HB1336enr 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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 changing Section 27-12 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-12)

Sec. 27-12. Character education. Honesty, kindness, justice and moral courage. Every public school teacher shall teach character education, which includes the teaching of respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship, in order to raise pupils' the pupils honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good character citizenship.

(Source: P.A. 90-620, eff. 7-10-98.)

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