HB5348 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 22691 CMG 31837 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5348

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/27-2.5 new

Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to discontinue, by publicly adopted resolution, any instructional mandate in the Courses of Study Article of the School Code unless a separate State appropriation is made for the school district that provides full funding for the specific instructional mandate (with exceptions). Provides that if a student requests information on any instructional mandate that has been discontinued, then the school district shall provide the student with the requested information. Effective immediately.

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 27-2.5 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-2.5 new)

Sec. 27-2.5. Instructional mandate discontinuance.

(a) For the purposes of this Section, "instructional mandate" means any State law in this Article that requires a school district to devote any amount of time to the instruction of or engagement by students in a subject or course.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g or any other provision of this Code, a school board may discontinue, by publicly adopted resolution, any instructional mandate in this Article unless a separate State appropriation, other than funding received by the school district under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, is made for the school district that provides full funding for the specific instructional mandate. This Section, however, does not permit a school board to discontinue by resolution the requirements set forth in Sections 27-5, 27-6, 27-7, and 27-22 of this Code and Sections 27-24 through 27-24.8 of this Code.

(c) If a student requests information on any instructional mandate that has been discontinued under this Section, then the school district shall provide the student with the requested information.

(d) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules that it deems necessary for the implementation of this Section.

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