Wisconsin schools required to teach Holocaust under new law
SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill on Wednesday requiring Wisconsin middle and high school social studies classes to teach the Holocaust and other genocides.
Wisconsin joins 17 other states that require Holocaust education, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. An 18th state, Arkansas, has a law taking effect next year.
“This bill will affect generations of kids in our state and bring increased awareness, and recognition in our schools to the tragedies of the Holocaust, the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism to this day, and hopefully cultivate a generation that is more compassionate, more empathetic, and more inclusive,” Evers said in a statement.
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The Biden administrationâs loosening of restrictions on the use of fetal tissue in research will allow UW-Madison scientists to continue such studies, which opponents have tried several times to ban in Wisconsin.
âIt allows us to move forward with the research in a timely way,â said Anita Bhattacharyya, an assistant professor of biology at UW-Madison s Waisman Center who uses fetal tissue to study Down syndrome. âThat additional level of review was not necessary because we were already following all the guidance, all the laws, all the compliance requirements.â
Bhattacharyyaâs research involving fetal tissue has continued because she received a grant before new funding stopped nearly two years ago. She applied for another grant in November and expects to learn by June if she will get it, a process that may have taken longer if the previous advisory board was involved, she said.
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A bill that would dramatically expand the pool of people eligible to have their criminal records expunged drew strong support at a public hearing before the Assembly Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Wednesday.
Grace, 34, a former Wisconsin resident, told about a crime she committed 13 or 14 years ago, when she took a plea deal on a theft charge, that continues to follow her.
Now she is married, lives in Florida, has children, and wants to be a firefighter.
Wisconsin Senate approves genocide education requirement
March 17, 2021 9:34 AM Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Schools would have to provide instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides under a bipartisan bill the state Senate approved Tuesday.
Under the proposal, public schools, charter schools and private voucher schools would have to include instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides at least once in grades 5-8 and once in grades 9-12.
The state superintendent would develop model curricula in consultation with an organization in Wisconsin and state agency in another state that has developed such curricula. The bill does not name an organization or state agency.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Schools would have to provide instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides under a bipartisan bill the state Senate approved Tuesday. Under the proposal, public.