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90_HB0514
105 ILCS 5/27-22 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22
Amends the School Code. Requires that each high school
student, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school
diploma, must study 1/2 of one year of social studies devoted
entirely to the study of State and local government in
addition to other classes required as a prerequisite to
receiving a high school diploma.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 27-22.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 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. As a
9 prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
10 entering the 9th grade in 1984-1985 and subsequent years
11 must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully
12 complete the following courses:
13 1. three years of language arts;
14 2. two years of mathematics, one of which may be
15 related to computer technology;
16 3. one year of science;
17 4. two and 1/2 years of social studies, of which at
18 least one year must be history of the United States or a
19 combination of history of the United States and American
20 government and of which at least 1/2 of one year must be
21 devoted exclusively to the study of State and local
22 government; and
23 5. One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
24 foreign language, which shall be deemed to include
25 American Sign Language or (D) vocational education.
26 This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils
27 entering the 9th grade in 1983-1984 school year and prior
28 school years or to students with disabilities whose course of
29 study is determined by an individualized education program.
30 The provisions of this Section are subject to the
31 provisions of Section 27-22.05.
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1 (Source: P.A. 88-269; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)