The commission would design and promote Holocaust education and awareness programs throughout the state. Georgia and Tennessee already have similar panels. The bill also authorizes the commission to set up a non-profit, tax exempt corporation so it can raise its own money. State funding was one of three methods to finance the commission. In other states, that includes teacher training workshops, and public lecture forums.
Commissions also develop source material for use in classrooms and libraries.
The 20 seats on the commission would come from various sources. Twelve would be appointed by the governor. The state superintendent of education, one state senator and one House member would also be on the commission. Tennessee and Georgia have Holocaust Commissions, and in 1997 Beverly Asbury, director of the Tennessee Commission, urged creation of one in Alabama. He was the keynote speaker at the annual Holocaust commemoration in Montgomery.