Full Text of HB5621 98th General Assembly
HB5621ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Mike Fortner Filed: 3/21/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5621
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5621 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 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 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 8 | | (a) As a prerequisite to receiving
a high school diploma, | 9 | | each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 1984-1985 school year | 10 | | through the 2004-2005 school year must, in addition to
other | 11 | | course requirements,
successfully complete the following | 12 | | courses:
| 13 | | (1) three years of language arts;
| 14 | | (2) two years of mathematics, one of which may be | 15 | | related to
computer
technology;
| 16 | | (3) one year of science;
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| 1 | | (4) two years of social studies, of which at least one | 2 | | year
must be history
of the United States or a combination | 3 | | of history of the United States and
American government; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | (5) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 6 | | foreign
language,
which shall be deemed to include American | 7 | | Sign Language or (D)
vocational education.
| 8 | | (b) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 9 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2005-2006 school year | 10 | | must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
| 11 | | complete all of the following courses: | 12 | | (1) Three years of language arts. | 13 | | (2) Three years of mathematics. | 14 | | (3) One year of science. | 15 | | (4) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 16 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 17 | | of history of the United States and American government. | 18 | | (5) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 19 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 20 | | Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 21 | | (c) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 22 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2006-2007 school year | 23 | | must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
| 24 | | complete all of the following courses: | 25 | | (1) Three years of language arts. | 26 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of |
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| 1 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 2 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 3 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 4 | | graduation requirements.
| 5 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 6 | | Algebra I and one of which must include geometry content. | 7 | | (4) One year of 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 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 12 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 13 | | Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 14 | | (d) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 15 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2007-2008 school year | 16 | | must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
| 17 | | complete all of the following courses: | 18 | | (1) Three 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 and one of which must include geometry content. | 26 | | (4) Two years of science. |
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| 1 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 2 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 3 | | of history of the United States and American government. | 4 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 5 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 6 | | Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 7 | | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 8 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2008-2009 school year | 9 | | through the 2014-2015 or a subsequent
school year must, in | 10 | | addition to other course requirements, successfully
complete | 11 | | all of the following courses: | 12 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 13 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 14 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 15 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 16 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 17 | | graduation requirements.
| 18 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 19 | | Algebra I and one of which must include geometry content. | 20 | | (4) Two years of science. | 21 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 22 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 23 | | of history of the United States and American government. | 24 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 25 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 26 | | Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. |
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| 1 | | (e-5) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 2 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2015-2016 school year | 3 | | or a subsequent
school year must, in addition to other course | 4 | | requirements, successfully
complete all of the following | 5 | | courses: | 6 | | (1) Four years of language arts aligned with the | 7 | | content of the Illinois Learning Standards for English | 8 | | Language Arts. All students must complete a course in | 9 | | English language arts during their senior year. | 10 | | (2) Two years of writing-intensive courses, one of | 11 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 12 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 13 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 14 | | graduation requirements. | 15 | | (3) Three years of mathematics that align with the | 16 | | content of the Illinois Learning Standards for | 17 | | Mathematics.
All students must complete the required 3 | 18 | | years of mathematics while enrolled in high school and | 19 | | shall complete a mathematics course during their final year | 20 | | of high school. Where applicable, non-traditional math | 21 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of the | 22 | | 3-year mathematics requirement if the courses are approved | 23 | | by the school board. | 24 | | (4) Two years of science. | 25 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 26 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination |
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| 1 | | of history of the United States and American government. | 2 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 3 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 4 | | Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 5 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 6 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 7 | | coursework.
| 8 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 9 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 10 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 11 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 12 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 13 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 14 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 15 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 16 | | education program.
| 17 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 18 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 94-676, eff. 8-24-05.)
| 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.10 rep.) | 21 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing Section | 22 | | 27-22.10.".
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