Bill Text: IL SB1822 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. With respect to the requirement that a pupil successfully complete 2 years of social studies as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, provides that students must take a course in financial literacy (instead of may take a course in financial literacy). Effective July 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1822 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1822-Introduced.html


103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1822

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Willie Preston

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-22 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22

Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. With respect to the requirement that a pupil successfully complete 2 years of social studies as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, provides that students must take a course in financial literacy (instead of may take a course in financial literacy). Effective July 1, 2023.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
527-22 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
7 Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses.
8 (a) (Blank).
9 (b) (Blank).
10 (c) (Blank).
11 (d) (Blank).
12 (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite
13to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the
149th grade must, in addition to other course requirements,
15successfully complete all of the following courses:
16 (1) Four years of language arts.
17 (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of
18 which must be English and the other of which may be English
19 or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive
20 courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other
21 graduation requirements.
22 (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be
23 Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and

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1 one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science
2 course. A mathematics course that includes geometry
3 content may be offered as an integrated, applied,
4 interdisciplinary, or career and technical education
5 course that prepares a student for a career readiness
6 path.
7 (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the
8 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year
9 of a course that includes intensive instruction in
10 computer literacy, which may be English, social studies,
11 or any other subject and which may be counted toward the
12 fulfillment of other graduation requirements.
13 (4) Two years of science.
14 (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one
15 year must be history of the United States or a combination
16 of history of the United States and American government
17 and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the
18 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at
19 least one semester must be civics, which shall help young
20 people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and
21 attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and
22 responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course
23 content shall focus on government institutions, the
24 discussion of current and controversial issues, service
25 learning, and simulations of the democratic process.
26 School districts may utilize private funding available for

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1 the purposes of offering civics education. For Beginning
2 with pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 or
3 2022-2023 school year, one semester, or part of one
4 semester, may include a financial literacy course. For
5 pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2023-2024 school
6 year, one semester, or part of one semester, must include
7 a financial literacy course.
8 (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
9 foreign language, which shall be deemed to include
10 American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E)
11 forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech
12 course used to satisfy the course requirement under
13 subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course
14 requirement under this subdivision (6).
15 (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a
16prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
17entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course
18requirements, successfully complete all of the following
19courses:
20 (1) Four years of language arts.
21 (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of
22 which must be English and the other of which may be English
23 or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive
24 courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other
25 graduation requirements.
26 (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be

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1 Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and
2 one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science
3 course. A mathematics course that includes geometry
4 content may be offered as an integrated, applied,
5 interdisciplinary, or career and technical education
6 course that prepares a student for a career readiness
7 path.
8 (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive
9 instruction in computer literacy, which may be English,
10 social studies, or any other subject and which may be
11 counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation
12 requirements.
13 (4) Two years of laboratory science.
14 (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one
15 year must be history of the United States or a combination
16 of history of the United States and American government
17 and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help
18 young people acquire and learn to use the skills,
19 knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be
20 competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives.
21 Civics course content shall focus on government
22 institutions, the discussion of current and controversial
23 issues, service learning, and simulations of the
24 democratic process. School districts may utilize private
25 funding available for the purposes of offering civics
26 education. One semester, or part of one semester, must may

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1 include a financial literacy course.
2 (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C)
3 foreign language, which shall be deemed to include
4 American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E)
5 forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech
6 course used to satisfy the course requirement under
7 subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course
8 requirement under this subdivision (6).
9 (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a
10prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil
11entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course
12requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign
13language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A
14pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy
15the requirement under subdivision paragraph (6) of subsection
16(e-5).
17 (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform
18school districts of standards for writing-intensive
19coursework.
20 (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement
21computer science course to high school students, then the
22school board must designate that course as equivalent to a
23high school mathematics course and must denote on the
24student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer
25science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative
26course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of

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1subsection (e) of this Section.
2 (g) Public Act 83-1082 This amendatory Act of 1983 does
3not apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in 1983-1984 school
4year and prior school years or to students with disabilities
5whose course of study is determined by an individualized
6education program.
7 Public Act 94-676 This amendatory Act of the 94th General
8Assembly does not apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in the
92004-2005 school year or a prior school year or to students
10with disabilities whose course of study is determined by an
11individualized education program.
12 Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply to
13pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a
14prior school year or to students with disabilities whose
15course of study is determined by an individualized education
16program.
17 Subsection (e-5) does not apply to pupils entering the 9th
18grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior school year or to
19students with disabilities whose course of study is determined
20by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does
21not apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028
22school year or a prior school year or to students with
23disabilities whose course of study is determined by an
24individualized education program.
25 (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the
26provisions of Section 27-22.05 of this Code and the

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1Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act.
2 (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify
3the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in
4grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due
5to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
6Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
7(Source: P.A. 101-464, eff. 1-1-20; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20;
8101-654, Article 50, Section 50-5, eff. 3-8-21; 101-654,
9Article 60, Section 60-5, eff. 3-8-21; 102-366, eff. 8-13-21;
10102-551, eff. 1-1-22; 102-864, eff. 5-13-22; revised 9-2-22.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
122023.
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