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| | SB2354 Engrossed | | LRB103 28361 RJT 54741 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 2-3.196 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.196. Science in Elementary Schools Working Group. |
| 8 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall create the Science |
| 9 | | in Elementary Schools Working Group. The State Board of |
| 10 | | Education shall appoint science and health education |
| 11 | | specialists, educators or former educators who teach or have |
| 12 | | taught the subject of science or health, medical doctors, |
| 13 | | doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine, parents, |
| 14 | | registered nurses, chiropractors, exercise physiologists, and |
| 15 | | physical therapists to the Working Group. |
| 16 | | The members of the Working Group shall serve without |
| 17 | | compensation. |
| 18 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall provide |
| 19 | | administrative support to the Working Group. |
| 20 | | (c) By June 1, 2024, the Working Group shall create a |
| 21 | | crosswalk and alignment of the current Illinois Learning |
| 22 | | Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards adopted by |
| 23 | | the State Board of Education and the Illinois Learning |
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| 1 | | Standards for Science, with links to available resources so |
| 2 | | elementary teachers have access to high quality, |
| 3 | | age-appropriate, and free educational materials that are |
| 4 | | centered on anatomy, physiology and nutrition to empower |
| 5 | | students with the knowledge of their own bodies and to care for |
| 6 | | their own health and well-being throughout their lives. |
| 7 | | (d) The Working Group shall focus its recommendations on |
| 8 | | how to empower students with the knowledge to adequately |
| 9 | | understand their own bodies and care for their own health and |
| 10 | | well-being throughout their lives, with the idea that science |
| 11 | | education is more human-centered. The Working Group shall |
| 12 | | additionally focus on connecting this human-centered science |
| 13 | | education with other sciences as students advance to other |
| 14 | | areas of their science education, such as chemistry, biology, |
| 15 | | and physics, taught at later grade levels. |
| 16 | | (e) The Working Group shall make recommendations to the |
| 17 | | State Board of Education on updating its science standards by |
| 18 | | December 31, 2025. By December 31, 2030, the State Board of |
| 19 | | Education shall review and provide updates as appropriate to |
| 20 | | the crosswalk and alignment documents and elementary |
| 21 | | storylines. The State Board of Education shall conduct these |
| 22 | | reviews and provide these updates, at a minimum, of every 5 |
| 23 | | years thereafter.
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| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 25 | | becoming law. |