101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5261

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mary Edly-Allen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/27-20.5  from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.5

    Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the teaching of the history of women must include instruction on the significant advancements, discoveries, and contributions made by women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
527-20.5 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27-20.5)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.5)
7    Sec. 27-20.5. Study of the History of Women. Every public
8elementary school and high school shall include in its
9curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the
10history of women in America. These events shall include not
11only the contributions made by individual women in government,
12the arts, sciences, education, and in the economic, cultural,
13and political development of Illinois and of the United States,
14but shall also include a study of women's struggles to gain the
15right to vote and to be treated equally as they strive to earn
16and occupy positions of merit in our society.
17    Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the teaching of
18the history of women must include instruction on the
19significant advancements, discoveries, and contributions made
20by women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
21(STEM).
22    The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make
23available to all school boards instructional materials that may

 

 

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1be used as guidelines for development of a unit of instruction
2under this Section. Each school board shall determine the
3minimum amount of instructional time that shall qualify as a
4unit of instruction satisfying the requirements of this
5Section.
6(Source: P.A. 86-1256.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.