Date	Chamber	Action
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die

Synopsis As Introduced
Directs the Illinois State Board of Education to conduct an audit of every Illinois school district's history curriculum from K-12 to review the following: (1) Does the district's curricular material in any format contain a current unit on African American history, (2) At what grade school level does the district begin teaching African American history, (3) At what level does the district stop teaching African American history, (4) Does standardized testing include material on African American history, and if so, at what levels, and (5) What is ISBE's position on teaching African American history, what are their protocols, and what are their penalties if their instructions are not being followed.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
5/15/2018	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
5/16/2018	House	Referred to Rules Committee
11/26/2018	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
11/27/2018	House	Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; Rep. Lou Lang
11/27/2018	House	Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die

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