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Under new law, Texas public schools to make Holocaust a teaching tool

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Elderberry:
Houston Chronicle by Brooke LaMantia June 14, 2019

A new state law instructs public school districts and charter networks to teach about tolerance, genocide and the Holocaust at every grade level starting this year, through participation in an annual “Holocaust Remembrance Week.”

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1828 on Tuesday, mandating “that schools shall include age appropriate instruction determined by the districts” for grades K-12.

Texas now is one of a handful of states with such a law, said commission member Jonathan Gurwitz, calling it “a very positive step forward” while noting it contains no formal way to convince the state’s more than 1,000 independent school districts and 700 charter schools to participate.

“You can’t mandate something that has no funding. … It’s going to be difficult to get every school district to comply,” Gurwitz said. “Some are going to have to come a long way. It’s going to have to be a progression.”

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Under-new-law-Texas-public-schools-to-make-13999456.php

Sanguine:
"Every grade"?  Do 1st graders for instance really need to learn about death camps?

“You can’t mandate something that has no funding" 

How much does it cost to teach the Holocaust?  Aren't they already teaching?  So, adding that is costs....what? :shrug:

Sanguine:
It seems like "the system" is out to destroy innocence at any cost and wherever it can be found. 

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