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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
October 12, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Plale, Kreuser, Pocan,
Reynolds, Riley, Steinbrink and Wasserman, cosponsored by Senator Burke.
Referred to Committee on Education.
AB528,1,3
1An Act to amend 118.01 (2) (c) 6. of the statutes;
relating to: requiring school
2boards to provide instruction in the Great Hunger in Ireland, the Armenian
3Genocide and the Holocaust.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law requires school boards to provide instruction in state, national and
world history. This bill requires this instruction to include instruction in the Great
Hunger in Ireland, the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB528, s. 1
4Section
1. 118.01 (2) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB528,1,75
118.01
(2) (c) 6. Knowledge of state, national and world history
, including
6knowledge of the Great Hunger in Ireland from 1845-50, the Armenian Genocide
7from 1915-23 and the Holocaust of 1933-45.
AB528,2,1
1(1)
This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.
