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The bill provides standardized educational tools and a clear definition to better identify and teach about antisemitism, but it risks constraining classroom discussion, politicizing K–12 instruction, stigmatizing some student communities, and imposing implementation burdens on local school systems.
Secondary-school students and teachers will get an approved, standardized curriculum explaining the October 7 attacks and modern antisemitism, improving historical knowledge and giving schools a ready resource to address antisemitic incidents.
Schools and educators will adopt the IHRA working definition, providing a consistent, internationally recognized standard to identify and discuss antisemitism across educational settings.
Students will be more likely to recognize online radicalization and misinformation because the curriculum highlights social media's role and helps identify denial and distortion.
Teachers, students, and schools may face constraints on classroom discussion and academic freedom because a mandated IHRA-based curriculum could limit how Israel/Palestine issues are taught.
Palestinian, Muslim, or other students and communities may feel targeted, stigmatized, or alienated if the curriculum links antisemitism closely to criticism of Israel or political actors.
States and local school districts will incur administrative and implementation burdens to review, reconcile, and adopt the new curriculum, diverting time and resources.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to develop a secondary‑school curriculum on the October 7, 2023 attacks and related antisemitism, using the IHRA definition.
Introduced October 8, 2025 by Josh S. Gottheimer · Last progress October 8, 2025
Requires the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to develop a secondary‑school curriculum about the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and related antisemitism. The Museum must begin work within 180 days, cover five specified topics (including the attacks, history of antisemitism, spread of antisemitism in the U.S. and on campuses, social media's role, and denial/distortion), adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, and report to Congress after completion within specified deadlines.