Text of IL HB 246 (2019)

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0246 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.155 105 ILCS 5/27-21 from Ch. 122, par. 27-21 Amends the School Code. With regard to the textbook block grant program, provides that the textbooks authorized to be purchased must include the roles and contributions of all people protected under the Illinois Human Rights Act and must be non-discriminatory as to any of the characteristics under the Act. Provides that textbooks purchased with grant funds must be non-discriminatory. Provides that in public schools only, the teaching of history of the United States shall include a study of the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of this country and this State. Effective July 1, 2020. LRB101 05293 AXK 50307 b FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLYSTATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT A BILL FOR HB0246LRB101 05293 AXK 50307 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections 52-3.155 and 27-21 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.155) 7 Sec. 2-3.155. Textbook block grant program. 8 (a) The provisions of this Section are in the public 9interest, for the public benefit, and serve secular public 10purposes. 11 (b) As used in this Section, "textbook" means any book or 12book substitute that a pupil uses as a text or text substitute, 13including electronic textbooks. "Textbook" includes books, 14reusable workbooks, manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf 15form, instructional computer software, and electronic 16textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to gain 17access to and use electronic textbooks intended as a principal 18source of study material for a given class or group of 19students. "Textbook" also includes science curriculum 20materials in a kit format that includes pre-packaged consumable 21materials if (i) it is shown that the materials serve as a 22textbook substitute, (ii) the materials are for use by the 23pupils as a principal learning source, (iii) each component of HB0246- 2 -LRB101 05293 AXK 50307 b 1the materials is integrally necessary to teach the requirements 2of the intended course, (iv) the kit includes teacher guidance 3materials, and (v) the purchase of individual consumable 4materials is not allowed. 5 (c) Beginning July 1, 2011, subject to annual appropriation 6by the General Assembly, the State Board of Education is 7authorized to provide annual funding to public school districts 8and State-recognized, non-public schools serving students in 9grades kindergarten through 12 for the purchase of selected 10textbooks. The textbooks authorized to be purchased under this 11Section are limited without exception to textbooks that have 12been preapproved and designated by the State Board of Education 13for use in any public school and that are secular, 14non-religious, and non-sectarian, and non-discriminatory as to 15any of the characteristics under the Illinois Human Rights Act. 16Textbooks authorized to be purchased under this Section must 17include the roles and contributions of all people protected 18under the Illinois Human Rights Act. The State Board of 19Education shall annually publish a list of the textbooks 20authorized to be purchased under this Section. Each public 21school district and State-recognized, non-public school shall, 22subject to appropriations for that purpose, receive a per pupil 23grant for the purchase of secular and non-discriminatory 24textbooks. The per pupil grant amount must be calculated by the 25State Board of Education utilizing the total appropriation made 26for these purposes divided by the most current student HB0246- 3 -LRB101 05293 AXK 50307 b 1enrollment data available. 2 (d) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as 3necessary for the implementation of this Section and to ensure 4the religious neutrality of the textbook block grant program, 5as well as provide for the monitoring of all textbooks 6authorized in this Section to be purchased directly by 7State-recognized, nonpublic schools serving students in grades 8kindergarten through 12. 9(Source: P.A. 97-570, eff. 8-25-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.) 10 (105 ILCS 5/27-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-21) 11 Sec. 27-21. History of United States. History of the United 12States shall be taught in all public schools and in all other 13educational institutions in this State supported or 14maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds. The teaching 15of history shall have as one of its objectives the imparting to 16pupils of a comprehensive idea of our democratic form of 17government and the principles for which our government stands 18as regards other nations, including the studying of the place 19of our government in world-wide movements and the leaders 20thereof, with particular stress upon the basic principles and 21ideals of our representative form of government. The teaching 22of history shall include a study of the role and contributions 23of African Americans and other ethnic groups including but not 24restricted to Polish, Lithuanian, German, Hungarian, Irish, 25Bohemian, Russian, Albanian, Italian, Czech, Slovak, French, HB0246- 4 -LRB101 05293 AXK 50307 b 1Scots, Hispanics, Asian Americans, etc., in the history of this 2country and this State. To reinforce the study of the role and 3contributions of Hispanics, such curriculum shall include the 4study of the events related to the forceful removal and illegal 5deportation of Mexican-American U.S. citizens during the Great 6Depression. In public schools only, the teaching of history 7shall include a study of the roles and contributions of 8lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history 9of this country and this State. The teaching of history also 10shall include a study of the role of labor unions and their 11interaction with government in achieving the goals of a mixed 12free enterprise system. No pupils shall be graduated from the 13eighth grade of any public school unless he or she has received 14such instruction in the history of the United States and gives 15evidence of having a comprehensive knowledge thereof. 16(Source: P.A. 96-629, eff. 1-1-10.)

Public Act 101-0227 HB0246 EnrolledLRB101 05293 AXK 50307 b 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 changing Sections 2-3.155 and 27-21 as follows: (105 ILCS 5/2-3.155) Sec. 2-3.155. Textbook block grant program. (a) The provisions of this Section are in the public interest, for the public benefit, and serve secular public purposes. (b) As used in this Section, "textbook" means any book or book substitute that a pupil uses as a text or text substitute, including electronic textbooks. "Textbook" includes books, reusable workbooks, manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf form, instructional computer software, and electronic textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to gain access to and use electronic textbooks intended as a principal source of study material for a given class or group of students. "Textbook" also includes science curriculum materials in a kit format that includes pre-packaged consumable materials if (i) it is shown that the materials serve as a textbook substitute, (ii) the materials are for use by the pupils as a principal learning source, (iii) each component of the materials is integrally necessary to teach the requirements of the intended course, (iv) the kit includes teacher guidance materials, and (v) the purchase of individual consumable materials is not allowed. (c) Beginning July 1, 2011, subject to annual appropriation by the General Assembly, the State Board of Education is authorized to provide annual funding to public school districts and State-recognized, non-public schools serving students in grades kindergarten through 12 for the purchase of selected textbooks. The textbooks authorized to be purchased under this Section are limited without exception to textbooks that have been preapproved and designated by the State Board of Education for use in any public school and that are secular, non-religious, and non-sectarian, and non-discriminatory as to any of the characteristics under the Illinois Human Rights Act. Textbooks authorized to be purchased under this Section must include the roles and contributions of all people protected under the Illinois Human Rights Act. The State Board of Education shall annually publish a list of the textbooks authorized to be purchased under this Section. Each public school district and State-recognized, non-public school shall, subject to appropriations for that purpose, receive a per pupil grant for the purchase of secular and non-discriminatory textbooks. The per pupil grant amount must be calculated by the State Board of Education utilizing the total appropriation made for these purposes divided by the most current student enrollment data available. (d) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as necessary for the implementation of this Section and to ensure the religious neutrality of the textbook block grant program, as well as provide for the monitoring of all textbooks authorized in this Section to be purchased directly by State-recognized, nonpublic schools serving students in grades kindergarten through 12. (Source: P.A. 97-570, eff. 8-25-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.) (105 ILCS 5/27-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-21) Sec. 27-21. History of United States. History of the United States shall be taught in all public schools and in all other educational institutions in this State supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds. The teaching of history shall have as one of its objectives the imparting to pupils of a comprehensive idea of our democratic form of government and the principles for which our government stands as regards other nations, including the studying of the place of our government in world-wide movements and the leaders thereof, with particular stress upon the basic principles and ideals of our representative form of government. The teaching of history shall include a study of the role and contributions of African Americans and other ethnic groups including but not restricted to Polish, Lithuanian, German, Hungarian, Irish, Bohemian, Russian, Albanian, Italian, Czech, Slovak, French, Scots, Hispanics, Asian Americans, etc., in the history of this country and this State. To reinforce the study of the role and contributions of Hispanics, such curriculum shall include the study of the events related to the forceful removal and illegal deportation of Mexican-American U.S. citizens during the Great Depression. In public schools only, the teaching of history shall include a study of the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of this country and this State. The teaching of history also shall include a study of the role of labor unions and their interaction with government in achieving the goals of a mixed free enterprise system. No pupils shall be graduated from the eighth grade of any public school unless he or she has received such instruction in the history of the United States and gives evidence of having a comprehensive knowledge thereof. (Source: P.A. 96-629, eff. 1-1-10.)