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90_HB0515
105 ILCS 5/27-22 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22
Amends the School Code. Establishes a one year course of
study of the history, culture, and geography of non-Western
societies as an additional course required for high school
graduation for all pupils (other than students with
disabilities whose course of study is determined by an
individualized education program) entering the 9th grade
during the 1998-99 or a subsequent school year. Effective
January 1, 1998.
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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.
9 (a) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school
10 diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade in 1984-1985 and
11 subsequent years must, in addition to other course
12 requirements, successfully 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 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 but none of which shall duplicate or include
21 the content of the course requirement established by
22 subsection (b); 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 (b) In addition to other course requirements, including
31 all course requirements established under subsection (a) of
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1 this Section, each pupil entering the 9th grade during the
2 1998-1999 or any subsequent school year shall successfully
3 complete, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school
4 diploma, a one year course of study of the history, culture,
5 and geography of non-Western societies. This subsection does
6 not apply to students with disabilities whose course of study
7 is determined by an individualized education program.
8 (c) The provisions of this Section are subject to the
9 provisions of Section 27-22.05.
10 (Source: P.A. 88-269; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
12 January 1, 1998.