Full Text of HB4241 99th General Assembly
HB4241 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB4241 Introduced , by Rep. Deborah Conroy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-22 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 |
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If and only if House Bill 4025 of the 99th General Assembly becomes law, amends the School Code to provide that the requirement that at least one semester of a high school student's 2 years of social studies be civics applies beginning with students
entering the 9th grade in the 2016-2017 school year. Effective immediately or on the date House Bill 4025 of the 99th General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.
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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. If and only if House Bill 4025 of the 99th | 5 | | General Assembly becomes law, the School Code is amended by | 6 | | changing Section 27-22 as follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
| 8 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 9 | | (a) As a prerequisite to receiving
a high school diploma, | 10 | | each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 1984-1985 school year | 11 | | through the 2004-2005 school year must, in addition to
other | 12 | | course requirements,
successfully complete the following | 13 | | courses:
| 14 | | (1) three years of language arts;
| 15 | | (2) two years of mathematics, one of which may be | 16 | | related to
computer
technology;
| 17 | | (3) one year of science;
| 18 | | (4) two years of social studies, of which at least one | 19 | | year
must be history
of the United States or a combination | 20 | | of history of the United States and
American government; | 21 | | and
| 22 | | (5) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 23 | | foreign
language,
which shall be deemed to include American |
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| 1 | | Sign Language or (D)
vocational education.
| 2 | | (b) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 3 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2005-2006 school year | 4 | | must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
| 5 | | complete all of the following courses: | 6 | | (1) Three years of language arts. | 7 | | (2) Three years of mathematics. | 8 | | (3) One year of science. | 9 | | (4) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 10 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 11 | | of history of the United States and American government. | 12 | | (5) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 13 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 14 | | Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 15 | | (c) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 16 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2006-2007 school year | 17 | | must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
| 18 | | complete all of the following courses: | 19 | | (1) Three years of language arts. | 20 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 21 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 22 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 23 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 24 | | graduation requirements.
| 25 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 26 | | Algebra I and one of which must include geometry content. |
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| 1 | | (4) One year of science. | 2 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 3 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 4 | | of history of the United States and American government. | 5 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 6 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 7 | | Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 8 | | (d) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 9 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2007-2008 school year | 10 | | must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
| 11 | | complete all of the following courses: | 12 | | (1) Three years of language arts. | 13 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 14 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 15 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 16 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 17 | | graduation requirements.
| 18 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 19 | | Algebra I and one of which must include geometry content. | 20 | | (4) Two years of 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 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 25 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 26 | | Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. |
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| 1 | | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 2 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2008-2009 school year | 3 | | or a subsequent
school year 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. When applicable, writing-intensive | 10 | | courses may be counted towards 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 if the pupil successfully completes Algebra II or an | 16 | | integrated mathematics course with Algebra II content. | 17 | | (4) Two years of science. | 18 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 19 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 20 | | of history of the United States and American government | 21 | | and , beginning with pupils
entering the 9th grade in the | 22 | | 2016-2017 school year, at least one semester must be | 23 | | civics, which shall help young people acquire and learn to | 24 | | use the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare | 25 | | them to be competent and responsible citizens throughout | 26 | | their lives. Civics course content shall focus on |
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| 1 | | government institutions, the discussion of current and | 2 | | controversial issues, service learning, and simulations of | 3 | | the democratic process. School districts may utilize | 4 | | private funding available for the purposes of offering | 5 | | civics education. | 6 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 7 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 8 | | 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 high | 15 | | school mathematics course and must denote on the student's | 16 | | transcript that the Advanced Placement computer science course | 17 | | qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative course for | 18 | | students in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (e) | 19 | | 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.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 98-885, eff. 8-15-14; 09900HB4025enr.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law or on the date House Bill 4025 of the 99th General | 8 | | Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.
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