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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 changing Section
5 27-12 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/27-12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-12)
7     Sec. 27-12. Character education. Honesty, kindness,
8 justice and moral courage. Every public school teacher shall
9 teach students respect, responsibility, fairness, caring,
10 trustworthiness, and citizenship in order to raise the pupils
11 honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others,
12 and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and
13 raising the standard of good character citizenship.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-620, eff. 7-10-98.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.