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| Public Act 101-0227 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||
2-3.155 and 27-21 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.155) | ||||
Sec. 2-3.155. Textbook block grant program. | ||||
(a) The provisions of this Section are in the public | ||||
interest, for the public benefit, and serve secular public | ||||
purposes. | ||||
(b) As used in this Section, "textbook" means any book or | ||||
book substitute that a pupil uses as a text or text substitute, | ||||
including electronic textbooks. "Textbook" includes books, | ||||
reusable workbooks, manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf | ||||
form, instructional computer software, and electronic | ||||
textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to gain | ||||
access to and use electronic textbooks intended as a principal | ||||
source of study material for a given class or group of | ||||
students. "Textbook" also includes science curriculum | ||||
materials in a kit format that includes pre-packaged consumable | ||||
materials if (i) it is shown that the materials serve as a | ||||
textbook substitute, (ii) the materials are for use by the | ||||
pupils as a principal learning source, (iii) each component of | ||||
the materials is integrally necessary to teach the requirements | ||
of the intended course, (iv) the kit includes teacher guidance | ||
materials, and (v) the purchase of individual consumable | ||
materials is not allowed. | ||
(c) Beginning July 1, 2011, subject to annual appropriation | ||
by the General Assembly, the State Board of Education is | ||
authorized to provide annual funding to public school districts | ||
and State-recognized, non-public schools serving students in | ||
grades kindergarten through 12 for the purchase of selected | ||
textbooks. The textbooks authorized to be purchased under this | ||
Section are limited without exception to textbooks that have | ||
been preapproved and designated by the State Board of Education | ||
for use in any public school and that are secular, | ||
non-religious, and non-sectarian, and non-discriminatory as to | ||
any of the characteristics under the Illinois Human Rights Act. | ||
Textbooks authorized to be purchased under this Section must | ||
include the roles and contributions of all people protected | ||
under the Illinois Human Rights Act. The State Board of | ||
Education shall annually publish a list of the textbooks | ||
authorized to be purchased under this Section. Each public | ||
school district and State-recognized, non-public school shall, | ||
subject to appropriations for that purpose, receive a per pupil | ||
grant for the purchase of secular and non-discriminatory | ||
textbooks. The per pupil grant amount must be calculated by the | ||
State Board of Education utilizing the total appropriation
made | ||
for these purposes divided by the most current student
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enrollment data available. | ||
(d) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as | ||
necessary for the implementation of this Section and to ensure | ||
the religious neutrality of the textbook block grant program, | ||
as well as provide for the monitoring of all textbooks | ||
authorized in this Section to be purchased directly by | ||
State-recognized, nonpublic schools serving students in grades | ||
kindergarten through 12.
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(Source: P.A. 97-570, eff. 8-25-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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(105 ILCS 5/27-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-21)
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Sec. 27-21. History of United States. History of the United | ||
States shall be taught in all public schools and
in all other | ||
educational institutions in this State supported or
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maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds. The teaching | ||
of history
shall have as one of its objectives the imparting to | ||
pupils of a
comprehensive idea of our democratic form of | ||
government and the principles
for which our government stands | ||
as regards other nations, including the
studying of the place | ||
of our government in world-wide movements and the
leaders | ||
thereof, with particular stress upon the basic principles and
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ideals of our representative form of government. The teaching | ||
of history
shall include a study of the role and contributions | ||
of African Americans and
other ethnic groups including but not | ||
restricted to Polish, Lithuanian, German,
Hungarian, Irish, | ||
Bohemian, Russian, Albanian, Italian, Czech, Slovak,
French, | ||
Scots, Hispanics, Asian Americans, etc., in the history of this
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country and this
State. To reinforce the study of the role and | ||
contributions of Hispanics, such curriculum shall include the | ||
study of the events related to the forceful removal and illegal | ||
deportation of Mexican-American U.S. citizens during the Great | ||
Depression. In public schools only, the teaching of history | ||
shall include a study of the roles and contributions of | ||
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history | ||
of this country and this State. The teaching of history also | ||
shall include a study of the
role of labor unions and their | ||
interaction with government in achieving the
goals of a mixed | ||
free enterprise system. No pupils shall be graduated
from the | ||
eighth grade of any
public school unless he or she has received | ||
such instruction in the history of the
United States and gives | ||
evidence of having a comprehensive knowledge
thereof.
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(Source: P.A. 96-629, eff. 1-1-10.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2020. | ||