AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF THE GREEK GENOCIDE IN THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CURRICULUM.
HB 5884 would amend Connecticut's social studies curriculum standards to include the Greek genocide as part of Holocaust and genocide education. It directly affects public school students and educators by adding this historical event to required curriculum materials. The bill's key mechanism is updating statute 10-18f to specify the Greek genocide as a content option within existing genocide education frameworks. This change provides schools with an additional historical reference point for teaching about 20th-century genocides. The bill focuses on curriculum content, not historical analysis or policy implementation.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 22, 2025
Last action Jan 22, 2025
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REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education
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State
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Chris Poulos
DDemocratic
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Eleni DeGraw
DDemocratic/Working Families
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Nicole Klarides-Ditria
RRepublican
P
Savet Constantine
DDemocratic
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