Bill Text: IL HB2759 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that whenever the school board of any school district that maintains any of grades 6 through 12 (instead of grades 9 through 12) establishes a list of courses from which students each must elect at least one course, that school board must include on the list of such elective courses at least one course in vocational education. Provides that a school board that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 shall (instead of is authorized to) adopt a policy under which a student who is enrolled in any of those grades may satisfy one or more high school course or graduation requirements by successfully completing a registered apprenticeship program or by substituting for and successfully completing in place of the high school course or graduation requirement a related vocational or technical education course. Effective July 1, 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2759 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2759-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 27-22.2 and 27-22.05 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.2)
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7 | Sec. 27-22.2. Vocational education elective. Whenever the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | school board
of any school district which maintains any of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | grades 6 9 through 12 establishes a
list of courses from which | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | secondary school students in any of grades 6 through 12 each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | must elect at
least one course, to be completed along with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | other course requirements as a
pre-requisite to completing a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | grade level or receiving a high school diploma, that school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | board must
include on the list of such elective courses at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | least one course in
vocational education.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 84-1334; 84-1438.)
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17 | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.05)
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18 | Sec. 27-22.05. Required course substitute. Notwithstanding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | any other
provision of this Article or this Code, a school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | board that maintains any of
grades 9 through 12 shall is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | authorized to adopt a policy under which
a student who is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | enrolled in any of those grades
may satisfy one or more high |
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1 | school course or graduation requirements,
including, but not | ||||||
2 | limited to, any requirements under Sections 27-6 and 27-22, by | ||||||
3 | successfully completing a registered apprenticeship program | ||||||
4 | under rules adopted by the State Board of Education under | ||||||
5 | Section 2-3.175 of this Code, or by
substituting for and | ||||||
6 | successfully completing in place of the high school course
or | ||||||
7 | graduation requirement a related vocational or technical | ||||||
8 | education course.
A vocational or technical education course | ||||||
9 | shall not qualify as a related
vocational or technical | ||||||
10 | education course within the meaning of this Section
unless it | ||||||
11 | contains at least 50% of the content of the required course or
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12 | graduation requirement for which it is substituted, as | ||||||
13 | determined by the State
Board of Education in accordance with | ||||||
14 | standards that it shall adopt and
uniformly apply for purposes | ||||||
15 | of this Section. No vocational or technical
education course | ||||||
16 | may be substituted for a required course or graduation
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17 | requirement under any policy adopted by a school board as | ||||||
18 | required authorized in this
Section unless the pupil's parent | ||||||
19 | or guardian first
requests the substitution and approves it in | ||||||
20 | writing on forms that the school
district makes available for | ||||||
21 | purposes of this Section.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 100-992, eff. 8-20-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
24 | 2021.
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