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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB5489 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the school board of a school district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 may provide to its students in grades 9 through 12 a unit of instruction studying the events of labor history. Provides that the instruction may also include information on the rights of workers and employment opportunities. Sets forth the events and information that may be included in the instruction. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of the instruction. Provides that the instruction may be provided through an online program or course. Effective July 1, 2024. |
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| | HB5489 | | LRB103 38183 RJT 68316 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning education. |
2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
5 | | 27-23.17 as follows: |
6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new) |
7 | | Sec. 27-23.17. Labor history. |
8 | | (a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the school |
9 | | board of a school district that maintains any of grades 9 |
10 | | through 12 may provide to its students in grades 9 through 12 a |
11 | | unit of instruction studying the events of labor history, |
12 | | which may include, but is not limited to, all of the following: |
13 | | (1) The railroad strikes of the 19th century. |
14 | | (2) The Haymarket Square massacre and other uses of |
15 | | force in response to labor unrest. |
16 | | (3) The role organized labor played during World War |
17 | | II. |
18 | | (4) The federal Wagner Act, the federal Taft-Hartley |
19 | | Act, and the modern labor peace. |
20 | | (5) The decline of private sector unions, and the |
21 | | modern resurgence in labor organizing and actions. |
22 | | (6) The rights and protections that organized labor |
23 | | won. |