There was concern about the Nazi atrocities leaving public memory over time. (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, sponsored the resolution calling for Holocaust education in Utah schools. | Feb. 27, 2021, 1:00 p.m. A resolution calling for Holocaust education in Utah schools has passed the House and Senate and was signed by Gov. Spencer Cox. The resolution calls for every local education agency to teach students about the Holocaust with age-appropriate materials. It says that learning about the state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews and five million other individuals by the Nazis is important for helping students understand the root causes and ramification of racism and discrimination.