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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0072 Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the Chicago school district must include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on nursing. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare and make available to the school board resource materials that may be used as guidelines for the development of the nursing instruction. Effective immediately.
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| | HB0072 | | LRB102 03784 CMG 13797 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 Section |
| 5 | | 27-23.15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 27-23.15. Course on nursing. Beginning with the |
| 8 | | 2021-2022 school year, a school district organized under |
| 9 | | Article 34 must include in its curriculum a unit of |
| 10 | | instruction on nursing. The school board shall determine the |
| 11 | | minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit |
| 12 | | of instruction. The State Board of Education must prepare and |
| 13 | | make available to the school board resource materials that may |
| 14 | | be used as guidelines for the development of the nursing |
| 15 | | instruction under this Section.
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| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 17 | | becoming law.
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