Full Text of SB3902 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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)
| 7 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 101-654, Article 50, Section | 8 | | 50-5) | 9 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 10 | | (a) (Blank).
| 11 | | (b) (Blank). | 12 | | (c) (Blank). | 13 | | (d) (Blank). | 14 | | (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite | 15 | | to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
entering the | 16 | | 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, | 17 | | successfully
complete all of the following courses: | 18 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 19 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 20 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 21 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 22 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 23 | | graduation requirements.
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| 1 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 2 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 3 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 4 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 5 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 6 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 7 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 8 | | path. | 9 | | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 10 | | 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year | 11 | | of a course that includes intensive instruction in | 12 | | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | 13 | | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | 14 | | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | 15 | | (4) Two years of science. | 16 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 17 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 18 | | of history of the United States and American government | 19 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 20 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 21 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 22 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 23 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 24 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 25 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 26 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service |
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| 1 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 2 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 3 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
| 4 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school | 5 | | year, one semester, or part of
one semester, may include a | 6 | | financial literacy course. | 7 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 8 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 9 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education , or | 10 | | (E) forensic speech (speech and debate) . A forensic speech | 11 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 12 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 13 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 14 | | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | 15 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 16 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 17 | | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | 18 | | courses: | 19 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 20 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 21 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 22 | | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | 23 | | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | 24 | | graduation requirements. | 25 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 26 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and |
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| 1 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 2 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 3 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 4 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 5 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 6 | | path. | 7 | | (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive | 8 | | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | 9 | | social studies, or any other subject and which may be | 10 | | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | 11 | | requirements. | 12 | | (4) Two years of laboratory science. | 13 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 14 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 15 | | of history of the United States and American government | 16 | | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | 17 | | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | 18 | | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | 19 | | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | 20 | | Civics course content shall focus on government | 21 | | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | 22 | | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | 23 | | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | 24 | | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | 25 | | education. One semester, or part of
one semester, may | 26 | | include a financial literacy course. |
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| 1 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 2 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 3 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education , or | 4 | | (E) forensic speech (speech and debate) . A forensic speech | 5 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 6 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 7 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 8 | | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | 9 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 10 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 11 | | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | 12 | | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | 13 | | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | 14 | | the requirement under paragraph (6) of subsection (e-5). | 15 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 16 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 17 | | coursework.
| 18 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 19 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 20 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 21 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 22 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 23 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 24 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 25 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 26 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils |
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| 1 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 2 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 3 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 4 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 5 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 6 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 7 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 8 | | education program.
| 9 | | Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply
to | 10 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a | 11 | | prior
school year or to students with disabilities whose | 12 | | course of study is
determined by an individualized education | 13 | | program. | 14 | | Subsection (e-5) does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th | 15 | | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior
school year or to | 16 | | students with disabilities whose course of study is
determined | 17 | | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | 18 | | not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | 19 | | school year or a prior
school year or to students with | 20 | | disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an | 21 | | individualized education program. | 22 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 23 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 24 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 25 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 26 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in |
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| 1 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 2 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 3 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17; 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; | 5 | | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 101-654, Article 50, Section 50-5, eff. | 6 | | 3-8-21.)
| 7 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 101-654, Article 60, Section | 8 | | 60-5) | 9 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 10 | | (a) (Blank).
| 11 | | (b) (Blank). | 12 | | (c) (Blank). | 13 | | (d) (Blank). | 14 | | (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as As a | 15 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
| 16 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 17 | | requirements, successfully
complete all of the following | 18 | | courses: | 19 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 20 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 21 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 22 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 23 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 24 | | graduation requirements.
| 25 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be |
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| 1 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 2 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 3 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 4 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 5 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 6 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 7 | | path. | 8 | | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 9 | | 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 each school year | 10 | | thereafter , one year of a course that includes intensive | 11 | | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | 12 | | social studies, or any other subject and which may be | 13 | | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | 14 | | requirements. | 15 | | (4) Two years of science. | 16 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 17 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 18 | | of history of the United States and American government | 19 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 20 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 21 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 22 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 23 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 24 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 25 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 26 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service |
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| 1 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 2 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 3 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
| 4 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school | 5 | | year, one semester, or part of
one semester, may include a | 6 | | financial literacy course. | 7 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 8 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 9 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education , or | 10 | | (E) forensic speech (speech and debate) . A forensic speech | 11 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 12 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 13 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 14 | | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | 15 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 16 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 17 | | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | 18 | | courses: | 19 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 20 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 21 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 22 | | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | 23 | | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | 24 | | graduation requirements. | 25 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 26 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and |
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| 1 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 2 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 3 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 4 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 5 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 6 | | path. | 7 | | (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive | 8 | | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | 9 | | social studies, or any other subject and which may be | 10 | | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | 11 | | requirements. | 12 | | (4) Two years of laboratory science. | 13 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 14 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 15 | | of history of the United States and American government | 16 | | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | 17 | | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | 18 | | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | 19 | | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | 20 | | Civics course content shall focus on government | 21 | | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | 22 | | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | 23 | | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | 24 | | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | 25 | | education. One semester, or part of
one semester, may | 26 | | include a financial literacy course. |
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| 1 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 2 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 3 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 4 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 5 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 6 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 7 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 8 | | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | 9 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 10 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 11 | | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | 12 | | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | 13 | | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | 14 | | the requirement under paragraph (6) of subsection (e-5). | 15 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 16 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 17 | | coursework.
| 18 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 19 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 20 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 21 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 22 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 23 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 24 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 25 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 26 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils |
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| 1 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 2 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 3 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 4 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 5 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 6 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 7 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 8 | | education program.
| 9 | | Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) This amendatory Act of | 10 | | the 101st General Assembly does not apply
to pupils entering | 11 | | the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a prior
school | 12 | | year or to students with disabilities whose course of study is
| 13 | | determined by an individualized education program. | 14 | | Subsection (e-5) does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th | 15 | | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior
school year or to | 16 | | students with disabilities whose course of study is
determined | 17 | | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | 18 | | not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | 19 | | school year or a prior
school year or to students with | 20 | | disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an | 21 | | individualized education program. | 22 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 23 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 24 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 25 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 26 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in |
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| 1 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 2 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 3 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17; 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; | 5 | | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 101-654, Article 60, Section 60-5, eff. | 6 | | 3-8-21.) | 7 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 102-366) | 8 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 9 | | (a) (Blank).
| 10 | | (b) (Blank). | 11 | | (c) (Blank). | 12 | | (d) (Blank). | 13 | | (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as As a | 14 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
| 15 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 16 | | requirements, successfully
complete all of the following | 17 | | courses: | 18 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 19 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 20 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 21 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 22 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 23 | | graduation requirements.
| 24 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 25 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and |
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| 1 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 2 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 3 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 4 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 5 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 6 | | path. | 7 | | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 8 | | 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year | 9 | | of a course that includes intensive instruction in | 10 | | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | 11 | | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | 12 | | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | 13 | | (4) Two years of science. | 14 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 15 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 16 | | of history of the United States and American government | 17 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 18 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 19 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 20 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 21 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 22 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 23 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 24 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 25 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 26 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for |
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| 1 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
| 2 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year
| 3 | | and each school year thereafter , one semester, or part of
| 4 | | one semester, may include a financial literacy course. | 5 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 6 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 7 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education , or | 8 | | (E) forensic speech (speech and debate) . A forensic speech | 9 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 10 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 11 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 12 | | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | 13 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 14 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 15 | | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | 16 | | courses: | 17 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 18 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 19 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 20 | | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | 21 | | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | 22 | | graduation requirements. | 23 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 24 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 25 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 26 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry |
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| 1 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 2 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 3 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 4 | | path. | 5 | | (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive | 6 | | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | 7 | | social studies, or any other subject and which may be | 8 | | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | 9 | | requirements. | 10 | | (4) Two years of laboratory science. | 11 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 12 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 13 | | of history of the United States and American government | 14 | | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | 15 | | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | 16 | | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | 17 | | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | 18 | | Civics course content shall focus on government | 19 | | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | 20 | | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | 21 | | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | 22 | | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | 23 | | education. One semester, or part of
one semester, may | 24 | | include a financial literacy course. | 25 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 26 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include |
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| 1 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 2 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 3 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 4 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 5 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 6 | | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | 7 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 8 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 9 | | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | 10 | | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | 11 | | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | 12 | | the requirement under paragraph (6) of subsection (e-5). | 13 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 14 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 15 | | coursework.
| 16 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 17 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 18 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 19 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 20 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 21 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 22 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 23 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 24 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 25 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 26 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of |
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| 1 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 2 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 3 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 4 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 5 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 6 | | education program.
| 7 | | Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply
to | 8 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a | 9 | | prior
school year or to students with disabilities whose | 10 | | course of study is
determined by an individualized education | 11 | | program. | 12 | | Subsection (e-5) does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th | 13 | | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior
school year or to | 14 | | students with disabilities whose course of study is
determined | 15 | | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | 16 | | not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | 17 | | school year or a prior
school year or to students with | 18 | | disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an | 19 | | individualized education program. | 20 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 21 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 22 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 23 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 24 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 25 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 26 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; | 3 | | 102-366, eff. 8-13-21.)
| 4 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 102-551) | 5 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 6 | | (a) (Blank).
| 7 | | (b) (Blank). | 8 | | (c) (Blank). | 9 | | (d) (Blank). | 10 | | (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as As a | 11 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
| 12 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 13 | | requirements, successfully
complete all of the following | 14 | | courses: | 15 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 16 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 17 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 18 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 19 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 20 | | graduation requirements.
| 21 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 22 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 23 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 24 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 25 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, |
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| 1 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 2 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 3 | | path. | 4 | | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 5 | | 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year | 6 | | of a course that includes intensive instruction in | 7 | | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | 8 | | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | 9 | | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | 10 | | (4) Two years of science. | 11 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 12 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 13 | | of history of the United States and American government | 14 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 15 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 16 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 17 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 18 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 19 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 20 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 21 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 22 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 23 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 24 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
| 25 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school | 26 | | year, one semester, or part of
one semester, may include a |
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| 1 | | financial literacy course. | 2 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 3 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 4 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 5 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 6 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 7 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 8 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 9 | | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | 10 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 11 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 12 | | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | 13 | | courses: | 14 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 15 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 16 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 17 | | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | 18 | | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | 19 | | graduation requirements. | 20 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 21 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 22 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 23 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 24 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 25 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 26 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness |
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| 1 | | path. | 2 | | (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive | 3 | | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | 4 | | social studies, or any other subject and which may be | 5 | | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | 6 | | requirements. | 7 | | (4) Two years of laboratory science. | 8 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 9 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 10 | | of history of the United States and American government | 11 | | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | 12 | | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | 13 | | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | 14 | | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | 15 | | Civics course content shall focus on government | 16 | | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | 17 | | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | 18 | | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | 19 | | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | 20 | | education. One semester, or part of
one semester, may | 21 | | include a financial literacy course. | 22 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 23 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 24 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 25 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 26 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under |
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| 1 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 2 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 3 | | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | 4 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 5 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 6 | | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | 7 | | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | 8 | | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | 9 | | the requirement under paragraph (6) of subsection (e-5). | 10 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 11 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 12 | | coursework.
| 13 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 14 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 15 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 16 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 17 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 18 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 19 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 20 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 21 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 22 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 23 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 24 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 25 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 26 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school |
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| 1 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 2 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 3 | | education program.
| 4 | | Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply
to | 5 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a | 6 | | prior
school year or to students with disabilities whose | 7 | | course of study is
determined by an individualized education | 8 | | program. | 9 | | Subsection (e-5) does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th | 10 | | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior
school year or to | 11 | | students with disabilities whose course of study is
determined | 12 | | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | 13 | | not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | 14 | | school year or a prior
school year or to students with | 15 | | disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an | 16 | | individualized education program. | 17 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 18 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 19 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 20 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 21 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 22 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 23 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 24 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; | 26 | | 102-551, eff. 1-1-22. )
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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