HB0383sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Filed: 5/9/2005

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 383

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 383 as follows:

on page 5, line 25, after "guidelines" by inserting "that will be made available to every school board"; and

on page 5, line 28, by deleting "Every"; and

on page 5, by deleting lines 29 through 31; and

on page 6, line 3, by replacing "personnel" with "appropriate school personnel"; and

on page 6, line 8, by replacing "personnel" with "appropriate school personnel"; and

on page 6, immediately below line 36, by inserting the following:

"Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section 27-20.4 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-20.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4)

Sec. 27-20.4. Black History Study. Every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Black History, including the history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the vestiges of slavery in this country. These events shall include not only the contributions made by individual African-Americans in government and in the arts, humanities and sciences to the economic, cultural and political development of the United States and Africa, but also the socio-economic struggle which African-Americans experienced collectively in striving to achieve fair and equal treatment under the laws of this nation. The studying of this material shall constitute an affirmation by students of their commitment to respect the dignity of all races and peoples and to forever eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers.

The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials, including those established by the Amistad Commission, which may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of instruction under this Section; provided, however, that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instruction time which shall qualify as a unit of instruction satisfying the requirements of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 86-1256.)".