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90_HB0096
110 ILCS 305/7h new
110 ILCS 520/8h new
110 ILCS 660/5-72 new
110 ILCS 665/10-72 new
110 ILCS 670/15-72 new
110 ILCS 675/20-72 new
110 ILCS 680/25-72 new
110 ILCS 685/30-72 new
110 ILCS 690/35-72 new
Amends the University of Illinois Act, the Southern
Illinois University Management Act, the Chicago State
University Law, the Eastern Illinois University Law, the
Governors State University Law, the Illinois State University
Law, the Northeastern Illinois University Law, the Northern
Illinois University Law, and the Western Illinois University
Law to require the governing boards of those universities to
implement a policy under which each student who graduates
from any such university after July 1, 1998 with a bachelor's
degree in education is required to take and successfully
complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT relating to baccalaureate degree requirements,
2 amending named Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
6 adding Section 7h as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 305/7h new)
8 Sec. 7h. Baccalaureate degree requirement.
9 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each student
10 who graduates from the University after July 1, 1998 with a
11 bachelor's degree in education must take and successfully
12 complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
13 awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
14 thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
15 The Board of Trustees of the University shall immediately
16 take the steps necessary to implement the provisions of this
17 Section.
18 Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management
19 Act is amended by adding Section 8h as follows:
20 (110 ILCS 520/8h new)
21 Sec. 8h. Baccalaureate degree requirement.
22 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each student
23 who graduates from the University after July 1, 1998 with a
24 bachelor's degree in education must take and successfully
25 complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
26 awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
27 thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
28 The Board of Trustees of the University shall immediately
29 take the steps necessary to implement the provisions of this
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1 Section.
2 Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended
3 by adding Section 5-72 as follows:
4 (110 ILCS 660/5-72 new)
5 Sec. 5-72. Baccalaureate degree requirement.
6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each student
7 who graduates from the University after July 1, 1998 with a
8 bachelor's degree in education must take and successfully
9 complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
10 awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
11 thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
12 The Board of Trustees of the University shall immediately
13 take the steps necessary to implement the provisions of this
14 Section.
15 Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is
16 amended by adding Section 10-72 as follows:
17 (110 ILCS 665/10-72 new)
18 Sec. 10-72. Baccalaureate degree requirement.
19 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each student
20 who graduates from the University after July 1, 1998 with a
21 bachelor's degree in education must take and successfully
22 complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
23 awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
24 thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
25 The Board of Trustees of the University shall immediately
26 take the steps necessary to implement the provisions of this
27 Section.
28 Section 25. The Governors State University Law is
29 amended by adding Section 15-72 as follows:
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1 (110 ILCS 670/15-72 new)
2 Sec. 15-72. Baccalaureate degree requirement.
3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each student
4 who graduates from the University after July 1, 1998 with a
5 bachelor's degree in education must take and successfully
6 complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
7 awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
8 thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
9 The Board of Trustees of the University shall immediately
10 take the steps necessary to implement the provisions of this
11 Section.
12 Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended
13 by adding Section 20-72 as follows:
14 (110 ILCS 675/20-72 new)
15 Sec. 20-72. Baccalaureate degree requirement.
16 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each student
17 who graduates from the University after July 1, 1998 with a
18 bachelor's degree in education must take and successfully
19 complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
20 awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
21 thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
22 The Board of Trustees of the University shall immediately
23 take the steps necessary to implement the provisions of this
24 Section.
25 Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
26 amended by adding Section 25-72 as follows:
27 (110 ILCS 680/25-72 new)
28 Sec. 25-72. Baccalaureate degree requirement.
29 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each student
30 who graduates from the University after July 1, 1998 with a
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1 bachelor's degree in education must take and successfully
2 complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
3 awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
4 thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
5 The Board of Trustees of the University shall immediately
6 take the steps necessary to implement the provisions of this
7 Section.
8 Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is
9 amended by adding Section 30-72 as follows:
10 (110 ILCS 685/30-72 new)
11 Sec. 30-72. Baccalaureate degree requirement.
12 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each student
13 who graduates from the University after July 1, 1998 with a
14 bachelor's degree in education must take and successfully
15 complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
16 awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
17 thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
18 The Board of Trustees of the University shall immediately
19 take the steps necessary to implement the provisions of this
20 Section.
21 Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is
22 amended by adding Section 35-72 as follows:
23 (110 ILCS 690/35-72 new)
24 Sec. 35-72. Baccalaureate degree requirement.
25 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each student
26 who graduates from the University after July 1, 1998 with a
27 bachelor's degree in education must take and successfully
28 complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being
29 awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component
30 thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children.
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1 The Board of Trustees of the University shall immediately
2 take the steps necessary to implement the provisions of this
3 Section.
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.