Bill Amendment: IL HB3638 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH

Status: 2019-05-09 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello [HB3638 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3638-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Anna Moeller

Filed: 3/20/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3638
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3638 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
2-3.176 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new)
Sec. 2-3.176. Vietnamese and Laotian American refugees and
the Cambodian genocide; model curriculum.
(a) In this Section, "oral testimony" means the firsthand
accounts of significant historical events presented in a format
that includes, but is not limited to, in-person testimony,
video, or a multimedia option, such as a DVD or an online
video.
(b) On or before January 1, 2023, the State Board of
Education shall create a model curriculum that may be used by
school districts for the teaching of the Vietnamese and Laotian

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American refugee experience that includes, but is not limited
to, the fall of Saigon in 1975. The model curriculum must be
developed in an age-appropriate manner for instruction in
kindergarten through grade 12 and must also comply with all of
the following:
(1) Be developed with participation from Vietnamese
and Laotian American cultural centers and community groups
located in this State, survivors, rescuers, and liberators
of the Vietnam War, Vietnamese and Laotian American
refugees, and a group of representatives from school
districts, who may include teachers who have relevant
experience or educational backgrounds in the study and
teaching of Vietnamese or Laotian American history.
(2) Incorporate writings and other media that
represent all perspectives of the Vietnamese and Laotian
refugee experience, including oral testimony by survivors,
rescuers, and liberators of the Vietnam War, including
Vietnamese and Laotian American refugees, Vietnamese boat
people, and members of the Republic of Vietnam Armed
Forces, to ensure quality standards and materials for this
area of study.
(3) Provide for a discussion on the Vietnamese boat
people and members of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces,
the reasons behind the exodus, the hardships faced by the
Vietnamese and Laotian people attempting to flee who were
apprehended by the communist government, and the

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conditions that led to the resettlement of Vietnamese and
Laotian people in the United States.
(c) On or before January 1, 2023, the State Board of
Education shall create a model curriculum that may be used by
school districts for the teaching of the Cambodian genocide.
The model curriculum must be developed in an age-appropriate
manner for instruction in kindergarten through grade 12 and
must also comply with both of the following:
(1) Be developed with participation from survivors of
the Cambodian genocide and a group of representatives from
school districts, who may include teachers who have
relevant experience or educational backgrounds in the
study and teaching of the Cambodian genocide.
(2) Incorporate writings or other media that represent
all perspectives of the Cambodian genocide, including oral
testimony by survivors, to ensure quality standards and
materials for this area of study.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".