HB2469 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2469

Introduced , by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/27-23.13 new

Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, each school district that maintains grade 9 must include in its curriculum and require all ninth grade students to take a unit of instruction on home economics that includes, but is not limited to, instruction on family finance, wellness, personal hygiene, food preparation, and nutrition. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 27-23.13 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-23.13 new)

Sec. 27-23.13. Home economics course. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, each school district that maintains grade 9 must include in its curriculum and require all ninth grade students to take a unit of instruction on home economics that includes, but is not limited to, instruction on family finance, wellness, personal hygiene, food preparation, and nutrition. The school board shall determine the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction satisfying the requirements of this Section.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.