Bill Text: IL HB3281 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code to require a high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction about the process of naturalization by which a foreign citizen or foreign national becomes a U.S. citizen. Provides that the course of instruction shall include content from the components of the naturalization test administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Provides that each school board shall determine the minimum amount of instructional time required. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0472 [HB3281 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3281-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 102-0472
HB3281 Enrolled LRB102 12089 CMG 17426 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
27-23.15 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new)
Sec. 27-23.15. Study of the process of naturalization.
Every public high school may include in its curriculum a unit
of instruction about the process of naturalization by which a
foreign citizen or foreign national becomes a U.S. citizen.
The course of instruction shall include content from the
components of the naturalization test administered by the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services. Each school board shall
determine the minimum amount of instructional time under this
Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.