Full Text of HB3711 103rd General Assembly
HB3711 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB3711 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-22 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 |
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Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that a mathematics course that includes geometry content may be offered as an integrated, applied, interdisciplinary, or career and technical education course that prepares a student for a career readiness path. Effective June 30, 2024.
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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 changing Section | 5 | | 27-22 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) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite | 13 | | to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
entering the | 14 | | 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, | 15 | | successfully
complete all of the following courses: | 16 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 17 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 18 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 19 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 20 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 21 | | graduation requirements.
| 22 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 23 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and |
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| 1 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 2 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 3 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 4 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 5 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 6 | | path. A mathematics course that includes geometry content | 7 | | may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 8 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 9 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 10 | | path. | 11 | | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 12 | | 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year | 13 | | of a course that includes intensive instruction in | 14 | | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | 15 | | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | 16 | | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | 17 | | (4) Two years of science. | 18 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 19 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 20 | | of history of the United States and American government | 21 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 22 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 23 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 24 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 25 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 26 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course |
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| 1 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 2 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 3 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 4 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 5 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
| 6 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school | 7 | | year, one semester, or part of
one semester, may include a | 8 | | financial literacy course. | 9 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 10 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 11 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 12 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 13 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 14 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 15 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 16 | | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | 17 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 18 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 19 | | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | 20 | | courses: | 21 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 22 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 23 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 24 | | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | 25 | | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | 26 | | graduation requirements. |
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| 1 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 2 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 3 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 4 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 5 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 6 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 7 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 8 | | path. A mathematics course that includes geometry content | 9 | | may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 10 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 11 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 12 | | path. | 13 | | (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive | 14 | | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | 15 | | social studies, or any other subject and which may be | 16 | | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | 17 | | requirements. | 18 | | (4) Two years of laboratory science. | 19 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 20 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 21 | | of history of the United States and American government | 22 | | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | 23 | | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | 24 | | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | 25 | | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | 26 | | Civics course content shall focus on government |
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| 1 | | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | 2 | | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | 3 | | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | 4 | | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | 5 | | education. One semester, or part of
one semester, may | 6 | | include a financial literacy course. | 7 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 8 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 9 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 10 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 11 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 12 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 13 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 14 | | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | 15 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 16 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 17 | | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | 18 | | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | 19 | | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | 20 | | the requirement under subdivision paragraph (6) of subsection | 21 | | (e-5). | 22 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 23 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 24 | | coursework.
| 25 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 26 | | computer science course to high school students, then the |
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| 1 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 2 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 3 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 4 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 5 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 6 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 7 | | (g) Public Act 83-1082 This amendatory Act of 1983 does | 8 | | not apply to pupils entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school | 9 | | year and prior school years or to students
with disabilities | 10 | | whose course of study is determined by an individualized
| 11 | | education program.
| 12 | | Public Act 94-676 This amendatory Act of the 94th General | 13 | | Assembly does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 14 | | 2004-2005 school year or a prior
school year or to students | 15 | | with disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an | 16 | | individualized education program.
| 17 | | Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply
to | 18 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a | 19 | | prior
school year or to students with disabilities whose | 20 | | course of study is
determined by an individualized education | 21 | | program. | 22 | | Subsection (e-5) does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th | 23 | | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior
school year or to | 24 | | students with disabilities whose course of study is
determined | 25 | | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | 26 | | not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 |
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| 1 | | school year or a prior
school year or to students with | 2 | | disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an | 3 | | individualized education program. | 4 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 5 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 6 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 7 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 8 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 9 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 10 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 11 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; | 13 | | 101-654, Article 50, Section 50-5, eff. 3-8-21; 101-654, | 14 | | Article 60, Section 60-5, eff. 3-8-21; 102-366, eff. 8-13-21; | 15 | | 102-551, eff. 1-1-22; 102-864, eff. 5-13-22; revised 9-2-22.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 30, | 17 | | 2024.
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