Bill Text: IL HB4319 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that every public school shall provide instruction, study, and discussion of current problems and needs in the conservation of natural resources, including climate change. Provides that the content of the climate change curriculum must be supported by the weight of research conducted in compliance with accepted scientific methods and published in peer-reviewed journals or comprised of information recognized as accurate and objective. Provides that the State Board of Education may devise or approve the climate change education curriculum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4319 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4319-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4319 Introduced , by Rep. Kimberly du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-13.1 from Ch. 122, par. 27-13.1
Amends the School Code. Provides that every public school shall provide instruction, study, and discussion of current problems and needs in the conservation of natural resources, including climate change. Provides that the content of climate change curriculum must be supported by the weight of research conducted in compliance with accepted scientific methods and published in peer-reviewed journals or comprises of information recognized as accurate and objective. Provides that the State Board of Education may devise or approve the climate change education curriculum.
LRB103 35203 JAG 65183 b
A BILL FOR
HB4319 LRB103 35203 JAG 65183 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 changing Section
27-13.1 as follows: