Rep. Anna Moeller

Filed: 4/3/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3638

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3638, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
62-3.176 as follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new)
8    Sec. 2-3.176. Vietnamese and Laotian American refugees and
9the Cambodian genocide; resources.
10    (a) The State Board of Education must post on its website
11resources that may be used by school districts to support
12instruction in the Vietnamese and Laotian American refugee
13experience that include, but are not limited to, the fall of
14Saigon in 1975. The resources may include writings and other
15media that represent all perspectives of the Vietnamese and
16Laotian refugee experience, including oral testimony by

 

 

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1survivors, rescuers, and liberators of the Vietnam War,
2including Vietnamese and Laotian American refugees, Vietnamese
3boat people, and members of the Republic of Vietnam Armed
4Forces. The resources must be gathered by the State Board in
5consultation with Vietnamese and Laotian American cultural
6centers and community groups.
7    (b) The State Board of Education must post on its website
8resources that may be used by school districts to support
9instruction in the Cambodian genocide. The resources may
10include writings and other media that represent all
11perspectives of the Cambodian genocide, including oral
12testimony by survivors. The resources must be gathered by the
13State Board in consultation with Cambodian American cultural
14centers and community groups.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.".