Public Act 094-0187
 
HB1336 Enrolled LRB094 09318 LJB 39558 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
27-12 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/27-12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-12)
    Sec. 27-12. Character education. Honesty, kindness,
justice and moral courage. Every public school teacher shall
teach character education, which includes the teaching of
respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness,
and citizenship, in order to raise pupils' the pupils honesty,
kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral
courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the
standard of good character citizenship.
(Source: P.A. 90-620, eff. 7-10-98.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/12/2005