Bill Text: IL HB5587 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5587 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5587-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5587 Introduced , by Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new
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.
LRB101 20391 CMG 69937 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
HB5587 LRB101 20391 CMG 69937 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 shall 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 required under this
Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.