Full Text of HB4657 100th General Assembly
HB4657 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB4657 Introduced , by Rep. Natalie A. Manley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Creates the Emotional Intelligence Education Task Force to develop curriculum guidelines on emotional intelligence; sets forth provisions concerning its membership, duties, administration, and dissolution. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying emotional intelligence. Requires this unit of instruction to include teaching how to recognize, direct, and positively express emotions. Permits a school board to use the Task Force's guidelines in developing this unit of instruction. Effective immediately.
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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 adding Section | 5 | | 27-23.11 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.11 new) | 7 | | Sec. 27-23.11. Emotional intelligence education. | 8 | | (a) The Emotional Intelligence Education Task Force is | 9 | | created to develop curriculum guidelines on emotional | 10 | | intelligence. The Task Force shall consist of the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education or his or her designee and all of | 12 | | the following members, appointed by the State Superintendent: | 13 | | (1) A representative of a school district organized | 14 | | under Article 34 of this Code. | 15 | | (2) A representative of a statewide organization | 16 | | representing school boards. | 17 | | (3) A representative of a statewide organization | 18 | | representing individuals holding professional educator | 19 | | licenses with school support personnel endorsements under | 20 | | Article 21B of this Code, including school social workers, | 21 | | school psychologists, and school nurses. | 22 | | (4) A representative of a statewide organization | 23 | | representing children's mental health experts. |
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| 1 | | (5) A representative of a statewide organization | 2 | | representing school principals. | 3 | | (6) Representatives of other appropriate State | 4 | | agencies, as determined by the State Superintendent. | 5 | | Members appointed by the State Superintendent shall serve | 6 | | without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their | 7 | | reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated to | 8 | | the State Board of Education for that purpose, including | 9 | | travel, subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control | 10 | | board. The Task Force shall meet at the call of the State | 11 | | Superintendent. The State Board of Education shall provide | 12 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | 13 | | The Task Force shall develop age-appropriate, emotional | 14 | | intelligence curriculum guidelines for elementary schools and | 15 | | high schools. The guidelines shall, at a minimum, include | 16 | | teaching how to recognize, direct, and positively express | 17 | | emotions. The Task Force shall complete the guidelines on or | 18 | | before January 1, 2019. Upon completion of the guidelines the | 19 | | Task Force is dissolved. | 20 | | (b) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, every public | 21 | | elementary school and high school shall include in its | 22 | | curriculum a unit of instruction studying emotional | 23 | | intelligence. At a minimum, this unit of instruction must | 24 | | include teaching how to recognize, direct, and positively | 25 | | express emotions. In developing this unit of instruction, a | 26 | | school board may use the guidelines developed by the Emotional |
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| 1 | | Intelligence Education Task Force under subsection (a) of this | 2 | | Section.
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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