92nd General Assembly
Status of HB3976
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BELLOCK.

   105 ILCS 5/2-3.64         from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.64                         
   105 ILCS 5/27-3           from Ch. 122, par. 27-3                           
   105 ILCS 5/27-4           from Ch. 122, par. 27-4                           
   30 ILCS 805/8.26 new                                                        

        Amends the  School  Code.  Requires  the  nation's  founding  and      
   related  documents  to  be taught in all public high schools. Provides      
   that a public high school student may not  receive  a  certificate  of      
   graduation  without  passing  a satisfactory examination of his or her      
   knowledge of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  the  United  States      
   Constitution,  and  the  Federalist  Papers. Requires the testing of a      
   student's knowledge of these documents to be included  in  the  social      
   sciences area of the Prairie State Achievement Examination. Amends the      
   State  Mandates  Act  to require implementation without reimbursement.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
   JAN-24-2002  H  FILED WITH CLERK                                               
   JAN-28-2002  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   JAN-28-2002  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   JAN-30-2002  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               ELEM SCND ED          
   FEB-22-2002  H  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A)     RULES         HRUL    
   JAN-07-2003  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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