HB5186 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5186

Introduced , by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new

Amends the School Code to require a school district to provide instruction to and a student enrolled in grades 6 through 8 to take a unit of instruction in family and consumer science. Sets forth what topics the instruction must include. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 27-23.15 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new)

Sec. 27-23.15. Family and consumer science. Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, each school district that maintains grades 6 through 8 must include in its curriculum and require all students in grades 6 through 8 to take a unit of instruction on family and consumer science that includes, but is not limited to, instruction on financial literacy, wellness, personal hygiene, food preparation, nutrition, and emotional intelligence. Instruction on a subject may be omitted from this unit of instruction if the subject is incorporated in another required course. The school board shall determine the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction satisfying the requirements of this Section.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.