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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4292 Introduced 1/22/2018, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new | | 105 ILCS 5/34-18.60 new | |
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Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to enroll its elementary schools in the Scripps National Spelling Bee program and implement an annual district-wide spelling bee competition for students in the 7th grade. Provides that members of the public must be permitted to attend the competition, and the school district shall publish notice of the date of the competition in a newspaper of general circulation within the district. Effective July 1, 2018.
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| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| | HB4292 | | LRB100 16466 NHT 31595 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections |
| 5 | | 10-20.67 and 34-18.60 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10-20.67. Seventh grade spelling bee required. The |
| 8 | | school board of each school district that maintains grades one |
| 9 | | through 8 must enroll its elementary schools in the Scripps |
| 10 | | National Spelling Bee program and implement an annual |
| 11 | | district-wide spelling bee competition for students in the 7th |
| 12 | | grade. Members of the public must be permitted to attend the |
| 13 | | competition, and the district shall publish notice of the date |
| 14 | | of the competition in a newspaper of general circulation within |
| 15 | | the district.
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| 16 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.60 new) |
| 17 | | Sec. 34-18.60. Seventh grade spelling bee required. The |
| 18 | | board must enroll its elementary schools in the Scripps |
| 19 | | National Spelling Bee program and implement an annual |
| 20 | | district-wide spelling bee competition for students in the 7th |
| 21 | | grade. Members of the public must be permitted to attend the |
| 22 | | competition, and the district shall publish notice of the date |