Full Text of SB1830 102nd General Assembly
SB1830sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel Filed: 3/25/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1830
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1830 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) (Blank).
| 9 | | (b) (Blank). | 10 | | (c) (Blank). | 11 | | (d) (Blank). | 12 | | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 13 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other | 14 | | course requirements, successfully
complete all of the | 15 | | following courses: | 16 | | (1) Four years of language arts. |
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| 1 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 2 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 3 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 4 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 5 | | graduation requirements.
| 6 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 7 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 8 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 9 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 10 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 11 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 12 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 13 | | path. | 14 | | (4) Two years of science. | 15 | | (5) 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 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 19 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 20 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 21 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 22 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 23 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 24 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 25 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 26 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. |
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| 1 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 2 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
| 3 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year
| 4 | | and each school year thereafter, one semester, or part of
| 5 | | one semester, may include a financial literacy course. | 6 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 7 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 8 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 9 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 10 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 11 | | coursework.
| 12 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 13 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 14 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 15 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 16 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 17 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 18 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 19 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 20 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 21 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 22 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 23 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 24 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 25 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 26 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities |
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| 1 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 2 | | education program.
| 3 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 4 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 5 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 6 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 7 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 8 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 9 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 10 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17; 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; | 12 | | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.".
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