HB3642 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3642

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/27-23.13 new

Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the Chicago school district must include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on nursing. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare and make available to the school board resource materials that may be used as guidelines for the development of the nursing instruction. 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 27-23.13 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-23.13 new)

Sec. 27-23.13. Course on nursing. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, a school district organized under Article 34 must include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on nursing. The school board shall determine the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction. The State Board of Education must prepare and make available to the school board resource materials that may be used as guidelines for the development of the nursing instruction under this Section.

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