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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4928 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 105 ILCS 5/27-22.2 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.2 |
| Amends the School Code. Requires students in the public schools in grades 6 through 12 to receive instruction in career and technical education, which may be satisfied by attending a field trip to a local career and technical education training center. Allows a school board to include the required instruction in the courses of study regularly taught in the public schools, provided that the instruction is given each year to all pupils in grades 6 through 12. Provides that each school board shall determine the minimum amount of instructional time required. |
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| | HB4928 | | LRB104 15205 LNS 28351 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 | | 27-22.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.2) |
| 7 | | Sec. 27-22.2. Career and technical education elective. |
| 8 | | (a) Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, students in |
| 9 | | the public schools in grades 6 through 12 shall receive |
| 10 | | instruction in career and technical education, which may be |
| 11 | | satisfied by attending a field trip to a local career and |
| 12 | | technical education training center. A school board may |
| 13 | | include the required instruction in the courses of study |
| 14 | | regularly taught in the public schools of the district, |
| 15 | | provided that the instruction is given each year to all pupils |
| 16 | | in grades 6 through 12. Each school board shall determine the |
| 17 | | minimum amount of instructional time required under this |
| 18 | | subsection (a). |
| 19 | | (b) Whenever the school board of any school district which |
| 20 | | maintains grades 9 through 12 establishes a list of courses |
| 21 | | from which secondary school students each must elect at least |
| 22 | | one course, to be completed along with other course |
| 23 | | requirements as a pre-requisite to receiving a high school |