Rep. Mike Murphy
Filed: 4/3/2019
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2165
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2165 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 27-22 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
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7 | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
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8 | (a) (Blank).
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9 | (b) (Blank). | ||||||
10 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
11 | (d) (Blank). | ||||||
12 | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | ||||||
13 | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2008-2009 school year | ||||||
14 | or a subsequent
school year must, in addition to other course | ||||||
15 | requirements, successfully
complete all of the following | ||||||
16 | courses: |
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1 | (1) Four years of language arts. | ||||||
2 | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | ||||||
3 | which must be English and the other of which may be English | ||||||
4 | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | ||||||
5 | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | ||||||
6 | graduation requirements.
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7 | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | ||||||
8 | Algebra I and , one of which must include geometry content . | ||||||
9 | A mathematics course that includes geometry content may be | ||||||
10 | offered as an integrated, applied, interdisciplinary, or | ||||||
11 | career and technical education course that prepares a | ||||||
12 | student for a career readiness path. , and one of which may | ||||||
13 | be an Advanced Placement computer science course if the | ||||||
14 | pupil successfully completes Algebra II or an integrated | ||||||
15 | mathematics course with Algebra II content. | ||||||
16 | (4) Two years of science. | ||||||
17 | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | ||||||
18 | year must be history of the United States or a combination | ||||||
19 | of history of the United States and American government | ||||||
20 | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | ||||||
21 | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | ||||||
22 | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | ||||||
23 | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | ||||||
24 | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | ||||||
25 | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | ||||||
26 | content shall focus on government institutions, the |
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1 | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | ||||||
2 | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | ||||||
3 | School districts may utilize private funding available for | ||||||
4 | the purposes of offering civics education. | ||||||
5 | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | ||||||
6 | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | ||||||
7 | Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | ||||||
8 | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | ||||||
9 | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | ||||||
10 | coursework.
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11 | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | ||||||
12 | computer science course to high school students, then the | ||||||
13 | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a high | ||||||
14 | school mathematics course and must denote on the student's | ||||||
15 | transcript that the Advanced Placement computer science course | ||||||
16 | qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative course for | ||||||
17 | students in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (e) | ||||||
18 | of this Section. | ||||||
19 | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | ||||||
20 | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | ||||||
21 | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | ||||||
22 | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
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23 | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | ||||||
24 | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | ||||||
25 | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | ||||||
26 | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized |
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1 | education program.
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2 | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | ||||||
3 | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | ||||||
4 | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 99-434, eff. 7-1-16 (see P.A. 99-485 for the | ||||||
6 | effective date of changes made by P.A. 99-434); 99-485, eff. | ||||||
7 | 11-20-15; 99-674, eff. 7-29-16; 100-443, eff. 8-25-17.)".
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