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Public Act 101-0464 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
27-22 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
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Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
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(a) (Blank).
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(e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | ||||
each pupil
entering the 9th grade in the 2008-2009 school year | ||||
or a subsequent
school year must, in addition to other course | ||||
requirements, successfully
complete all of the following | ||||
courses: | ||||
(1) Four years of language arts. | ||||
(2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | ||||
which must be English and the other of which may be English | ||||
or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | ||||
courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | ||||
graduation requirements.
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(3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be |
Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | ||
one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | ||
course if the pupil successfully completes Algebra II or an | ||
integrated mathematics course with Algebra II content . A | ||
mathematics course that includes geometry content may be | ||
offered as an integrated, applied, interdisciplinary, or | ||
career and technical education course that prepares a | ||
student for a career readiness path. | ||
(4) Two years of science. | ||
(5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | ||
year must be history of the United States or a combination | ||
of history of the United States and American government | ||
and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | ||
2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | ||
least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | ||
people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | ||
attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | ||
responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | ||
content shall focus on government institutions, the | ||
discussion of current and controversial issues, service | ||
learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | ||
School districts may utilize private funding available for | ||
the purposes of offering civics education. | ||
(6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | ||
foreign language, which shall be deemed to include American | ||
Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. |
(f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | ||
school districts of standards for writing-intensive | ||
coursework.
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(f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | ||
computer science course to high school students, then the | ||
school board must designate that course as equivalent to a high | ||
school mathematics course and must denote on the student's | ||
transcript that the Advanced Placement computer science course | ||
qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative course for | ||
students in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (e) | ||
of this Section. | ||
(g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | ||
entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | ||
school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | ||
study is determined by an individualized
education program.
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This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | ||
apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | ||
year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | ||
whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | ||
education program.
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(h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | ||
provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | ||
Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
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(Source: P.A. 99-434, eff. 7-1-16 (see P.A. 99-485 for the | ||
effective date of changes made by P.A. 99-434); 99-485, eff. | ||
11-20-15; 99-674, eff. 7-29-16; 100-443, eff. 8-25-17.)
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