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90_HB2861
105 ILCS 5/27-22 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22
105 ILCS 5/27-22.3 rep.
Amends the School Code. Repeals provisions authorizing a
volunteer community service credit program for secondary
school students. Instead requires secondary school students
who enter the 9th grade in 1998-99 or thereafter to
successfully complete one semester of participation in a
community service credit course for which high school
graduation credit is awarded. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 27-22
2 and repealing Section 27-22.3.
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 the 1998-1999 1984-1985 and
11 subsequent school 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; and
21 5. one year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
22 foreign language, which shall be deemed to include
23 American Sign Language or (D) vocational education; and.
24 6. one semester of participation in a community
25 service credit course.
26 This amendatory Act of 1998 1983 does not apply to pupils
27 entering the 9th grade in the 1997-1998 1983-1984 school year
28 and prior school years or to students with disabilities whose
29 course of study is determined by an individualized education
30 program.
31 The provisions of this Section are subject to the
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1 provisions of Section 27-22.05.
2 Each school district shall establish the necessary rules,
3 regulations, and procedures applicable to its one semester
4 community service credit course and shall award high school
5 graduation credit for a pupil's participation in that course.
6 However, neither community service for which a student is
7 paid nor community service that is assigned or performed as a
8 disciplinary measure shall qualify as participation in a
9 community service credit program meeting the requirements of
10 this Section.
11 (Source: P.A. 88-269; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/27-22.3 rep.)
13 Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing
14 Section 27-22.3.
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.