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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB1375 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/27-12.1 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-12.1 |
105 ILCS 5/27-22 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 |
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Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Instead of requiring consumer education to be taught and studied, provides that beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2024-2025 school year, pupils in the public schools in grade 11 or 12 shall be taught and be required to complete a stand-alone, one-semester or equivalent course covering personal finance, which shall include, but is not limited to, instruction covering behavioral economics; banking and bill payment; investing; types of credit; managing credit; including credit scores; paying for college; insurance; taxes; budgeting; consumer skills; retirement planning, including tax-advantaged retirement plans; home ownership and financing; and personal transportation, including car ownership and leasing. Provides that the State Board of Education shall devise or approve the personal finance education standards for the course. Provides that the school board shall oversee implementation of the personal finance course for each high school student prior to graduation. Specifies the oversight duties of the school board. In provisions regarding required high school courses, provides that the personal finance education course may be counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation requirements. Makes other changes.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 1. Purpose. The General Assembly has determined |
5 | | that it is in the best interests of the State and the State's |
6 | | citizens that all high school students be required to take a |
7 | | one semester course in personal finance prior to graduation. |
8 | | Research has shown that such a course is significantly more |
9 | | effective if taught as a separate course in the 11th or 12th |
10 | | grade rather than embedded in another course or taught at an |
11 | | earlier time. Similarly, research has shown that before the |
12 | | course can be implemented, there must be time to develop |
13 | | curriculum and provide incentives for professional development |
14 | | for teachers of the course. |
15 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
16 | | 27-12.1 and 27-22 as follows:
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17 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-12.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-12.1)
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18 | | Sec. 27-12.1. Personal finance Consumer education. |
19 | | (a) For pupils entering the 9th grade before the 2023-2024 |
20 | | school year, pupils Pupils in the public schools in
grades 9 |
21 | | through 12 shall be taught and be required to study courses
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22 | | which include instruction in the area of consumer education, |
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1 | | including
but not necessarily limited to (i) understanding the |
2 | | basic concepts of financial literacy, including consumer debt |
3 | | and installment purchasing (including credit scoring, managing |
4 | | credit debt, and completing a loan application), budgeting, |
5 | | savings and investing, banking (including balancing a |
6 | | checkbook, opening a deposit account, and the use of interest |
7 | | rates), understanding simple contracts, State and federal |
8 | | income taxes, personal insurance policies, the
comparison of |
9 | | prices, higher education student loans, identity-theft |
10 | | security, and homeownership (including the basic process of |
11 | | obtaining a mortgage and the concepts of fixed and adjustable |
12 | | rate mortgages, subprime loans, and predatory lending), and |
13 | | (ii)
understanding the roles of consumers
interacting with |
14 | | agriculture, business, labor unions and government in
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15 | | formulating and achieving the goals of the mixed free |
16 | | enterprise system.
The State Board of Education shall devise |
17 | | or approve the
consumer education curriculum for grades 9 |
18 | | through 12 and specify the
minimum amount of instruction to be |
19 | | devoted thereto.
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20 | | (a-5) Beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the |
21 | | 2024-2025 school year, pupils in the public schools in grade |
22 | | 11 or 12 shall be taught and be required to complete a |
23 | | stand-alone, one-semester or equivalent course covering |
24 | | personal finance, which shall include, but is not limited to, |
25 | | instruction covering behavioral economics; banking and bill |
26 | | payment; investing; types of credit; managing credit, |
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1 | | including credit scores; paying for college; insurance; taxes; |
2 | | budgeting; consumer skills; retirement planning, including |
3 | | tax-advantaged retirement plans; home ownership and financing; |
4 | | and personal transportation, including car ownership and |
5 | | leasing. The State Board of Education shall devise or approve |
6 | | the personal finance education standards for the course. The |
7 | | State Board of Education may review and update these |
8 | | curriculum standards every 5 years. The State Board of |
9 | | Education may adopt or adapt national standards for personal |
10 | | finance education in implementing the curriculum standards. |
11 | | The school board shall oversee implementation of the |
12 | | personal finance course for each high school student prior to |
13 | | graduation. This oversight shall include: |
14 | | (1) identifying the certifications and credentials |
15 | | needed by teachers of the personal finance course, such as |
16 | | credentials in social studies, family and consumer |
17 | | science, mathematics, career and technical education, or |
18 | | other subject matters; |
19 | | (2) preparing a list of curriculum providers that |
20 | | delineates between core curriculum providers and |
21 | | supplementary providers in coordination with the State |
22 | | Board of Education; and |
23 | | (3) preparing a list of professional development |
24 | | providers that have the capability to support educators |
25 | | with the implementation of the course and that have |
26 | | delivered professional development to educators in the |
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1 | | State within the past 12 months. |
2 | | The school board shall develop implementation guidelines and |
3 | | timelines to assist schools in implementing this course. |
4 | | (b) (Blank).
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5 | | (c) The Financial Literacy Fund is created as a special |
6 | | fund in the State treasury. State funds and private |
7 | | contributions for the promotion of financial literacy shall be |
8 | | deposited into the Financial Literacy Fund. All money in the |
9 | | Financial Literacy Fund shall be used, subject to |
10 | | appropriation, by the State Board of Education to award grants |
11 | | to school districts for the following: |
12 | | (1) Defraying the costs of financial literacy training |
13 | | for teachers. |
14 | | (2) Rewarding a school or teacher who wins or achieves |
15 | | results at a certain level of success in a financial |
16 | | literacy competition. |
17 | | (3) Rewarding a student who wins or achieves results |
18 | | at a certain level of success in a financial literacy |
19 | | competition. |
20 | | (4) Funding activities, including books, games, field |
21 | | trips, computers, and other activities, related to |
22 | | financial literacy education. |
23 | | In awarding grants, every effort must be made to ensure |
24 | | that all geographic areas of the State are represented. |
25 | | (d) A school board may establish a special fund in which to |
26 | | receive public funds and private contributions for the |
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1 | | promotion of financial literacy. Money in the fund shall be |
2 | | used for the following: |
3 | | (1) Defraying the costs of financial literacy training |
4 | | for teachers. |
5 | | (2) Rewarding a school or teacher who wins or achieves |
6 | | results at a certain level of success in a financial |
7 | | literacy competition. |
8 | | (3) Rewarding a student who wins or achieves results |
9 | | at a certain level of success in a financial literacy |
10 | | competition. |
11 | | (4) Funding activities, including books, games, field |
12 | | trips, computers, and other activities, related to |
13 | | financial literacy education. |
14 | | (e) The State Board of Education, upon the next |
15 | | comprehensive review of the Illinois Learning Standards, is |
16 | | urged to include the instruction listed in subsection (a-5), |
17 | | basic principles of personal insurance policies , and |
18 | | understanding simple contracts. |
19 | | (Source: P.A. 99-284, eff. 8-5-15.)
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20 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
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21 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
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22 | | (a) (Blank).
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23 | | (b) (Blank). |
24 | | (c) (Blank). |
25 | | (d) (Blank). |
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1 | | (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite |
2 | | to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
entering the |
3 | | 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, |
4 | | successfully
complete all of the following courses: |
5 | | (1) Four years of language arts. |
6 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of |
7 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English |
8 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive |
9 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other |
10 | | graduation requirements.
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11 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be |
12 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and |
13 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science |
14 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry |
15 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, |
16 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education |
17 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness |
18 | | path. |
19 | | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the |
20 | | 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year |
21 | | of a course that includes intensive instruction in |
22 | | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, |
23 | | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the |
24 | | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. |
25 | | (4) Two years of science. |
26 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one |
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1 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination |
2 | | of history of the United States and American government |
3 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the |
4 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at |
5 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young |
6 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and |
7 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and |
8 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course |
9 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the |
10 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service |
11 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. |
12 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for |
13 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
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14 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school |
15 | | year, one semester, or part of
one semester, may include a |
16 | | financial literacy course. |
17 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) |
18 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include |
19 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) |
20 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech |
21 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under |
22 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course |
23 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). |
24 | | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a |
25 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil |
26 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course |
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1 | | requirements, successfully complete all of the following |
2 | | courses: |
3 | | (1) Four years of language arts. |
4 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of |
5 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English |
6 | | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive |
7 | | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other |
8 | | graduation requirements. |
9 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be |
10 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and |
11 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science |
12 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry |
13 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, |
14 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education |
15 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness |
16 | | path. |
17 | | (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive |
18 | | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, |
19 | | social studies, or any other subject and which may be |
20 | | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation |
21 | | requirements. |
22 | | (4) Two years of laboratory science. |
23 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one |
24 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination |
25 | | of history of the United States and American government |
26 | | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help |
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1 | | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, |
2 | | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be |
3 | | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. |
4 | | Civics course content shall focus on government |
5 | | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial |
6 | | issues, service learning, and simulations of the |
7 | | democratic process. School districts may utilize private |
8 | | funding available for the purposes of offering civics |
9 | | education. One semester, or part of
one semester, may |
10 | | include a financial literacy course. |
11 | | (5.5) One semester or the equivalent of a stand-alone |
12 | | course on personal finance education to be taken in grade |
13 | | 11 or 12, which may be counted toward the fulfillment of |
14 | | other graduation requirements as determined by the school |
15 | | board. |
16 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) |
17 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include |
18 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) |
19 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech |
20 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under |
21 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course |
22 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). |
23 | | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a |
24 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil |
25 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course |
26 | | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign |
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1 | | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A |
2 | | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy |
3 | | the requirement under subdivision paragraph (6) of subsection |
4 | | (e-5). |
5 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform |
6 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive |
7 | | coursework.
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8 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement |
9 | | computer science course to high school students, then the |
10 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a |
11 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the |
12 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer |
13 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative |
14 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of |
15 | | subsection (e) of this Section. |
16 | | (g) Public Act 83-1082 This amendatory Act of 1983 does |
17 | | not apply to pupils entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school |
18 | | year and prior school years or to students
with disabilities |
19 | | whose course of study is determined by an individualized
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20 | | education program.
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21 | | Public Act 94-676 This amendatory Act of the 94th General |
22 | | Assembly does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the |
23 | | 2004-2005 school year or a prior
school year or to students |
24 | | with disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an |
25 | | individualized education program.
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26 | | Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply
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1 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a |
2 | | prior
school year or to students with disabilities whose |
3 | | course of study is
determined by an individualized education |
4 | | program. |
5 | | Subsection (e-5) does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th |
6 | | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior
school year or to |
7 | | students with disabilities whose course of study is
determined |
8 | | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does |
9 | | not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 |
10 | | school year or a prior
school year or to students with |
11 | | disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an |
12 | | individualized education program. |
13 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the |
14 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the |
15 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
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16 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify |
17 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in |
18 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due |
19 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the |
20 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. |
21 | | (Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; |
22 | | 101-654, Article 50, Section 50-5, eff. 3-8-21; 101-654, |
23 | | Article 60, Section 60-5, eff. 3-8-21; 102-366, eff. 8-13-21; |
24 | | 102-551, eff. 1-1-22; 102-864, eff. 5-13-22; revised 9-2-22.)
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