96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1557


 
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Sen. William Delgado
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













105 ILCS 5/27-20.7 new










    Amends the School Code.  Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events related to the forceful removal and illegal deportation of almost 2,000,000 Mexican-American U.S. citizens during the Great Depression, beginning in 1929 and ending in the mid-1940's. Allows the State Superintendent of Education to prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials.  Provides that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instruction time that shall qualify as a unit of instruction.  Effective January 1, 2010.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


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SB1557

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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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27-20.7 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/27-20.7  new)
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    Sec. 27-20.7. Study of Mexican-American History. Every 
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public elementary school and high school shall include in its 
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curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events related to 
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the forceful removal and illegal deportation of almost 
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2,000,000 Mexican-American U.S. citizens during the Great 
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Depression, beginning in 1929 and ending in the mid-1940's.
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    The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make 
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available to all school boards instructional materials, which 
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may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of 
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instruction under this Section; provided that each school board 
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shall itself determine the minimum amount of instruction time 
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that shall qualify as a unit of instruction satisfying the 
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requirements of this Section. 
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
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1, 2010.