
23 in a pluralistic society and for nurturing and protecting
24 democratic values and institutions, including the policy against
25 anti-Semitism, as described in s. 1000.05(7). Each school
26 district and charter school must annually certify and provide
27 evidence to the department, in a manner prescribed by the
28 department, that the requirements of this paragraph are met. The
29 department shall prepare and offer curriculum standards for the
30 instruction required by this paragraph and may work with the
31 Florida Holocaust Museum and other state or nationally
32 recognized Holocaust educational organizations to develop grade
33 appropriate curricula, training for instructional personnel, and
34 classroom resources for the instruction required by this
35 paragraph.
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37 The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards
38 and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection. A
39 character development program that incorporates the values of
40 the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor and that is
41 offered as part of a social studies, English Language Arts, or
42 other schoolwide character building and veteran awareness
43 initiative meets the requirements of paragraphs (s) and (t).
44 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
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47 And the title is amended as follows:
48 Delete everything before the enacting clause
49 and insert:
50 A bill to be entitled
51 An act relating to Holocaust education; amending s.
52 1003.42, F.S.; including the study of a specified
53 policy against anti-Semitism in specified instruction;
54 providing school district, charter school, and
55 Department of Education requirements relating to such
56 instruction; authorizing the department to work with
57 certain Holocaust educational organizations for
58 specified purposes relating to the required
59 instruction; providing an effective date.