AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 6, 2004
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 22, 2004
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 5, 2004

INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Koretz

FEBRUARY 21, 2003

An act to amend Sections 44775.1 and 44775.7 of, to add Section
44775.9 to, the Education Code, and to repeal Section 5 of Chapter
702 of the Statutes of 2002, relating to public schools.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1175, as amended, Koretz. The Holocaust and genocide.
Existing law, known as the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and
Tolerance Education Act of 2003, establishes the California Taskforce
on Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance Education, as an
advisory body, and establishes the Center for Excellence on the
Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance as a
pilot program at the California State University, Chico, to promote
education regarding the Holocaust, genocide, human rights, and
tolerance. Existing law requires the center to work
cooperatively with designated California State University campuses,
as specified, to offer training, curricular materials, and resources,
for teachers to effectively instruct on the Holocaust, genocide,
human rights, and tolerance. Existing law repeals the
Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance Education Act of
2003 on January 1, 2005.
This bill would expand the center to the California State
University generally, and remove references to the pilot
program , and . The bill would require the
center to work cooperatively with interested faculty members of the
California State University to offer training, curricular materials,
and resources, for teachers to effectively instruct on the Holocaust,
genocide, human rights, and tolerance. The bill would delete
the repeal date of the act, thereby extending the operation of the
act indefinitely. The bill would enact restrictions concerning the
receipt of state funding for the center.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Section 44775.1 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
44775.1. As used in this chapter, the following words have the
following meanings:
(a) "Taskforce" means the California Taskforce on Holocaust,
Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance Education established pursuant
to this chapter.
(b) "Center" means the Center for Excellence on the Study of the
Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance established pursuant
to this chapter.
(c) "State" means the State of California.
SEC. 2. Section 44775.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:

44775.7. (a) The Center for Excellence on the Study of the
Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance is a program of the
California State University. The purpose of the program is to
accomplish all of the following:
(1) Create a center to coordinate and act as a clearinghouse of
information on programs that provide teachers with the knowledge,
training, and curricular materials to effectively teach pupils in the
public schools about the Holocaust, genocide, human rights, and
tolerance as established in the History-Social Science Framework and
Content Standards for California Public Schools.
(2) Expand upon the work of existing Holocaust and genocide
institutions, programs, and organizations, including the Museum of
Tolerance, to provide teacher training, curricular materials, and
other instructional resources that complement and integrate, rather
than duplicate, those efforts.
(b) The goals of the center shall be to accomplish all of the
following:
(1) Expand upon the framework established by the Model Curriculum
for Human Rights and Genocide offered by the department.
(2) Develop and facilitate teacher access to instructional
materials on the Holocaust, genocide, human rights, and tolerance.
(3) Expand delivery of training, materials, and resources on the
Holocaust, genocide, human rights, and tolerance through the
provision of online as well as face-to-face resources and classes.
(4) Create an integrated statewide clearinghouse of information on
teacher training, instructional materials, and resources available
through existing Holocaust and genocide institutions, programs,
organizations, and the center.
(5) Support the integration of survivor testimony into instruction
on the Holocaust, genocide, human rights, and tolerance.
(c) The director of the center shall prepare a master plan for the
implementation of the program that outlines the manner in which the
goals of the program will be accomplished and measured.
(d) The center shall work cooperatively with designated
interested faculty members of the
California State University campuses, including, but not limited to,
Fresno, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Stanislaus, Sonoma,
Northridge, and Long Beach, to offer training, curricular
California State University to offer training, curricular
materials, and resources , for teachers to effectively
instruct on the Holocaust, genocide, human rights, and tolerance.
SEC. 3. Section 44775.9 is added to the Education Code, to read:
44775.9. No funds, or resources supported by funds, available to
the California State University for support of its educational
mission shall be redirected to support the center, including revenues
from the General Fund, the California State Lottery Education Fund,
and student fee revenues, as well as reimbursements and other income
that otherwise would be available for support of the educational
mission of the center.
SEC. 4. Section 5 of Chapter 702 of the Statutes of 2002 is
repealed.