Education Code § 51221.2

51221.2.

(a) (1) The department shall issue a notice to all local educational agencies serving pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, clarifying that social science instruction provided pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220 is designed to provide a foundation for the understanding of human rights issues with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust. In furtherance of this instruction, the notice shall advise these local educational agencies of all of the following:

(A) Holocaust and genocide education are part of the adopted History-Social Science Content Standards and Framework adopted by the state board.

(B) The History-Social Science Framework adopted by the state board provides information about instruction on the Holocaust and genocide.

(2) The department shall include, within the notice described in paragraph (1) , information about the existing resources available to support local educational agencies and teachers in the instruction of Holocaust and genocide education.

(3) The department is authorized to issue a survey to local educational agencies, no more than two years after these local educational agencies are issued the notice described in paragraph (1) , on the status of Holocaust and genocide instruction at their schools.

(b) (1) The Holocaust and Genocide Education Grant Program is hereby established and shall be administered by the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education to provide direct allocations to local educational agencies for the purposes of providing Holocaust and genocide education and professional development on Holocaust and genocide education.

(2) Grants provided under the grant program shall be used to provide resources and opportunities related to Holocaust and genocide education, which may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

(A) Providing instructional resources on topics about the Holocaust and genocide.

(B) Hosting an event or an organization at a schoolsite maintained by the local educational agency for purposes related to Holocaust or genocide education.

(C) Financing teacher attendance at professional development opportunities focused on Holocaust and genocide education.

(D) Hiring substitute teachers to support teacher attendance at professional development opportunities focused on Holocaust and genocide education.

(E) Financing staff time to plan and facilitate local educational agency or school-based programs related to Holocaust and genocide education.

(F) Financing transportation to events and educational opportunities related to Holocaust and genocide education.

(3) The California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education shall adopt policies and guidelines for the grant program, which shall include, but not be limited to, programmatic details, application criteria and deadlines, and reporting requirements on how allocations were spent. The California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education shall consult with the department in developing the policies and guidelines.

(c) The Holocaust and Genocide Education Grant Program Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the fund shall be directed to the Marin County Office of Education for distribution to the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education. The California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education shall use these moneys for administering and implementing the grant program established pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) The California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education shall provide, as determined by the department, annual written reports to the department and the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, on the administration of the grant program established pursuant to subdivision (b).

(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education” means the collaborative established in Section 51221.1.

(2) “Genocide” has the same meaning as defined in Section 51221.1.

(3) “Holocaust” has the same meaning as defined in Section 51221.1.

(4) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.