Bill Text: IL HB5186 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code to require a school district to provide instruction to and a student enrolled in grades 6 through 8 to take a unit of instruction in family and consumer science. Sets forth what topics the instruction must include. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5186 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5186-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 adding Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 27-23.15 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 27-23.15. Family and consumer science. Beginning with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | the 2020-2021 school year, each school district that maintains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | grades 6 through 8 must include in its curriculum and require | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | all students in grades 6 through 8 to take a unit of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | instruction on family and consumer science that includes, but | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | is not limited to, instruction on financial literacy, wellness, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | personal hygiene, food preparation, nutrition, and emotional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | intelligence. Instruction on a subject may be omitted from this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | unit of instruction if the subject is incorporated in another | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | required course. The school board shall determine the minimum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | instruction satisfying the requirements of this Section.
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | becoming law.
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