LEGISLATION

Legislation establishing a commission:

Bill: SB 510
Title: Amendments to SB 647 (2001)
Year: 2003
Legislation:
The amendments were in regards to compensation of Commission members. The new law states: “Members of the commission are not entitled to compensation for services performed as members but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred for each day engaged in the performance of their official commission duties…”

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Bill: SB 647
Title: West Virginia Commission on Holocaust Education
Year: 2001
Legislation:
The Legislature finds and declares: (1) That the holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis during the period between one thousand nine hundred thirty-three and one thousand nine hundred forty-five resulted in the genocide of six million Jews and millions of non-Jews as part of a carefully orchestrated central government program… (4) That programs, workshops, institutes, seminars, exhibits and other teacher training and public awareness activities for the study of the holocaust have taken place during recent years, but a central resource for schools, churches and communities studying the holocaust is needed; (5) That, toward that end, the governor, by executive order No. 2-98, dated the sixteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, created and established the West Virginia holocaust commission on education; and (6) That, in furtherance of the intent and purposes of the aforesaid executive order, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a permanent state commission which, as an organized body and on a continuous basis, will survey, design, encourage and promote implementation of holocaust education and awareness programs in West Virginia and will be responsible for organizing and promoting the memorialization of the holocaust on a regular basis throughout the state.
§5-28-2. Commission on holocaust education.
(a) Effective the first day of July, two thousand one, there is created the West Virginia commission on holocaust education.

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ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Content Standards and Objectives (Effective July 2008):

Social Studies - History (Grade 11)
SS.O.11.5.9 examine concerns, issues and conflicts categorized as universal human rights (e.g., Holocaust, diversity, tolerance, genocide).

These standards are mandatory in West Virginia.
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STATE RESOURCES

West Virginia Holocaust Education Commission
P.O.Box 1125
Morgantown, WV 26507-1125
URL: http://www.hre.wvu.edu/mhaas/wvhec/
Contact: Dr. Edith Rechter Levy
Phone: 304.291.3732
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

West Virginia Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305
URL: http://wvde.state.wv.us/