Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB2490

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that every public school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the civil rights movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968, the natural law and natural rights principles that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., drew from and that informed his leadership of the civil rights movement, and the tactics and strategies of nonviolent resistance that he championed in response to the Jim Crow laws of that era. Provides that the curriculum shall include an additional unit of instruction studying other acts of discriminatory injustice, such as genocide, elsewhere around the globe. Provides that the State Board of Education shall prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of the units of instruction. Allows a school board to determine the minimum amount of instructional time required. Effective immediately.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/15/2023	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kam Buckner
2/15/2023	House	First Reading
2/15/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/28/2023	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
3/1/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
3/1/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
3/1/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
3/1/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
3/10/2023	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/10/2023	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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