Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
Filed: 3/25/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1830 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1830 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
527-22 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27-22)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)

7    Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.

8    (a) (Blank).







9    (b) (Blank).
10    (c) (Blank).
11    (d) (Blank).
12    (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, 
13each pupil
entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other 
14course requirements, successfully
complete all of the 
15following courses:
16        (1) Four years of language arts.
 
 
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1        (2)  Two years of writing intensive courses, one of 
2    which must be English and the other of which may be English 
3    or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive 
4    courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other 
5    graduation requirements.

6        (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be 
7    Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and 
8    one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science 
9    course. A mathematics course that includes geometry 
10    content may be offered as an integrated, applied, 
11    interdisciplinary, or career and technical education 
12    course that prepares a student for a career readiness 
13    path.
14        (4) Two years of science.
15        (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one 
16    year must be history of the United States or a combination 
17    of history of the United States and American government 
18    and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the 
19    2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at 
20    least one semester must be  civics, which shall help young 
21    people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and 
22    attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and 
23    responsible citizens throughout their lives.  Civics course 
24    content shall focus on government institutions, the 
25    discussion of current and controversial issues, service 
26    learning, and simulations of the democratic process.  
 
 
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1    School districts may utilize private funding available for 
2    the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with

3    pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year

4    and each school year thereafter, one semester, or part of

5    one semester, may include a financial literacy course.
6        (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) 
7    foreign language, which shall be deemed to include 
8    American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. 
9    (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform 
10school districts of standards for writing-intensive 
11coursework.

12    (f-5)   If a school district offers an Advanced Placement 
13computer science course to high school students, then the 
14school board must designate that course as equivalent to a 
15high school mathematics course and must denote on the 
16student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer 
17science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative 
18course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of 
19subsection (e) of this Section. 
20    (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils 
21entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior 
22school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of 
23study is determined by an individualized
education program.


24    This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not 
25apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school 
26year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities 
 
 
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1whose course of study is
determined by an individualized 
2education program.


3    (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the 
4provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the 
5Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.


6    (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify 
7the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in 
8grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due 
9to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the 
10Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. 
11(Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17; 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 
12101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)


 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
14becoming law.".