| Last Action | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 162) | 
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| Title | A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the inclusion of the Holocaust in the school curriculum. | 
| Bill Documents | Bill | 
| Bill Request Number | 302 | 
| Sponsor | M. Marzian | 
| Summary of Original Version | Direct the commissioner of education to convene a work group to review Holocaust curricula developed by other states and review the Kentucky core content to determine places where the study of the Holocaust may be included; require the work group to develop a curriculum guide that teachers may use to teach the history of the Holocaust; require the work group to submit a final report and curriculum guide to the commissioner of education and the Kentucky Board of Education no later than March 1, 2009; require the changes to the Kentucky core content be disseminated to local schools to be incorporated into the school curriculum for the 2009-2010 school year; specify that the Department of Education shall disseminate the final report and the curriculum guide to local districts and schools prior to the 2009-2010 school year. | 
| Index Headings of Original Version | Children and Minors - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Education, Elementary and Secondary - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Teachers - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum | 
| Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3 Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Committee Substitute 2 Senate Committee Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 | 
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 | 
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| Summary | Review the Kentucky Program of Studies rather than the Kentucky core content for assessment. | 
| Index Headings | Children and Minors - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Education, Elementary and Secondary - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Teachers - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum | 
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 | 
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| Sponsor | M. Marzian | 
| Summary | Make title amendment. | 
| Index Headings | Children and Minors - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Education, Elementary and Secondary - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Teachers - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum | 
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 | 
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| Sponsor | M. Marzian | 
| Summary | Add genocide to Holocaust curricula work group tasks and add memorial reference to resolution as the Ernie Marx resolution. | 
| Index Headings | Children and Minors - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Education, Elementary and Secondary - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Teachers - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum | 
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 3 | 
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| Sponsor | M. Marzian | 
| Summary | Adds genocide to Holocaust curricula work group tasks and adds memorial reference to resolution as the Ernie Marx resolution. | 
| Index Headings | Children and Minors - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Education, Elementary and Secondary - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Teachers - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum | 
| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 | 
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| Summary | Rather than a work group, require the Kentucky Department of Education, by September 1, 2008, to review Holocaust and genocide curricula developed by other states; require the department, by March 1, 2009, to develop and disseminate to local schools a curriculum guide that may be used to teach about the Holocaust as an example of genocide. | 
| Index Headings | Children and Minors - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Education, Elementary and Secondary - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Teachers - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum | 
| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 2 | 
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| Summary | Retain provisions of committee substitute; change the word "ethical" to "ethnic." | 
| Index Headings | Children and Minors - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Education, Elementary and Secondary - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Teachers - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum | 
| Amendment | Senate Committee Amendment 1 | 
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| Sponsor | K. Winters | 
| Summary | Make title amendment. | 
| Index Headings | Children and Minors - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Education, Elementary and Secondary - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Teachers - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum | 
| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 | 
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| Sponsor | K. Winters | 
| Summary | Make correction by changing "ethical" to "ethnic". | 
| Index Headings | Children and Minors - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Education, Elementary and Secondary - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum Teachers - Study of the Holocaust, include in public school curriculum | 
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