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LRB096 19654 NHT 35051 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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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 adding Section |
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| 27-2.5 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-2.5 new) |
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| Sec. 27-2.5. Instructional mandate discontinuance. |
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| (a) For the purposes of this Section, "instructional |
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| mandate" means any State law in this Article that requires a |
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| school district to devote any amount of time to the instruction |
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| of or engagement by students in a subject or course. |
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| (b) Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g or any other provision |
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| of this Code, a school board may discontinue, by publicly |
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| adopted resolution, any instructional mandate in this Article |
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| for which the school district does not receive a separate State |
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| appropriation through the State Board of Education or |
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| reimbursement by the State to extend the school day or year. |
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| This Section, however, does not permit a school board to |
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| discontinue by resolution the requirements set forth in |
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| Sections 27-5, 27-6, 27-7, and 27-22 of this Code and Sections |
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| 27-24 through 27-24.8 of this Code. |
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| (c) If a student requests information on any instructional |
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| mandate that has been discontinued under this Section, then the |