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90_HB0082
105 ILCS 5/27-20.6 new
Amends the School Code. Requires all public schools to
include in their curricula a unit of instruction on the
period in world history known as the Irish Famine.
Authorizes the State Superintendent of Education to develop
and make guideline instructional materials available to
school districts. Provides that each school board itself
determines the minimum amount of instruction time that
qualifies as a unit of instruction. Effective July 1, 1997.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section
2 27-20.6.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 27-20.6 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/27-20.6 new)
8 Sec. 27-20.6 "Irish Famine" Study. Every public
9 elementary school and high school shall include in its
10 curriculum a unit of instruction studying the causes and
11 effects of mass starvation in mid-19th century Ireland. This
12 period in world history is known as the "Irish Famine", in
13 which millions of Irish died or emigrated. The study of this
14 material is a reaffirmation of the commitment of free people
15 of all nations to eradicate the causes of famine that exist
16 in the modern world.
17 The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and
18 make available to all school boards instructional materials
19 that may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of
20 instruction under this Section; provided, however, that each
21 school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of
22 instruction time that shall qualify as a unit of instruction
23 satisfying the requirements of this Section.
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
25 1, 1997.