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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3252 Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 and offers school facilitated employment, career pathways, or internship experiences shall provide to students participating in the program (rather than may include in its high school curriculum): (1) instruction on workplace preparation that covers legal protections in the workplace; and (2) protection against sexual harassment and racial and other forms of discrimination. |
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| | HB3252 | | LRB104 09177 LNS 19233 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 changing Section |
| 5 | | 27-23.14 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.14) |
| 7 | | Sec. 27-23.14. Workplace preparation course. A school |
| 8 | | district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 and offers |
| 9 | | school facilitated employment, career pathways, or internship |
| 10 | | experiences shall provide to students participating in this |
| 11 | | program: may include in its high school curriculum a unit of |
| 12 | | (1) instruction on workplace preparation that covers |
| 13 | | legal protections in the workplace, including |
| 14 | | discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, |
| 15 | | sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, |
| 16 | | disability, or status as a protected veteran; and |
| 17 | | (2) protection against sexual harassment and racial |
| 18 | | and other forms of discrimination, including, but not |
| 19 | | limited to, pay gaps, lack of institutional support or |
| 20 | | resources, and exclusion from executive or leadership |
| 21 | | positions and other protections for employees. |
| 22 | | A school board may determine the minimum amount of |
| 23 | | instruction time that qualifies as a unit of instruction under |