Full Text of HB3776 103rd General Assembly
HB3776ham002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Michelle Mussman Filed: 5/18/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3776
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3776 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 2-3.196 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.196. Crosswalk and alignment. | 8 | | (a) No later than June 1, 2024, the State Board of | 9 | | Education shall, in consultation with science and health | 10 | | education specialists, educators or former educators who teach | 11 | | or have taught the subject of science or health, parents, and | 12 | | medical experts, which may include medical doctors, doctors of | 13 | | osteopathy or osteopathic medicine, registered nurses, | 14 | | chiropractic physicians, exercise physiologists, or physical | 15 | | therapists, create a crosswalk and alignment to the Illinois | 16 | | Learning Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards |
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| 1 | | adopted by the State Board of Education, and the Illinois | 2 | | Learning Standards for Science. The State Board must make the | 3 | | crosswalk and alignment and any accompanying resource | 4 | | materials available on its Internet website, so that | 5 | | elementary school teachers have access to high quality, | 6 | | age-appropriate, and free educational materials that are | 7 | | centered on anatomy, physiology, and nutrition to empower | 8 | | students with the knowledge of their own bodies and to care for | 9 | | their own health and well-being throughout their lives. | 10 | | (b) The crosswalk and alignment required under this | 11 | | Section shall be focused on how to empower students with the | 12 | | knowledge to adequately understand their own bodies and care | 13 | | for their own health and well-being throughout their lives, | 14 | | with the idea that science education is more human-centered. | 15 | | The crosswalk and alignment shall additionally focus on | 16 | | connecting this human-centered science education with other | 17 | | sciences as students advance to other areas of their science | 18 | | education, such as chemistry, biology, and physics, taught at | 19 | | later grade levels. | 20 | | (c) The crosswalk and alignment required under this | 21 | | Section shall include a review of the Illinois Learning | 22 | | Standards for Science and include recommendations to the State | 23 | | Board of Education to update the Illinois Learning Standards | 24 | | for Science by December 31, 2025. | 25 | | (d) No later than December 31, 2030 and, at a minimum, | 26 | | every 5 years thereafter, the State Board of Education shall |
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| 1 | | review and, as appropriate, update the crosswalk and alignment | 2 | | documents and resource materials made available under this | 3 | | Section. ".
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