Law Requires Genocide Education in Schools

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CHICAGO - Illinois public schools are required to teach about genocides around the world under a bill signed Friday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

The measure, which took effect immediately, expanded the previous requirement that elementary and high school students learn about the Holocaust to include lessons on genocides in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda, Sudan and Ukraine.

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Law Requires Genocide Education in Schools

School districts have the entire academic year to meet the law's requirement, State Board of Education spokeswoman Becky Watts said.

"As we...

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