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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 27-2.5 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/27-2.5 new)
7     Sec. 27-2.5. Instructional mandate discontinuance.
8     (a) For the purposes of this Section, "instructional
9 mandate" means any State law in this Article that requires a
10 school district to devote any amount of time to the instruction
11 of or engagement by students in a subject or course.
12     (b) Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g or any other provision
13 of this Code, a school board may discontinue, by publicly
14 adopted resolution, any instructional mandate in this Article
15 for which the school district does not receive a separate State
16 appropriation through the State Board of Education or
17 reimbursement by the State to extend the school day or year.
18 This Section, however, does not permit a school board to
19 discontinue by resolution the requirements set forth in
20 Sections 27-5, 27-6, 27-7, and 27-22 of this Code and Sections
21 27-24 through 27-24.8 of this Code.
22     (c) If a student requests information on any instructional
23 mandate that has been discontinued under this Section, then the

 

 

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1 school district shall provide the student with the requested
2 information.
3     (d) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules that
4 it deems necessary for the implementation of this Section.
 
5     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.