52740-52743

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 52740-52743




52740.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide accurate
instructional materials to schools on all of the following topics:
   (1) The internment in the United States of persons of Japanese
origin and its impact on Japanese American citizens.
   (2) The Armenian genocide.
   (3) The World War II internment, relocation, and restriction in
the United States of persons of Italian origin and its impact on the
Italian American community.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares that there are few films or
video recordings available on the subjects of the internment of
persons of Japanese origin, the Armenian genocide, and the World War
II internment, relocation, and restriction of persons of Italian
origin for teachers to use when teaching pupils about these three
devastating events. The shortage of available films or video
recordings on these subjects is especially true for the Armenian
genocide.
   (c) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that films and video
recordings giving a historically accurate depiction of the
internment in the United States of persons of Japanese origin during
World War II, the Armenian genocide, and the World War II internment,
relocation, and restriction of persons of Italian origin should be
made in order that pupils will recognize these events for the horror
they represented. The Legislature hereby encourages teachers to use
these films and video recordings as a resource in teaching pupils
about these three important historical events that are commonly
overlooked in today's school curriculum.



52742.  The films or video recordings produced pursuant to this
article shall be submitted to the Curriculum Development and
Supplemental Materials Commission for its review, and may be made
available to schools, as provided by this article, only upon adoption
by the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission.




52743.  The State Department of Education shall make available the
films or video recordings produced pursuant to this article to
schools.