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State of New Jersey
Adopted March 10, 1994
Sponsored by Senators Ewing,
McGreevey, and Sinagra
AN
ACT regarding genocide education
in the public schools and
supplementing chapter 35 of
Title 18A of the New Jersey
Statues.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of
New Jersey:
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The Legislature finds and
declares that:
a. New Jersey has
recently become the focal
point of national attention
for the most venomous and
vile of ethnic hate
speeches.
b. There is an
inescapable link between
violence and vandalism and
ethnic and racial
intolerance. The New Jersey
Department of Education
itself has formally
recognized the existence of
the magnitude of this
problem in New Jersey
schools by the formation of
a Commissioner's Task Force
on Violence and Vandalism.
c. New Jersey is
proud of its enormous
cultural diversity. The
teaching of tolerance must
be made a priority if that
cultural diversity is to
remain one of the State's
strengths.
d. National studies
indicate that fewer than 25%
of students have an
understanding of organized
attempts throughout history
to eliminate various ethnic
groups through a systematic
program of mass killing or
genocide.
e. The New Jersey
Commission on Holocaust
Education, created pursuant
to P.L.1991.c.193
(C.18A:4A-1 et seq.),
several years ago expanded
its mission to study and
recommend curricular
material on a wide range of
genocides. The Holocaust
Commission is an ideal
agency to recommend
curricular materials to
local districts.
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a. Every board of
education shall include
instruction on the Holocaust
and genocides in an
appropriate place in the
curriculum of all elementary
and secondary school pupils.
b. The instruction
shall enable pupils to
identify and analyze
applicable theories
concerning human nature and
behavior: to understand that
genocide is a consequence of
prejudice and
discrimination: and to
understand that issues of
moral dilemma and conscience
have a profound impact on
life. The instruction shall
further emphasize the
personal responsibility that
each citizen bears to fight
racism and hatred whenever
and wherever it happens.
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This act shall take effect
immediately and shall first
apply to curriculum
offerings in the 1994-95
school year.
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Phil
Kirschner, Esq.,
Chairman
Rabbi Norman R. Patz,
Vice Chairman
Dr. Paul B. Winkler,
Executive Director
State of New
Jersey
Commission on Holocaust Education
P.O. Box 500
Trenton, NJ 08625
(609)292-9274 phone
(609)292-1211 fax
holocaus@doe.state.nj.us |
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The
New Jersey Holocaust Commission is an autonomous
body operating under its own policies and
positions. It acts as a resource to the
Department of Education to assist schools with
various aspects of meeting the requirements of
the mandate to provide Holocaust and genocide
education. The commission provides curriculum
outlines and suggested activities; identifies and
publicizes demonstration sites for other
districts to contact; and recommends
informational resources and materials for
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