Full Text of HB4886 102nd General Assembly
HB4886ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. David A. Welter Filed: 2/24/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4886
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4886 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 5.668 as follows:
| 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.668)
| 7 | | Sec. 5.668. The High School Financial Literacy Fund. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 94-929, eff. 6-26-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 9 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing | 10 | | Sections 27-12.1 and 27-22 as follows:
| 11 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-12.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-12.1)
| 12 | | Sec. 27-12.1. Consumer education. | 13 | | (a) Pupils in the public schools in
grades 9 through 12 | 14 | | shall be taught and be required to study courses
which include |
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| 1 | | instruction in the area of consumer education, including
but | 2 | | not necessarily limited to (i) understanding the basic | 3 | | concepts of financial literacy, including consumer debt and | 4 | | installment purchasing (including credit scoring, managing | 5 | | credit debt, and completing a loan application), budgeting, | 6 | | savings and investing, banking (including balancing a | 7 | | checkbook, opening a deposit account, and the use of interest | 8 | | rates), understanding simple contracts, State and federal | 9 | | income taxes, personal insurance policies, the
comparison of | 10 | | prices, higher education student loans, identity-theft | 11 | | security, and homeownership (including the basic process of | 12 | | obtaining a mortgage and the concepts of fixed and adjustable | 13 | | rate mortgages, subprime loans, and predatory lending), and | 14 | | (ii)
understanding the roles of consumers
interacting with | 15 | | agriculture, business, labor unions and government in
| 16 | | formulating and achieving the goals of the mixed free | 17 | | enterprise system.
The State Board of Education shall devise | 18 | | or approve the
consumer education curriculum for grades 9 | 19 | | through 12 and specify the
minimum amount of instruction to be | 20 | | devoted thereto.
| 21 | | (a-5) In this subsection (a-5), "approved costs" means any | 22 | | costs necessary to meet the additional requirements adopted by | 23 | | the State Board of Education under this subsection (a-5). | 24 | | Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a school | 25 | | district shall require an individual to have a professional | 26 | | educator license with a validation in financial literacy to |
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| 1 | | provide financial literacy instruction under this Section, | 2 | | unless the individual holds a professional educator license | 3 | | with an endorsement in social studies, family and consumer | 4 | | sciences, or business education. | 5 | | To obtain a validation in financial literacy, an | 6 | | individual shall hold a valid professional educator license | 7 | | and meet additional requirements for validation adopted by the | 8 | | State Board of Education. Prior to adopting rules to establish | 9 | | a financial literacy validation on a professional educator | 10 | | license, the State Board of Education shall establish and | 11 | | consult with an advisory committee of at least 4 classroom | 12 | | teachers and one expert in financial literacy instruction for | 13 | | classroom teachers. The classroom teachers on the advisory | 14 | | committee shall include representatives of mathematics | 15 | | teachers, social studies teachers, business teachers, and | 16 | | consumer sciences teachers. | 17 | | Each school district shall cover the costs necessary for | 18 | | an individual employed by the district to receive a validation | 19 | | in financial literacy. The school district may seek | 20 | | reimbursement from the High School Financial Literacy Fund to | 21 | | cover the approved costs. | 22 | | (b) (Blank).
| 23 | | (c) The High School Financial Literacy Fund is created as | 24 | | a special fund in the State treasury. State funds and private | 25 | | contributions for the promotion of financial literacy shall be | 26 | | deposited into the High School Financial Literacy Fund. All |
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| 1 | | money in the High School Financial Literacy Fund shall be | 2 | | used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of | 3 | | Education to award grants to school districts for the | 4 | | following: | 5 | | (1) Defraying the costs of financial literacy training | 6 | | for teachers , including the approved costs, as defined in | 7 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, of receiving a | 8 | | validation under subsection (a-5) of this Section. | 9 | | Reimbursement under this paragraph (1) shall be the lesser | 10 | | of $500 or the total approved costs incurred by the | 11 | | qualifying educator . | 12 | | (2) Rewarding a school or teacher who wins or achieves | 13 | | results at a certain level of success in a financial | 14 | | literacy competition. | 15 | | (3) Rewarding a student who wins or achieves results | 16 | | at a certain level of success in a financial literacy | 17 | | competition. | 18 | | (4) Funding activities, including books, games, field | 19 | | trips, computers, and other activities, related to | 20 | | financial literacy education. | 21 | | In awarding grants, every effort must be made to ensure | 22 | | that all geographic areas of the State are represented. | 23 | | Each school district seeking reimbursement under paragraph | 24 | | (1) of this subsection (c) shall report to the State Board of | 25 | | Education, in a form and manner determined by the State Board | 26 | | of Education, the number of teachers employed by the school |
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| 1 | | district who, during the reporting period, met the additional | 2 | | requirements adopted by the State Board of Education for a | 3 | | validation in financial literacy. If moneys in the High School | 4 | | Financial Literacy Fund are insufficient to cover all requests | 5 | | for reimbursement under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), | 6 | | the State Board of Education may limit the number of teachers | 7 | | for which a school district may request reimbursement or may | 8 | | prorate reimbursement amounts as necessary to pay all | 9 | | reimbursement requests. | 10 | | (d) A school board may establish a special fund in which to | 11 | | receive public funds and private contributions for the | 12 | | promotion of financial literacy. Money in the fund shall be | 13 | | used for the following: | 14 | | (1) Defraying the costs of financial literacy training | 15 | | for teachers. | 16 | | (2) Rewarding a school or teacher who wins or achieves | 17 | | results at a certain level of success in a financial | 18 | | literacy competition. | 19 | | (3) Rewarding a student who wins or achieves results | 20 | | at a certain level of success in a financial literacy | 21 | | competition. | 22 | | (4) Funding activities, including books, games, field | 23 | | trips, computers, and other activities, related to | 24 | | financial literacy education. | 25 | | (e) The State Board of Education, upon the next | 26 | | comprehensive review of the Illinois Learning Standards, is |
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| 1 | | urged to include the basic principles of personal insurance | 2 | | policies and understanding simple contracts. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 99-284, eff. 8-5-15.)
| 4 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
| 5 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 101-654, Article 50, Section | 6 | | 50-5) | 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 | 24 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 25 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry |
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| 1 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 2 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 3 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 4 | | path. A one semester course on financial literacy may | 5 | | count toward one semester of mathematics under this | 6 | | subdivision (3), unless a pupil counts an Advanced | 7 | | Placement computer science course toward the 3 years of | 8 | | mathematics required under this subdivision (3). | 9 | | (4) Two years of science. | 10 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 11 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 12 | | of history of the United States and American government | 13 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 14 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 15 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 16 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 17 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 18 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 19 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 20 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 21 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 22 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 23 | | the purposes of offering civics education. | 24 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 25 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 26 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. |
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| 1 | | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | 2 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 3 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 4 | | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | 5 | | courses: | 6 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 7 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 8 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 9 | | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | 10 | | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | 11 | | graduation requirements. | 12 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 13 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 14 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 15 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 16 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 17 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 18 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 19 | | path. A one semester course on financial literacy may | 20 | | count toward one semester of mathematics under this | 21 | | subdivision (3), unless a pupil counts an Advanced | 22 | | Placement computer science course toward the 3 years of | 23 | | mathematics required under this subdivision (3). | 24 | | (4) Two years of laboratory science. | 25 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 26 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination |
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| 1 | | of history of the United States and American government | 2 | | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | 3 | | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | 4 | | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | 5 | | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | 6 | | Civics course content shall focus on government | 7 | | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | 8 | | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | 9 | | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | 10 | | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | 11 | | education. | 12 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 13 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 14 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 15 | | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | 16 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 17 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 18 | | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | 19 | | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | 20 | | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | 21 | | the requirement under subdivision paragraph (6) of subsection | 22 | | (e-5). | 23 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 24 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 25 | | coursework.
| 26 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement |
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| 1 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 2 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 3 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 4 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 5 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 6 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 7 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 8 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 9 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 10 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 11 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 12 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 13 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 14 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 15 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 16 | | education program.
| 17 | | Subsection (e-5) does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th | 18 | | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior
school year or to | 19 | | students with disabilities whose course of study is
determined | 20 | | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | 21 | | not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | 22 | | school year or a prior
school year or to students with | 23 | | disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an | 24 | | individualized education program. | 25 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 26 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the |
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| 1 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 2 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 3 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 4 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 5 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 6 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17; 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; | 8 | | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 101-654, Article 50, Section 50-5, eff. | 9 | | 3-8-21.)
| 10 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 101-654, Article 60, Section | 11 | | 60-5) | 12 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 13 | | (a) (Blank).
| 14 | | (b) (Blank). | 15 | | (c) (Blank). | 16 | | (d) (Blank). | 17 | | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 18 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other | 19 | | course requirements, successfully
complete all of the | 20 | | following 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. When applicable, writing-intensive | 25 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other |
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| 1 | | graduation requirements.
| 2 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 3 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 4 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 5 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 6 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 7 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 8 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 9 | | path. A one semester course on financial literacy may | 10 | | count toward one semester of mathematics under this | 11 | | subdivision (3), unless a pupil counts an Advanced | 12 | | Placement computer science course toward the 3 years of | 13 | | mathematics required under this subdivision (3). | 14 | | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 15 | | 2022-2023 school year and each school year thereafter, one | 16 | | year of a course that includes intensive instruction in | 17 | | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | 18 | | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | 19 | | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | 20 | | (4) Two years of science. | 21 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 22 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 23 | | of history of the United States and American government | 24 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 25 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 26 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young |
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| 1 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 2 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 3 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 4 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 5 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 6 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 7 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 8 | | the purposes of offering civics education. | 9 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 10 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 11 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 12 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 13 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 14 | | coursework.
| 15 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 16 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 17 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 18 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 19 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 20 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 21 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 22 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 23 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 24 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 25 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 26 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
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| 1 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 2 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 3 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 4 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 5 | | education program.
| 6 | | This amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly does not | 7 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school | 8 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 9 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 10 | | education program. | 11 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 12 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 13 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 14 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 15 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 16 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 17 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 18 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17; 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; | 20 | | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 101-654, Article 60, Section 60-5, eff. | 21 | | 3-8-21.) | 22 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 102-366) | 23 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 24 | | (a) (Blank).
| 25 | | (b) (Blank). |
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| 1 | | (c) (Blank). | 2 | | (d) (Blank). | 3 | | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 4 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other | 5 | | course requirements, successfully
complete all of the | 6 | | following courses: | 7 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 8 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 9 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 10 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 11 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 12 | | graduation requirements.
| 13 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 14 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 15 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 16 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 17 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 18 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 19 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 20 | | path. A one semester course on financial literacy may | 21 | | count toward one semester of mathematics under this | 22 | | subdivision (3), unless a pupil counts an Advanced | 23 | | Placement computer science course toward the 3 years of | 24 | | mathematics required under this subdivision (3). | 25 | | (4) Two years of science. | 26 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one |
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| 1 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 2 | | of history of the United States and American government | 3 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 4 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 5 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 6 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 7 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 8 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 9 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 10 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 11 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 12 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 13 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
| 14 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year
| 15 | | and each school year thereafter, one semester, or part of
| 16 | | one semester, may include a financial literacy course. | 17 | | However, a financial literacy course used to satisfy the | 18 | | course requirements under subdivision (3) may not be used | 19 | | to satisfy the course requirements under this subdivision | 20 | | (5). | 21 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 22 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 23 | | American Sign Language, or (D) vocational education. | 24 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 25 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 26 | | coursework.
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| 1 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 2 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 3 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 4 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 5 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 6 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 7 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 8 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 9 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 10 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 11 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 12 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 13 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 14 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 15 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 16 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 17 | | education program.
| 18 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 19 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 20 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 21 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 22 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 23 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 24 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 25 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; |
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| 1 | | 102-366, eff. 8-13-21.)
| 2 | | (Text of Section from P.A. 102-551) | 3 | | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
| 4 | | (a) (Blank).
| 5 | | (b) (Blank). | 6 | | (c) (Blank). | 7 | | (d) (Blank). | 8 | | (e) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, | 9 | | each pupil
entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other | 10 | | course requirements, successfully
complete all of the | 11 | | following courses: | 12 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 13 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 14 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 15 | | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | 16 | | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | 17 | | graduation requirements.
| 18 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 19 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 20 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 21 | | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | 22 | | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | 23 | | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | 24 | | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | 25 | | path. A one semester course on financial literacy may |
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| 1 | | count toward one semester of mathematics under this | 2 | | subdivision (3), unless a pupil counts an Advanced | 3 | | Placement computer science course toward the 3 years of | 4 | | mathematics required under this subdivision (3). | 5 | | (4) Two years of science. | 6 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 7 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 8 | | of history of the United States and American government | 9 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 10 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 11 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 12 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 13 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 14 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 15 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 16 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 17 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 18 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for | 19 | | the purposes of offering civics education. | 20 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 21 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 22 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 23 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 24 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 25 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 26 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). |
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| 1 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 2 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 3 | | coursework.
| 4 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 5 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 6 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 7 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 8 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 9 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 10 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 11 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 12 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 13 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 14 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of | 15 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 16 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 17 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 18 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 19 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 20 | | education program.
| 21 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 22 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 23 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 24 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 25 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 26 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due |
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| 1 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 2 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; | 4 | | 102-551, eff. 1-1-22. )
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.".
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