Bill Text: IL HB3869 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires in-service training for school personnel to include training on civil rights and in cultural diversity, including racial and ethnic sensitivity and implicit racial bias. Effective July 1, 2017.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0014 [HB3869 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3869-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 100-0014
HB3869 Enrolled LRB100 10921 MLM 21158 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 Sections
10-20.60 and 34-18.53 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new)
Sec. 10-20.60. Implicit bias training.
(a) The General Assembly makes the following findings:
(1) implicit racial bias influences evaluations of and
behavior toward those who are the subject of the bias;
(2) understanding implicit racial bias is needed in
order to reduce that bias;
(3) marginalized students would benefit from having
access to educators who have worked to reduce their biases;
and
(4) training that helps educators overcome implicit
racial bias has implication for classroom interactions,
student evaluation, and classroom engagement; it also
affects student academic self-concept.
(b) Each school board shall require in-service training for
school personnel to include training to develop cultural
competency, including understanding and reducing implicit
racial bias.

(c) As used in this Section, "implicit racial bias" means a
preference, positive or negative, for a racial or ethnic group
that operates outside of awareness. This bias has 3 different
components: affective, behavioral, and cognitive.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.53 new)
Sec. 34-18.53. Implicit bias training.
(a) The General Assembly makes the following findings:
(1) implicit racial bias influences evaluations of and
behavior toward those who are the subject of the bias;
(2) understanding implicit racial bias is needed in
order to reduce that bias;
(3) marginalized students would benefit from having
access to educators who have worked to reduce their biases;
and
(4) training that helps educators overcome implicit
racial bias has implication for classroom interactions,
student evaluation, and classroom engagement; it also
affects student academic self-concept.
(b) The board shall require in-service training for school
personnel to include training to develop cultural competency,
including understanding and reducing implicit racial bias.
(c) As used in this Section, "implicit racial bias" means a
preference, positive or negative, for a racial or ethnic group
that operates outside of awareness. This bias has 3 different
components: affective, behavioral, and cognitive.