Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Filed: 4/11/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 383 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 383 as follows:
 
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on page 5, line 25, after "guidelines" by inserting "that will 
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be made available to every school board"; and
 
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on page 5, line 28, by deleting "Every"; and
 
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on page 5, by deleting lines 29 through 31; and
 
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on page 6, line 3, by deleting ", personnel,"; and

 
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on page 6, line 8, by deleting ", personnel,"; and
 
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on page 6, immediately below line 36, by inserting the 
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following:
 
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    "Section 10. The School Code  is amended  by changing Section 
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27-20.4 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/27-20.4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4)


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    Sec. 27-20.4. Black History Study. Every public elementary 
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school and
high school shall include in its curriculum a unit 
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of instruction studying
the events of Black History, including 
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the history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and 
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the vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall 
 


 






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include not only the
contributions made by individual 
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African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities and 
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sciences to the economic, cultural and political
development of 
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the United States and Africa, but also the socio-economic

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struggle which African-Americans experienced collectively in 
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striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment under the laws of 
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this nation. The
studying of this material shall constitute an 
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affirmation by students of
their commitment to respect the 
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dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever eschew every 
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form of discrimination in their lives and careers.

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    The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make 
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available to
all school boards instructional materials, 
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including those established by the Amistad Commission, 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
of 
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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. 86-1256.)".