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This bill requires the New Hampshire State Board of Education to direct school districts to develop and implement policies for holocaust and genocide studies curriculum that specifically include the impact of these historical events on individuals with disabilities. By amending the existing state education regulations (RSA 186:11), the bill mandates that schools expand their current holocaust and genocide education to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how these tragic events disproportionately affected people with disabilities. The new educational requirement aims to ensure students learn about the systematic persecution and targeted violence against individuals with disabilities during genocidal periods, such as the Nazi regime's "T4" euthanasia program, which sought to eliminate people with physical and mental disabilities. The bill will take effect 60 days after its passage, giving school districts time to update their curriculum and teaching materials to incorporate this important aspect of historical education.

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