Full Text of HB1402 99th General Assembly
HB1402eng 99TH 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 | | 27-20.4 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-20.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4)
| 7 | | Sec. 27-20.4. Black History Study. Every public elementary | 8 | | school and
high school shall include in its curriculum a unit | 9 | | of instruction studying
the events of Black History, including | 10 | | the history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and | 11 | | the vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall | 12 | | include not only the
contributions made by individual | 13 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities and | 14 | | sciences to the economic, cultural and political
development of | 15 | | the United States and Africa, but also the socio-economic
| 16 | | struggle which African-Americans experienced collectively in | 17 | | striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment under the laws of | 18 | | this nation. The
studying of this material shall constitute an | 19 | | affirmation by students of
their commitment to respect the | 20 | | dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever eschew every | 21 | | form of discrimination in their lives and careers. In no event | 22 | | may a student complete the 8th grade or graduate from high | 23 | | school without studying this material.
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| 1 | | The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make | 2 | | available to
all school boards instructional materials, | 3 | | including those established by the Amistad Commission, which | 4 | | may be used as guidelines
for development of a unit of | 5 | | instruction under this Section; provided,
however, that each | 6 | | school board shall itself determine the minimum amount
of | 7 | | instruction time which shall qualify as a unit of instruction | 8 | | satisfying
the requirements of this Section.
| 9 | | A school may meet the requirements of this Section through | 10 | | an online program or course. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-285, eff. 7-21-05.)
| 12 | | Section 10. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 13 | | adding Section 90 as follows: | 14 | | (110 ILCS 305/90 new) | 15 | | Sec. 90. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 of the | 16 | | Board of Higher Education Act, the University shall offer a | 17 | | course studying
the events of Black History, including the | 18 | | history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the | 19 | | vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include | 20 | | not only the
contributions made by individual | 21 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities, | 22 | | and sciences to the economic, cultural, and political
| 23 | | development of the United States and Africa, but also the | 24 | | socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced |
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| 1 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 2 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall | 3 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 4 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever | 5 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 6 | | The University may meet the requirements of this Section by | 7 | | offering an online course. | 8 | | Section 15. The Southern Illinois University Management | 9 | | Act is amended by adding Section 75 as follows: | 10 | | (110 ILCS 520/75 new) | 11 | | Sec. 75. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 of the | 12 | | Board of Higher Education Act, the University shall offer a | 13 | | course studying
the events of Black History, including the | 14 | | history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the | 15 | | vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include | 16 | | not only the
contributions made by individual | 17 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities, | 18 | | and sciences to the economic, cultural, and political
| 19 | | development of the United States and Africa, but also the | 20 | | socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced | 21 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 22 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall | 23 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 24 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever |
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| 1 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 2 | | The University may meet the requirements of this Section by | 3 | | offering an online course. | 4 | | Section 20. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 5-185 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-185 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5-185. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 of | 8 | | the Board of Higher Education Act, the University shall offer a | 9 | | course studying
the events of Black History, including the | 10 | | history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the | 11 | | vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include | 12 | | not only the
contributions made by individual | 13 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities, | 14 | | and sciences to the economic, cultural, and political
| 15 | | development of the United States and Africa, but also the | 16 | | socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced | 17 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 18 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall | 19 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 20 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever | 21 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 22 | | The University may meet the requirements of this Section by | 23 | | offering an online course. |
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| 1 | | Section 25. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 2 | | by adding Section 10-185 as follows: | 3 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-185 new) | 4 | | Sec. 10-185. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 of | 5 | | the Board of Higher Education Act, the University shall offer a | 6 | | course studying
the events of Black History, including the | 7 | | history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the | 8 | | vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include | 9 | | not only the
contributions made by individual | 10 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities, | 11 | | and sciences to the economic, cultural, and political
| 12 | | development of the United States and Africa, but also the | 13 | | socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced | 14 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 15 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall | 16 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 17 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever | 18 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 19 | | The University may meet the requirements of this Section by | 20 | | offering an online course. | 21 | | Section 30. The Governors State University Law is amended | 22 | | by adding Section 15-185 as follows: | 23 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-185 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 15-185. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 of | 2 | | the Board of Higher Education Act, the University shall offer a | 3 | | course studying
the events of Black History, including the | 4 | | history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the | 5 | | vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include | 6 | | not only the
contributions made by individual | 7 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities, | 8 | | and sciences to the economic, cultural, and political
| 9 | | development of the United States and Africa, but also the | 10 | | socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced | 11 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 12 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall | 13 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 14 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever | 15 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 16 | | The University may meet the requirements of this Section by | 17 | | offering an online course. | 18 | | Section 35. The Illinois State University Law is amended by | 19 | | adding Section 20-190 as follows: | 20 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-190 new) | 21 | | Sec. 20-190. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 of | 22 | | the Board of Higher Education Act, the University shall offer a | 23 | | course studying
the events of Black History, including the | 24 | | history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the |
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| 1 | | vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include | 2 | | not only the
contributions made by individual | 3 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities, | 4 | | and sciences to the economic, cultural, and political
| 5 | | development of the United States and Africa, but also the | 6 | | socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced | 7 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 8 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall | 9 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 10 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever | 11 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 12 | | The University may meet the requirements of this Section by | 13 | | offering an online course. | 14 | | Section 40. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 15 | | amended by adding Section 25-185 as follows: | 16 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-185 new) | 17 | | Sec. 25-185. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 of | 18 | | the Board of Higher Education Act, the University shall offer a | 19 | | course studying
the events of Black History, including the | 20 | | history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the | 21 | | vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include | 22 | | not only the
contributions made by individual | 23 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities, | 24 | | and sciences to the economic, cultural, and political
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| 1 | | development of the United States and Africa, but also the | 2 | | socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced | 3 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 4 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall | 5 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 6 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever | 7 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 8 | | The University may meet the requirements of this Section by | 9 | | offering an online course. | 10 | | Section 45. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended | 11 | | by adding Section 30-195 as follows: | 12 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-195 new) | 13 | | Sec. 30-195. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 of | 14 | | the Board of Higher Education Act, the University shall offer a | 15 | | course studying
the events of Black History, including the | 16 | | history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the | 17 | | vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include | 18 | | not only the
contributions made by individual | 19 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities, | 20 | | and sciences to the economic, cultural, and political
| 21 | | development of the United States and Africa, but also the | 22 | | socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced | 23 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 24 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall |
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| 1 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 2 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever | 3 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 4 | | The University may meet the requirements of this Section by | 5 | | offering an online course. | 6 | | Section 50. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 7 | | by adding Section 35-190 as follows: | 8 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-190 new) | 9 | | Sec. 35-190. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 of | 10 | | the Board of Higher Education Act, the University shall offer a | 11 | | course studying
the events of Black History, including the | 12 | | history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the | 13 | | vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include | 14 | | not only the
contributions made by individual | 15 | | African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities, | 16 | | and sciences to the economic, cultural, and political
| 17 | | development of the United States and Africa, but also the | 18 | | socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced | 19 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 20 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall | 21 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 22 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever | 23 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 24 | | The University may meet the requirements of this Section by |
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| 1 | | offering an online course. | 2 | | Section 55. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 3 | | adding Section 3-29.11 as follows: | 4 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-29.11 new) | 5 | | Sec. 3-29.11. Black History course. Subject to Section 7 | 6 | | of the Board of Higher Education Act, every community college | 7 | | shall offer a course studying
the events of Black History, | 8 | | including the history of the African slave trade, slavery in | 9 | | America, and the vestiges of slavery in this country. These | 10 | | events shall include not only the
contributions made by | 11 | | individual African-Americans in government and in the
arts, | 12 | | humanities, and sciences to the economic, cultural, and | 13 | | political
development of the United States and Africa, but also | 14 | | the socio-economic
struggle that African-Americans experienced | 15 | | collectively in striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment | 16 | | under the laws of this nation. The
taking of this course shall | 17 | | constitute an affirmation by students of
their commitment to | 18 | | respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever | 19 | | eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers. | 20 | | A community college may meet the requirements of this | 21 | | Section by offering an online course.
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