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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB7319
Introduced 08/10/04, by Rep. John A. Fritchey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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105 ILCS 5/27-20.3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.3 |
30 ILCS 805/8.28 new |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that the required unit of instruction studying the events of the Nazi Holocaust shall be expanded to include the study of other events of genocide, including those in Ukraine, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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HB7319 |
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LRB093 23136 LRD 53104 b |
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| AN ACT concerning schools.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 27-20.3 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-20.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.3)
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| Sec. 27-20.3. Genocide study
Holocaust Study. Every public |
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| elementary school and
high school shall include in its |
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| curriculum a unit of instruction studying
the events of |
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| genocide across the globe. This unit of instruction shall |
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| primarily include, but not be limited to, the Nazi atrocities |
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| of 1933 to 1945, . This period in world
history is known as the |
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| Holocaust; the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine in 1932-1933; and |
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| more recent acts of genocide in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan , |
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| during which 6,000,000 Jews and millions
of non-Jews were |
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| exterminated. The studying of this material is a
reaffirmation |
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| of the commitment of free peoples from all nations to prevent |
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| additional acts of genocide from occurring and a recognition |
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| that these crimes have been perpetrated in modern times as well |
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| as in the past.
to never
again permit the occurrence of another |
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| Holocaust.
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| The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make |
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| available to
all school boards instructional materials which |
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| may be used as guidelines
for development of a unit of |
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| instruction under this Section; provided,
however, that each |
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| school board shall itself determine the minimum amount
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| instruction time which shall qualify as a unit of instruction |
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| satisfying
the requirements of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-780.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 8.28 as
follows:
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