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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5186 Introduced , by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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.
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| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| | HB5186 | | LRB101 18508 CMG 67960 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 27-23.15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 27-23.15. Family and consumer science. Beginning with |
| 8 | | the 2020-2021 school year, each school district that maintains |
| 9 | | grades 6 through 8 must include in its curriculum and require |
| 10 | | all students in grades 6 through 8 to take a unit of |
| 11 | | instruction on family and consumer science that includes, but |
| 12 | | is not limited to, instruction on financial literacy, wellness, |
| 13 | | personal hygiene, food preparation, nutrition, and emotional |
| 14 | | intelligence. Instruction on a subject may be omitted from this |
| 15 | | unit of instruction if the subject is incorporated in another |
| 16 | | required course. The school board shall determine the minimum |
| 17 | | amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of |
| 18 | | instruction satisfying the requirements of this Section.
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law.
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