An Act To Require Education about the Holocaust
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1050
Committee Amendment CA_B_S148 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "t)" to S.P. 310, L.D. 1050, Bill, "An Act To 
Require Education about the Holocaust" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Review Instruction in the 
History of Genocide' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Review. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Education shall expedite 
the consideration of the instruction in the history of genocide, including the Holocaust, in 
the next review of the content standards and performance indicators for the content area 
of social studies under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6209, subsection 
4. The commissioner also shall develop resources relating to instruction in the history of 
genocide, including the Holocaust, and make them readily available on the Department of 
Education's publicly accessible website. For purposes of this section, "Holocaust" is the 
program of discriminatory and genocidal laws, policies or actions targeted against 
discrete groups of individuals based on race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, 
physical disability or national origin, from January 1, 1933 to December 31, 1945, in 
Nazi Germany or in any European country allied with or occupied by Nazi Germany. 
Sec. 2. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Learning Systems Team Z081 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the costs associated with the Department of 
Education holding meetings with stakeholders to revise the social studies standards. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fi. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "L:l "to S.P. 310, L.D. 1050 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2019-20 
$9,000 
$9,000 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that directs the Commissioner of 
Education to expedite the consideration of the instruction in the history of genocide, 
including the Holocaust, in the next review of the content standards and performance 
indicators for the content area of social studies under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
20-A, section 6209, subsection 4. The commissioner also shall develop resources relating 
to instruction in the history of genocide, including the Holocaust, and make them readily 
available on the Department of Education's publicly accessible website. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/09/19 #ac 
LD 1050 
LR 2072(03) 
An Act To Require Education about the Holocaust 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ".'/3
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Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2019-20 
FY 2020-21 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
.Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$9,000 
$9,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $9,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 to the Learning Systems 
program within the Department of Education for the costs associated with holding meetings with stakeholders to 
revise the social studies standards. The department has indicated that it has just completed a review of the social 
studies standards and, therefore, has not requested funding in the 2020-2021 biennial budget to conduct another 
review. 
LR2072(03) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1 
$0 
$0