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SB890 Enrolled                       LRB093 10614 NHT 10900 b

 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
 5    Section 27-21 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/27-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-21)
 7        Sec. 27-21.  History of United  States.  History  of  the
 8    United  States  shall  be taught in all public schools and in
 9    all other educational institutions in this State supported or
10    maintained, in  whole  or  in  part,  by  public  funds.  The
11    teaching  of  history shall have as one of its objectives the
12    imparting to pupils of a comprehensive idea of our democratic
13    form  of  government  and  the  principles  for   which   our
14    government  stands  as  regards  other nations, including the
15    studying  of  the  place  of  our  government  in  world-wide
16    movements and the leaders  thereof,  with  particular  stress
17    upon  the  basic  principles and ideals of our representative
18    form of government. The teaching of history shall  include  a
19    study  of the role and contributions of African Americans and
20    other ethnic groups including but not restricted  to  Polish,
21    Lithuanian,  German,  Hungarian,  Irish,  Bohemian,  Russian,
22    Albanian,  Italian,  Czech, Slovak, French, Scots, Hispanics,
23    Asian Americans, etc., in the history  of  this  country  and
24    this  State.  The  teaching  of  history also shall include a
25    study of the role of labor unions and their interaction  with
26    government  in achieving the goals of a mixed free enterprise
27    system.  No pupils shall be graduated from the  eighth  grade
28    of  any public school unless he has received such instruction
29    in the history of the United States  and  gives  evidence  of
30    having a comprehensive knowledge thereof.
31    (Source: P.A. 92-27, eff. 7-1-01.)
 
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 1        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This Act takes effect on
 2    January 1, 2004.