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Rep. Hoan Huynh
Filed: 5/10/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2354
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2354 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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 Task Force. |
| 8 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall create the Science |
| 9 | | in Elementary Schools Task Force. The State Board of Education |
| 10 | | shall appoint science and health education specialists, |
| 11 | | educators or former educators who teach or have taught the |
| 12 | | subject of science or health, medical doctors, doctors of |
| 13 | | osteopathy or osteopathic medicine, parents, registered |
| 14 | | nurses, chiropractic physicians, exercise physiologists, and |
| 15 | | physical therapists to the Task Force. |
| 16 | | The members of the Task Force shall serve without |
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| 1 | | compensation. |
| 2 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall provide |
| 3 | | administrative support to the Task Force. |
| 4 | | (c) By June 1, 2024, the Task Force shall create a |
| 5 | | crosswalk and alignment of the current Illinois Learning |
| 6 | | Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards adopted by |
| 7 | | the State Board of Education, and the Illinois Learning |
| 8 | | Standards for Science, with links to available resources so |
| 9 | | elementary teachers have access to high quality, |
| 10 | | age-appropriate, and free educational materials that are |
| 11 | | centered on anatomy, physiology, and nutrition to empower |
| 12 | | students with the knowledge of their own bodies and to care for |
| 13 | | their own health and well-being throughout their lives. |
| 14 | | (d) The Task Force shall focus its recommendations on how |
| 15 | | to empower students with the knowledge to adequately |
| 16 | | understand their own bodies and care for their own health and |
| 17 | | well-being throughout their lives, with the idea that science |
| 18 | | education is more human-centered. The Task Force shall |
| 19 | | additionally focus on connecting this human-centered science |
| 20 | | education with other sciences as students advance to other |
| 21 | | areas of their science education, such as chemistry, biology, |
| 22 | | and physics, taught at later grade levels. |
| 23 | | (e) The Task Force shall make recommendations to the State |
| 24 | | Board of Education on updating its science standards by |
| 25 | | December 31, 2025. By December 31, 2030, the State Board of |
| 26 | | Education shall review and provide updates as appropriate to |