Full Text of HB5858 102nd General Assembly
HB5858 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB5858 Introduced 1/4/2023, by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district shall offer an extended course of study for students in grades 9 through 12 that includes instruction in: (1) the elections process for this State, for other states, and for the federal government, including instruction on the mechanisms in place to implement fair and honest elections for public offices; (2) distinguishing between ethical candidates and campaign practices and dirty, attack-style campaign practices; (3) the limitations of the regulation of truth in political advertising and political speech by the Federal Communications Commission and other governmental bodies; (4) identifying and understanding the role of funding sources and dark money in campaigns; (5) fostering critical thinking skills when reviewing electoral communications, researching candidates, and deciding whom to support; (6) seeing the importance of fairness and integrity in political campaigns, engaging with people with opposing viewpoints respectfully, and participating in elections as a part of an informed electorate; (7) evaluating the opportunities and limitations of participation in elections, voting, and the electoral process and the impact disenfranchisement has on elections, voting, and the electoral process; and (8) analyzing constitutions, laws, and agreements to determine the degree to which they achieve justice, equality, and liberty and the common good.
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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 adding Section | 5 | | 27-23.17 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new) | 7 | | Sec. 27-23.17. Extended high school civics and an | 8 | | elections education. | 9 | | (a) In addition to the instruction required to be provided | 10 | | under Sections 27-3 and 27-22, a school district maintaining | 11 | | any of grades 9 through 12 shall offer an extended course of | 12 | | study for students in these grades that includes instruction | 13 | | in: | 14 | | (1) the elections process for this State, for other | 15 | | states, and for the federal government, including | 16 | | instruction on the mechanisms in place to implement fair | 17 | | and honest elections for public offices; | 18 | | (2) distinguishing between ethical candidates and | 19 | | campaign practices and
dirty, attack-style campaign | 20 | | practices; | 21 | | (3) the limitations of the regulation of truth in | 22 | | political
advertising and political speech by the Federal | 23 | | Communications Commission and
other governmental bodies; |
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| 1 | | (4) identifying and understanding the role of funding | 2 | | sources and dark money
in campaigns; | 3 | | (5) fostering critical thinking skills when reviewing | 4 | | electoral communications,
researching candidates, and | 5 | | deciding whom to support; | 6 | | (6) seeing the importance of fairness and integrity in | 7 | | political campaigns,
engaging with people with opposing | 8 | | viewpoints respectfully, and
participating in elections as | 9 | | a part of an informed electorate; | 10 | | (7) evaluating the opportunities and limitations of | 11 | | participation in elections, voting, and the electoral | 12 | | process and the impact disenfranchisement has on | 13 | | elections, voting, and the electoral process; and | 14 | | (8) analyzing constitutions, laws, and agreements to | 15 | | determine the degree to which they achieve justice, | 16 | | equality, and liberty and the common good. | 17 | | This course of study may also include a practical | 18 | | component, such as a mock election.
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