Bill Text: IL HB3869 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Enrolled
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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-Enrolled.html
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-Enrolled.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 adding Sections | ||||||
5 | 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 10-20.60. Implicit bias training. | ||||||
8 | (a) The General Assembly makes the following findings: | ||||||
9 | (1) implicit racial bias influences evaluations of and | ||||||
10 | behavior toward those who are the subject of the bias; | ||||||
11 | (2) understanding implicit racial bias is needed in | ||||||
12 | order to reduce that bias; | ||||||
13 | (3) marginalized students would benefit from having | ||||||
14 | access to educators who have worked to reduce their biases; | ||||||
15 | and | ||||||
16 | (4) training that helps educators overcome implicit | ||||||
17 | racial bias has implication for classroom interactions, | ||||||
18 | student evaluation, and classroom engagement; it also | ||||||
19 | affects student academic self-concept. | ||||||
20 | (b) Each school board shall require in-service training for | ||||||
21 | school personnel to include training to develop cultural | ||||||
22 | competency, including understanding and reducing implicit | ||||||
23 | racial bias. |
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1 | (c) As used in this Section, "implicit racial bias" means a | ||||||
2 | preference, positive or negative, for a racial or ethnic group | ||||||
3 | that operates outside of awareness. This bias has 3 different | ||||||
4 | components: affective, behavioral, and cognitive.
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5 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.53 new) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 34-18.53. Implicit bias training. | ||||||
7 | (a) The General Assembly makes the following findings: | ||||||
8 | (1) implicit racial bias influences evaluations of and | ||||||
9 | behavior toward those who are the subject of the bias; | ||||||
10 | (2) understanding implicit racial bias is needed in | ||||||
11 | order to reduce that bias; | ||||||
12 | (3) marginalized students would benefit from having | ||||||
13 | access to educators who have worked to reduce their biases; | ||||||
14 | and | ||||||
15 | (4) training that helps educators overcome implicit | ||||||
16 | racial bias has implication for classroom interactions, | ||||||
17 | student evaluation, and classroom engagement; it also | ||||||
18 | affects student academic self-concept. | ||||||
19 | (b) The board shall require in-service training for school | ||||||
20 | personnel to include training to develop cultural competency, | ||||||
21 | including understanding and reducing implicit racial bias. | ||||||
22 | (c) As used in this Section, "implicit racial bias" means a | ||||||
23 | preference, positive or negative, for a racial or ethnic group | ||||||
24 | that operates outside of awareness. This bias has 3 different | ||||||
25 | components: affective, behavioral, and cognitive.
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