Bill Amendment: IL HB4548 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: SCH CD-NATIVE AMER CURRICULUM

Status: 2022-03-04 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4548 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4548-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Maurice A. West, II

Filed: 2/9/2022

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4548
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4548 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
27-23.17 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new)
Sec. 27-23.17. Native American unit of instruction.
(a) To achieve the goal of studying Native American
culture and history in order to inspire students to respect
the dignity of all races and peoples and to forever abandon
discrimination, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year,
every public elementary school and high school shall include
in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the Native
American experience, including the history of Native Americans
in this State and the Midwest. This unit of instruction shall
include individual Native American contributions made in the

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fields of government, art, humanities, and science, as well as
the contributions of Native American communities to the
economic, cultural, social, and political development of our
country and State.
(b) The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and
make available to all school boards instructional materials,
including those established by the Public Broadcasting
Service, which may be used as guidelines for development of a
unit of instruction under this Section. However, each
individual school board shall determine the minimum amount of
instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction
satisfying the requirements of this Section.
(c) The regional superintendent of schools shall monitor a
school district's compliance with this Section's curricular
requirements during annual compliance visits.".