(105 ILCS 5/27-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-12)

Sec. 27-12. Character education. Every public school teacher shall teach character education, which includes the teaching of respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship, in order to raise pupils' honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good character.

(Source: P.A. 94-187, eff. 7-12-05.)