Full Text of SB3879 102nd General Assembly
SB3879 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB3879 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Karina Villa SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-22 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 |
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Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code with respect to high school course requirements. Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, provides that foreign language courses may include courses in machine control language. 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 changing Section | 5 | | 27-22 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
| 7 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 101-654, Article 50, Section | 8 | | 50-5) | 9 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 10 | | (a) (Blank).
| 11 | | (b) (Blank). | 12 | | (c) (Blank). | 13 | | (d) (Blank). | 14 | | (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite | 15 | | to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
entering the | 16 | | 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, | 17 | | successfully
complete all of the following courses: | 18 | | (1) Four 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.
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| 1 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 2 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 3 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 4 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 5 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 6 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 7 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 8 | | path. | 9 | | (4) Two years of science. | 10 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 11 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 12 | | of history of the United States and American government | 13 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 14 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 15 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 16 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 17 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 18 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 19 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 20 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 21 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 22 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 23 | | the purposes of offering civics education. | 24 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 25 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 26 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. |
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| 1 | | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | 2 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 3 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 4 | | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | 5 | | courses: | 6 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 7 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 8 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 9 | | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | 10 | | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | 11 | | graduation requirements. | 12 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 13 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 14 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 15 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 16 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 17 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 18 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 19 | | path. | 20 | | (4) Two years of laboratory 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 | | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | 25 | | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | 26 | | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be |
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| 1 | | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | 2 | | Civics course content shall focus on government | 3 | | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | 4 | | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | 5 | | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | 6 | | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | 7 | | education. | 8 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 9 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 10 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 11 | | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | 12 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 13 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 14 | | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | 15 | | language courses, which may include American Sign Language or | 16 | | machine control language . A pupil may choose a third year of | 17 | | foreign language to satisfy the requirement under paragraph | 18 | | (6) of subsection (e-5). | 19 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 20 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 21 | | coursework.
| 22 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 23 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 24 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 25 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 26 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer |
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| 1 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 2 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 3 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 4 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 5 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 6 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 7 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 8 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 9 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 10 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 11 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 12 | | education program.
| 13 | | Subsection (e-5) does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th | 14 | | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior
school year or to | 15 | | students with disabilities whose course of study is
determined | 16 | | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | 17 | | not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | 18 | | school year or a prior
school year or to students with | 19 | | disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an | 20 | | individualized education program. | 21 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 22 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 23 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 24 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 25 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 26 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due |
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| 1 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 2 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17; 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; | 4 | | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 101-654, Article 50, Section 50-5, eff. | 5 | | 3-8-21.)
| 6 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 101-654, Article 60, Section | 7 | | 60-5) | 8 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 9 | | (a) (Blank).
| 10 | | (b) (Blank). | 11 | | (c) (Blank). | 12 | | (d) (Blank). | 13 | | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 14 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other | 15 | | course requirements, successfully
complete all of the | 16 | | following courses: | 17 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 18 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 19 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 20 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 21 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 22 | | graduation requirements.
| 23 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 24 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 25 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science |
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| 1 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 2 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 3 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 4 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 5 | | path. | 6 | | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 7 | | 2022-2023 school year and each school year thereafter, one | 8 | | year of a course that includes intensive instruction in | 9 | | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | 10 | | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | 11 | | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | 12 | | (4) Two years of science. | 13 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 14 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 15 | | of history of the United States and American government | 16 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 17 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 18 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 19 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 20 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 21 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 22 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 23 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 24 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 25 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 26 | | the purposes of offering civics education. |
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| 1 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 2 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 3 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 4 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 5 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 6 | | coursework.
| 7 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 8 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 9 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 10 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 11 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 12 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 13 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 14 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 15 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 16 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 17 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 18 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 19 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 20 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 21 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 22 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 23 | | education program.
| 24 | | This amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly does not | 25 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 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; 101-654, Article 60, Section 60-5, eff. | 13 | | 3-8-21.) | 14 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 102-366) | 15 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 16 | | (a) (Blank).
| 17 | | (b) (Blank). | 18 | | (c) (Blank). | 19 | | (d) (Blank). | 20 | | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 21 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other | 22 | | course requirements, successfully
complete all of the | 23 | | following courses: | 24 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 25 | | (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, one of which must include geometry content, and | 7 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 8 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 9 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 10 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 11 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 12 | | path. | 13 | | (4) Two years of science. | 14 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 15 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 16 | | of history of the United States and American government | 17 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 18 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 19 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 20 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 21 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 22 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 23 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 24 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 25 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 26 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for |
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| 1 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
| 2 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year
| 3 | | and each school year thereafter, one semester, or part of
| 4 | | one semester, may include a financial literacy course. | 5 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 6 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 7 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 8 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 9 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 10 | | coursework.
| 11 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 12 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 13 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 14 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 15 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 16 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 17 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 18 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 19 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 20 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 21 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 22 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 23 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 24 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 25 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 26 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized |
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| 1 | | education program.
| 2 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 3 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 4 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 5 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 6 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 7 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 8 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 9 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; | 11 | | 102-366, eff. 8-13-21.)
| 12 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 102-551) | 13 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 14 | | (a) (Blank).
| 15 | | (b) (Blank). | 16 | | (c) (Blank). | 17 | | (d) (Blank). | 18 | | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 19 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other | 20 | | course requirements, successfully
complete all of the | 21 | | following courses: | 22 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 23 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 24 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 25 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive |
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| 1 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 2 | | graduation requirements.
| 3 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 4 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 5 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 6 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 7 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 8 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 9 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 10 | | path. | 11 | | (4) Two years of science. | 12 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 13 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 14 | | of history of the United States and American government | 15 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 16 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 17 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 18 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 19 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 20 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 21 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 22 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 23 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 24 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 25 | | the purposes of offering civics education. | 26 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) |
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| 1 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 2 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 3 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 4 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 5 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 6 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 7 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 8 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 9 | | coursework.
| 10 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 11 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 12 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 13 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 14 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 15 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 16 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 17 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 18 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 19 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 20 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 21 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 22 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 23 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 24 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 25 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 26 | | education program.
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| 1 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 2 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 3 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 4 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 5 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 6 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 7 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 8 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; | 10 | | 102-551, eff. 1-1-22. )
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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