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The Never Again Education Act was signed into law by the United States Congress on May 28,2020.  The act provides $10 million of funding for Holocaust education in the US.  The Congress is overwhelmingly united in combatting antisemitism and hate through education and saw this not as a Jewish issue, but as an American issue. The new law expands educational programming about the Holocaust nationwide, allocating $2 million annually through the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
   

Missouri will become the 20th state to require Holocaust education in curricula for secondary schools. Governor Mike Parson on July 1, 2022, signed Senate Bill 681, which establishes a permanent Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission and Holocaust Education Week.  The newly enacted law designates a week in April to focus on Holocaust education and age-appropriate instruction to Missouri public school students at the secondary level. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will be required to create a curriculum framework of instruction to study the Holocaust. The commission will consist of 12 members, appointed by the governor.

 

 

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