HB3776ham002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Michelle Mussman

Filed: 5/18/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3776

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3776 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 2-3.196 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)

Sec. 2-3.196. Crosswalk and alignment.

(a) No later than June 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall, in consultation with science and health education specialists, educators or former educators who teach or have taught the subject of science or health, parents, and medical experts, which may include medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine, registered nurses, chiropractic physicians, exercise physiologists, or physical therapists, create a crosswalk and alignment to the Illinois Learning Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards adopted by the State Board of Education, and the Illinois Learning Standards for Science. The State Board must make the crosswalk and alignment and any accompanying resource materials available on its Internet website, so that elementary school teachers have access to high quality, age-appropriate, and free educational materials that are centered on anatomy, physiology, and nutrition to empower students with the knowledge of their own bodies and to care for their own health and well-being throughout their lives.

(b) The crosswalk and alignment required under this Section shall be focused on how to empower students with the knowledge to adequately understand their own bodies and care for their own health and well-being throughout their lives, with the idea that science education is more human-centered. The crosswalk and alignment shall additionally focus on connecting this human-centered science education with other sciences as students advance to other areas of their science education, such as chemistry, biology, and physics, taught at later grade levels.

(c) The crosswalk and alignment required under this Section shall include a review of the Illinois Learning Standards for Science and include recommendations to the State Board of Education to update the Illinois Learning Standards for Science by December 31, 2025.

(d) No later than December 31, 2030 and, at a minimum, every 5 years thereafter, the State Board of Education shall review and, as appropriate, update the crosswalk and alignment documents and resource materials made available under this Section.".