Pupil instruction: Holocaust and genocide education: notice, survey, and grant program.

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The department must issue a notice to all local educational agencies serving pupils in grades 7-12 clarifying that social science instruction under Section 51220 provides a foundation for understanding human rights issues with particular attention to genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust. The notice must state that Holocaust and genocide education are part of the adopted History-Social Science Content Standards and Framework.

The department must include in the notice information about existing resources available to support local educational agencies and teachers in instructing on Holocaust and genocide education.

The department is authorized to issue a survey to local educational agencies, no more than two years after the notice is issued, on the status of Holocaust and genocide instruction at their schools.

The bill's structure was reorganized: reporting requirements moved from subdivision (d) into new subdivision (a), the grant program moved from subdivision (a) to subdivision (b), and the fund reference was updated accordingly. The digest now describes the bill as covering 'reporting notice, survey, and grant program' rather than just 'reporting and grant program.'

Assembly Members Alvarez, Bonta, Lowenthal, Muratsuchi, and Patel were added as coauthors alongside the original Senate sponsors.

The state-mandated local program determination in the digest was changed from 'yes' to 'no,' which could affect whether the state must reimburse local agencies for costs associated with the new requirements.

Removed the requirement for every local educational agency to submit an annual report to the State Department of Education on Holocaust and genocide education, including whether it was taught and a brief description of how and in which grades instruction was provided.

Removed Section 2, which would have required the state to reimburse local agencies for costs mandated by the bill if the Commission on State Mandates determined such costs existed. This eliminates a potential state fiscal obligation.

The bill no longer imposes a state-mandated local program. The amended Senate version explicitly stated it would impose one due to the new reporting duties; the enrolled version removes that designation entirely, narrowing the bill's regulatory footprint on local educational agencies.

New subdivision (a) requires every local educational agency to submit an annual report to the department on Holocaust and genocide education, regardless of whether they participate in the grant program. The report must state whether such education was taught and provide a brief description of how and in which grades it was provided.

New paragraph (b)(2) specifies permitted uses of grant funds: providing instructional materials, hosting events or organizations at schoolsites, financing teacher attendance at professional development, hiring substitute teachers to support that attendance, financing faculty and staff time to plan programs, and financing transportation to related events.

New subdivision (d) adds formal definitions. 'Genocide' is defined using the five acts from the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. 'Holocaust' is defined using the US Holocaust Memorial Museum description, specifying the systematic persecution and murder of 6,000,000 European Jews by the Nazi regime and listing other targeted groups including Roma, people with disabilities, Slavic peoples, Black people, communists, socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, gay men, and those called 'asocials' or 'professional criminals.'

The fund name was changed from 'Holocaust and Genocide Grant Program Fund' to 'Holocaust and Genocide Education Grant Program Fund,' adding the word 'Education.'

The term 'professional learning' in the grant program description was changed to 'professional development.'

The bill's structure was reorganized from five simple subdivisions (a through e) into a more complex hierarchy with numbered paragraphs, moving the reporting requirement to subdivision (a), the grant program to subdivision (b), the fund to subdivision (c), and definitions to subdivision (d).