Full Text of HB5771 102nd General Assembly
HB5771 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB5771 Introduced 11/16/2022, by Rep. David Friess and Daniel Swanson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-22 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 |
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Amends the School Code. Removes the requirement that beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign language courses, which may include American Sign Language.
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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. | 7 | | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 8 | | 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year | 9 | | of a course that includes intensive instruction in | 10 | | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | 11 | | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | 12 | | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | 13 | | (4) Two years of science. | 14 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 15 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 16 | | of history of the United States and American government | 17 | | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | 18 | | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | 19 | | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | 20 | | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | 21 | | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | 22 | | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | 23 | | content shall focus on government institutions, the | 24 | | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | 25 | | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | 26 | | School districts may utilize private funding available for |
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| 1 | | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with
| 2 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school | 3 | | year, one semester, or part of
one semester, may include a | 4 | | financial literacy course. | 5 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 6 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | 7 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 8 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 9 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 10 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 11 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 12 | | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | 13 | | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | 14 | | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 15 | | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | 16 | | courses: | 17 | | (1) Four years of language arts. | 18 | | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | 19 | | which must be English and the other of which may be English | 20 | | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | 21 | | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | 22 | | graduation requirements. | 23 | | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | 24 | | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | 25 | | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | 26 | | 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. | 5 | | (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive | 6 | | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | 7 | | social studies, or any other subject and which may be | 8 | | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | 9 | | requirements. | 10 | | (4) Two years of laboratory science. | 11 | | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | 12 | | year must be history of the United States or a combination | 13 | | of history of the United States and American government | 14 | | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | 15 | | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | 16 | | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | 17 | | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | 18 | | Civics course content shall focus on government | 19 | | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | 20 | | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | 21 | | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | 22 | | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | 23 | | education. One semester, or part of
one semester, may | 24 | | include a financial literacy course. | 25 | | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | 26 | | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include |
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| 1 | | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | 2 | | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | 3 | | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | 4 | | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | 5 | | requirement under this subdivision (6). | 6 | | (e-10) (Blank). Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, | 7 | | as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each | 8 | | pupil entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | 9 | | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | 10 | | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | 11 | | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | 12 | | the requirement under paragraph (6) of subsection (e-5). | 13 | | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | 14 | | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | 15 | | coursework.
| 16 | | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | 17 | | computer science course to high school students, then the | 18 | | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | 19 | | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | 20 | | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | 21 | | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | 22 | | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | 23 | | subsection (e) of this Section. | 24 | | (g) This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils | 25 | | entering the 9th grade
in 1983-1984 school year and prior | 26 | | school years or to students
with disabilities whose course of |
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| 1 | | study is determined by an individualized
education program.
| 2 | | This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not | 3 | | apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school | 4 | | year or a prior
school year or to students with disabilities | 5 | | whose course of study is
determined by an individualized | 6 | | education program.
| 7 | | Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply
to | 8 | | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a | 9 | | prior
school year or to students with disabilities whose | 10 | | course of study is
determined by an individualized education | 11 | | program. | 12 | | Subsection (e-5) does not apply
to pupils entering the 9th | 13 | | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior
school year or to | 14 | | students with disabilities whose course of study is
determined | 15 | | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | 16 | | not apply
to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | 17 | | school year or a prior
school year or to students with | 18 | | disabilities whose course of study is
determined by an | 19 | | individualized education program. | 20 | | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 21 | | provisions of
Section
27-22.05 of this Code and the | 22 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
| 23 | | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | 24 | | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | 25 | | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | 26 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; | 3 | | 101-654, Article 50, Section 50-5, eff. 3-8-21; 101-654, | 4 | | Article 60, Section 60-5, eff. 3-8-21; 102-366, eff. 8-13-21; | 5 | | 102-551, eff. 1-1-22; 102-864, eff. 5-13-22.)
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