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90_SB0560eng

          105 ILCS 5/2-3.63a new
          105 ILCS 5/2-3.64       +mfrom Ch. 122, par. 2-3.64@m
          Amends the School Code.  Prohibits  the  State  Board  of
      Education  from  promulgating,  distributing,  or  basing any
      Board action on any list of  State  education  goals  or  any
      final  academic standards until such goals and standards have
      been  reviewed  and  ratified  by   the   General   Assembly.
      Effective immediately.
                                                     SRS90S0028KSsa
SB560 Engrossed                                SRS90S0028KSsa
 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  School Code in relation to State
 2    goals for education.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  1.  The School Code is amended by adding Section
 6    2-3.63a as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.63a new)
 8        Sec.  2-3.63a.   State  education   goals.    After   the
 9    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 the State Board
10    of   Education  shall  adopt  lists  of  Illinois  goals  for
11    education and state goals  for  learning  and  recommend  and
12    submit  such  lists  of  goals  to the General Assembly.  The
13    General Assembly shall review such lists of goals and  ratify
14    them  in  whole  or  in  part  with  the  adoption of a joint
15    resolution.  The State Board shall not distribute or base any
16    Board action on any goals that have not been ratified by  the
17    General Assembly.
18        Section 99.  This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

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