Votes: IL HR1098 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

Bill Title: Creates the Black History Curriculum Task Force to conduct an audit of every Illinois school district's history curriculum from K-12 to review the following: (1) Does the district's curricular material no matter the format contain a current unit on African American history, (2) At what grade school level does the district begin teaching African American history, (3) At what level does the district stop teaching African American history, (4) Does standardized testing include material on African American history, and if so, at what levels, and (5) What is ISBE's position on teaching African American history, what are their protocols, and what are their penalties if their instructions are not being followed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-11-29 - Resolution Adopted as Amended 105-000-000 [HR1098 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Voting Records

ChamberVoteDateYeaNayNVAbsTotalResultSourceView
HouseMotion in House2018-11-29105044113PassedLinkView


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