Full Text of HB3638 101st General Assembly
HB3638ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Anna Moeller Filed: 3/20/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3638
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3638 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 2-3.176 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.176. Vietnamese and Laotian American refugees and | 8 | | the Cambodian genocide; model curriculum. | 9 | | (a) In this Section, "oral testimony" means the firsthand | 10 | | accounts of significant historical events presented in a format | 11 | | that includes, but is not limited to, in-person testimony, | 12 | | video, or a multimedia option, such as a DVD or an online | 13 | | video. | 14 | | (b) On or before January 1, 2023, the State Board of | 15 | | Education shall create a model curriculum that may be used by | 16 | | school districts for the teaching of the Vietnamese and Laotian |
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| 1 | | American refugee experience that includes, but is not limited | 2 | | to, the fall of Saigon in 1975. The model curriculum must be | 3 | | developed in an age-appropriate manner for instruction in | 4 | | kindergarten through grade 12 and must also comply with all of | 5 | | the following: | 6 | | (1) Be developed with participation from Vietnamese | 7 | | and Laotian American cultural centers and community groups | 8 | | located in this State, survivors, rescuers, and liberators | 9 | | of the Vietnam War, Vietnamese and Laotian American | 10 | | refugees, and a group of representatives from school | 11 | | districts, who may include teachers who have relevant | 12 | | experience or educational backgrounds in the study and | 13 | | teaching of Vietnamese or Laotian American history. | 14 | | (2) Incorporate writings and other media that | 15 | | represent all perspectives of the Vietnamese and Laotian | 16 | | refugee experience, including oral testimony by survivors, | 17 | | rescuers, and liberators of the Vietnam War, including | 18 | | Vietnamese and Laotian American refugees, Vietnamese boat | 19 | | people, and members of the Republic of Vietnam Armed | 20 | | Forces, to ensure quality standards and materials for this | 21 | | area of study. | 22 | | (3) Provide for a discussion on the Vietnamese boat | 23 | | people and members of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, | 24 | | the reasons behind the exodus, the hardships faced by the | 25 | | Vietnamese and Laotian people attempting to flee who were | 26 | | apprehended by the communist government, and the |
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| 1 | | conditions that led to the resettlement of Vietnamese and | 2 | | Laotian people in the United States. | 3 | | (c) On or before January 1, 2023, the State Board of | 4 | | Education shall create a model curriculum that may be used by | 5 | | school districts for the teaching of the Cambodian genocide. | 6 | | The model curriculum must be developed in an age-appropriate | 7 | | manner for instruction in kindergarten through grade 12 and | 8 | | must also comply with both of the following: | 9 | | (1) Be developed with participation from survivors of | 10 | | the Cambodian genocide and a group of representatives from | 11 | | school districts, who may include teachers who have | 12 | | relevant experience or educational backgrounds in the | 13 | | study and teaching of the Cambodian genocide. | 14 | | (2) Incorporate writings or other media that represent | 15 | | all perspectives of the Cambodian genocide, including oral | 16 | | testimony by survivors, to ensure quality standards and | 17 | | materials for this area of study.
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.".
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