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Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Filed: 2/28/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4954
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4954 on page 1, line |
| 3 | | 5, after "24-2", by inserting ", 27-20.4,"; and
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| 4 | | on page 4, immediately below line 14, by inserting the |
| 5 | | following:
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| 6 | | "(105 ILCS 5/27-20.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4)
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| 7 | | Sec. 27-20.4. Black History study. Every public elementary |
| 8 | | school and
high school shall include in its curriculum a unit |
| 9 | | of instruction studying
the events of Black History, including |
| 10 | | the history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and |
| 11 | | the vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall |
| 12 | | include not only the
contributions made by individual |
| 13 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities and |
| 14 | | sciences to the economic, cultural and political
development of |
| 15 | | the United States and Africa, but also the socio-economic
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| 16 | | struggle which African-Americans experienced collectively in |
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| 1 | | striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment under the laws of |
| 2 | | this nation. The
studying of this material shall constitute an |
| 3 | | affirmation by students of
their commitment to respect the |
| 4 | | dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever eschew every |
| 5 | | form of discrimination in their lives and careers.
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| 6 | | In addition, the teaching of Black History must also |
| 7 | | include all of the following areas: |
| 8 | | (1) The study of the American civil rights renaissance, |
| 9 | | that period of time from 1954 to 1965 called the Movement. |
| 10 | | (2) The study of the pre-enslavement history of Black |
| 11 | | people from 3,000 BCE to AD 1619, including instruction |
| 12 | | about ancient civilizations, kingdoms, kings, queens, and |
| 13 | | warriors; their contributions to medicine, literature, |
| 14 | | technology, architecture, and economics; and their |
| 15 | | achievements. |
| 16 | | (3) The study of the reasons why Black people came to |
| 17 | | be enslaved. |
| 18 | | (4) The promotion of a commonality of identity for all |
| 19 | | people to help with conflict resolution and to increase |
| 20 | | self-worth. |
| 21 | | The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make |
| 22 | | available to
all school boards instructional materials, |
| 23 | | including those established by the Amistad Commission, which |
| 24 | | may be used as guidelines
for development of a unit of |
| 25 | | instruction under this Section; provided,
however, that each |
| 26 | | school board shall itself determine the minimum amount
of |