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S3356Senate2009-2010 SessionSame asA6690

Requires schools to provide instruction on the history of the Ukrainian genocide-holodomor of 1932 through 1933

Sponsor Andrea Stewart-CousinsSD-35+2 co-sponsorsAffects Education
Status
In Senate Committee
Education
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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In committee · Education

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Primary sponsor
Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Senator · Senate District 35

History

  1. Referred to education
  2. Print number 3356a
  3. Amend (t) and recommit to education
  4. Referred to education

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

A6690Assembly

Requires schools to provide instruction on the history of the Ukrainian genocide holodomor from 1932 through 1933

In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Mike Spano

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Title of bill

An act to amend the education law, in relation to instruction on the subject of the history of the Ukrainian Genocide-Holodomor of 1932 to 1933

Purpose

Requires schools to provide instruction on the history of the Ukrainian genocide holodomor from 1932 through 1933.

Justification

The famine in the Ukraine was deliberately initiated and enforced by the Soviet regime through the seizure of grain and the blockade of food shipments into the affected areas, as well as by forcibly preventing the starving population from leaving the region for the purposes of eliminating resistance to the forced collectivization of agriculture and destroying Ukraine's national identity. This famine resulted in the deaths of millions of men, women and children in the Ukraine and in other regions.

Although the Ukraine was one of the greatest losses of human life in the 20th century, it remains insufficiently recognized in the united States and in the world. As such, the fight against racism begins with our children learning the History of Ukrainian Genocide Holodomor and teaching them solutions to keep our communities whole.

Legislative history

New Bill.

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

Shall take effect on the first July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

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