Full Text of SB0575 94th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| 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)
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| Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
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| (a) As a prerequisite to receiving
a high school diploma, | 9 |
| each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 1984-1985 school year | 10 |
| through the 2004-2005 school year
and
subsequent years must, in | 11 |
| addition to
other course requirements,
successfully complete | 12 |
| the following courses:
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| (1)
1. three years of language arts;
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| (2)
2. two years of mathematics, one of which may be | 15 |
| related to
computer
technology;
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| (3)
3. one year of science;
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| (4)
4. two years of social studies, of which at least | 18 |
| one year
must be history
of the United States or a | 19 |
| combination of history of the United States and
American | 20 |
| government; and
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| (5)
5. One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 22 |
| foreign
language,
which shall be deemed to include American | 23 |
| Sign Language or (D)
vocational education.
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| (b) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 25 |
| each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2005-2006 school year | 26 |
| must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
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| complete all of the following courses: | 28 |
| (1) Three years of language arts. | 29 |
| (2) Three years of mathematics. | 30 |
| (3) One year of science. | 31 |
| (4) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 32 |
| year must be history of the United States or a combination |
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| of history of the United States and American government. | 2 |
| (5) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 3 |
| foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 4 |
| Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 5 |
| (c) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 6 |
| each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2006-2007 school year | 7 |
| must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
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| complete all of the following courses: | 9 |
| (1) Three years of language arts. | 10 |
| (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 11 |
| which must be English and the other of which may be English | 12 |
| or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 13 |
| courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 14 |
| graduation requirements.
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| (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 16 |
| Algebra I and one of which must include geometry content. | 17 |
| (4) One year 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 |
| (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 22 |
| foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 23 |
| Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 24 |
| (d) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 25 |
| each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2007-2008 school year | 26 |
| must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
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| complete all of the following courses: | 28 |
| (1) Three years of language arts. | 29 |
| (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 30 |
| which must be English and the other of which may be English | 31 |
| or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 32 |
| courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 33 |
| graduation requirements.
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| (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 35 |
| Algebra I and one of which must include geometry content. | 36 |
| (4) Two years of science. |
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| (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 2 |
| year must be history of the United States or a combination | 3 |
| of history of the United States and American government. | 4 |
| (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 5 |
| foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | 6 |
| Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 7 |
| (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 8 |
| each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2008-2009 school year | 9 |
| or a subsequent
school year must, in addition to other course | 10 |
| requirements, successfully
complete all of the following | 11 |
| courses: | 12 |
| (1) Four 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.
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| (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. | 27 |
| (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 28 |
| school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 29 |
| coursework.
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| (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 31 |
| entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 32 |
| school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 33 |
| study is determined by an individualized
education program.
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| This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 35 |
| apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 36 |
| year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities |
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| whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 2 |
| education program.
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| (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 4 |
| provisions of
Section
27-22.05.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-269; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law.
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