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| | HB2927 Engrossed | | LRB104 03391 LNS 13413 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 2-3.206 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.206. Educators' experience teaching history; |
| 8 | | research and professional learning opportunities. |
| 9 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education |
| 10 | | shall conduct research using mixed methodologies to understand |
| 11 | | the experience of educators in this State teaching history to |
| 12 | | students across all grade levels in accordance with applicable |
| 13 | | learning standards and mandated units of study. This shall |
| 14 | | include, but not be limited to, surveying how instructional |
| 15 | | resources are being funded and incorporated into instruction, |
| 16 | | participation in professional learning opportunities, and |
| 17 | | educators' experience and comfort in implementing |
| 18 | | inclusive-history-mandated units of study. The State Board of |
| 19 | | Education shall report its findings and recommendations from |
| 20 | | this research to the General Assembly by December 15, 2026. |
| 21 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education |
| 22 | | shall provide professional learning opportunities for |
| 23 | | educators across all grade levels to further support the |