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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
527-20.4 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/27-20.4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4)


7    Sec. 27-20.4. Black History Study. Every public elementary 
8school and
high school shall include in its curriculum a unit 
9of instruction studying
the events of Black History, including 
10the history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and 
11the vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall 
12include not only the
contributions made by individual 
13African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities and 
14sciences to the economic, cultural and political
development of 
15the United States and Africa, but also the socio-economic

16struggle which African-Americans experienced collectively in 
17striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment under the laws of 
18this nation. The
studying of this material shall constitute an 
19affirmation by students of
their commitment to respect the 
20dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever eschew every 
21form of discrimination in their lives and careers.

22    The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make 
23available to
all school boards instructional materials, 
 
 
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1including those established by the Amistad Commission, which 
2may be used as guidelines
for development of a unit of 
3instruction under this Section; provided,
however, that each 
4school board shall itself determine the minimum amount
of 
5instruction time which shall qualify as a unit of instruction 
6satisfying
the requirements of this Section.

7    At the end of each school year, a school district must file 
8a report with the State Board of Education that summarizes each 
9school's instruction on Black History for that school year.  On 
10or before August 1 of each year, the State Board of Education 
11shall compile these reports into a statewide report and file 
12the statewide report with the General Assembly as provided in 
13Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act. 
14(Source: P.A. 94-285, eff. 7-21-05.)