Bill Amendment: IL HB4954 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: SCH CD-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS

Status: 2020-12-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez [HB4954 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4954-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 2/28/2020

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4954
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4954 on page 1, line
5, after "24-2", by inserting ", 27-20.4,"; and
on page 4, immediately below line 14, by inserting the
following:
"(105 ILCS 5/27-20.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4)
Sec. 27-20.4. Black History study. Every public elementary
school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit
of instruction studying the events of Black History, including
the history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and
the vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall
include not only the contributions made by individual
African-Americans in government and in the arts, humanities and
sciences to the economic, cultural and political development of
the United States and Africa, but also the socio-economic
struggle which African-Americans experienced collectively in

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striving to achieve fair and equal treatment under the laws of
this nation. The studying of this material shall constitute an
affirmation by students of their commitment to respect the
dignity of all races and peoples and to forever eschew every
form of discrimination in their lives and careers.
In addition, the teaching of Black History must also
include all of the following areas:
(1) The study of the American civil rights renaissance,
that period of time from 1954 to 1965 called the Movement.
(2) The study of the pre-enslavement history of Black
people from 3,000 BCE to AD 1619, including instruction
about ancient civilizations, kingdoms, kings, queens, and
warriors; their contributions to medicine, literature,
technology, architecture, and economics; and their
achievements.
(3) The study of the reasons why Black people came to
be enslaved.
(4) The promotion of a commonality of identity for all
people to help with conflict resolution and to increase
self-worth.
The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make
available to all school boards instructional materials,
including those established by the Amistad Commission, which
may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of
instruction under this Section; provided, however, that each
school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of

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instruction time which shall qualify as a unit of instruction
satisfying the requirements of this Section.
A school may meet the requirements of this Section through
an online program or course.
(Source: P.A. 100-634, eff. 1-1-19.)".