100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4291

 

Introduced 1/22/2018, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/27-22  from Ch. 122, par. 27-22

    Amends the School Code. Provides that a pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2019-2020 school year or a subsequent school year must successfully complete one semester of computer science as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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
527-22 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27-22)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
7    Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
8    (a) (Blank).
9    (b) (Blank).
10    (c) (Blank).
11    (d) (Blank).
12    (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma,
13each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2008-2009 school year
14or a subsequent school year must, in addition to other course
15requirements, successfully complete all of the following
16courses:
17        (1) Four years of language arts.
18        (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of
19    which must be English and the other of which may be English
20    or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive
21    courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other
22    graduation requirements.
23        (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be

 

 

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1    Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and
2    one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science
3    course if the pupil successfully completes Algebra II or an
4    integrated mathematics course with Algebra II content.
5        (4) Two years of science.
6        (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one
7    year must be history of the United States or a combination
8    of history of the United States and American government
9    and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the
10    2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at
11    least one semester must be civics, which shall help young
12    people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and
13    attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and
14    responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course
15    content shall focus on government institutions, the
16    discussion of current and controversial issues, service
17    learning, and simulations of the democratic process.
18    School districts may utilize private funding available for
19    the purposes of offering civics education.
20        (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
21    foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American
22    Sign Language, or (D) vocational education.
23        (7) With respect to a pupil entering the 9th grade in
24    the 2019-2020 school year or a subsequent school year, one
25    semester of computer science, which must be in addition to
26    any computer science course taken to satisfy the

 

 

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1    mathematics requirement under subdivision (3) of this
2    subsection (e).
3    (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform
4school districts of standards for writing-intensive
5coursework.
6    (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement
7computer science course to high school students, then the
8school board must designate that course as equivalent to a high
9school mathematics course and must denote on the student's
10transcript that the Advanced Placement computer science course
11qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative course for
12students in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (e)
13of this Section.
14    (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils
15entering the 9th grade in 1983-1984 school year and prior
16school years or to students with disabilities whose course of
17study is determined by an individualized education program.
18    This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not
19apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school
20year or a prior school year or to students with disabilities
21whose course of study is determined by an individualized
22education program.
23    This amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly does not
24apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2018-2019 school
25year or a prior school year or to students with disabilities
26whose course of study is determined by an individualized

 

 

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1education program.
2    (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the
3provisions of Section 27-22.05 of this Code and the
4Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
5(Source: P.A. 99-434, eff. 7-1-16 (see P.A. 99-485 for the
6effective date of changes made by P.A. 99-434); 99-485, eff.
711-20-15; 99-674, eff. 7-29-16; 100-443, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.