HB 555-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0851
02/09
HOUSE BILL 555-FN
AN ACT relative to required holocaust and genocide study requirements for an adequate public education.
SPONSORS: Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. Tim Mannion, Hills. 1; Rep. Tom Mannion, Hills. 1
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill expands the holocaust and genocide study requirements for an adequate public education to include at least 5 hours of discussion on different genocides and the United Nations.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0851
02/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to required holocaust and genocide study requirements for an adequate public education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Instruction in National and State History and Government; Genocide Education. Amend RSA 189:11, I-c(j) to read as follows:
(j) How intolerance, bigotry, antisemitism, and national, ethnic, racial, or religious hatred and discrimination have evolved in the past, and can evolve, into genocide and mass violence, such as the Holocaust, and how to prevent the evolution of such practices. Such instruction shall include at least 5 hours of study to include, at minimum, instruction on the United Nations (UN) definition of genocide, the UN resolution on human rights, the Holocaust (and other Nazi committed genocides), the Armenian genocide, the Rwandan genocide, the genocide of indigenous peoples in the United States, and the Palestinian genocide.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
25-0851
1/9/25
HB 555-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to required holocaust and genocide study requirements for an adequate public education.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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Estimated Political Subdivision Impact | ||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 |
Local Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Local Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | ||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill, effective for the 2025-2026 school year, expands the holocaust and genocide study requirements for an adequate public education to include at least five hours of discussion on different genocides and the United Nations. Any impact this bill may have on local school district expenditures is indeterminable and would vary from district to district.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education