Text of IL HB 3252 (2025)

SCH CD-WORK PREP COURSE

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3252 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/27-23.14 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 and offers school facilitated employment, career pathways, or internship experiences shall provide to students participating in the program (rather than may include in its high school curriculum): (1) instruction on workplace preparation that covers legal protections in the workplace; and (2) protection against sexual harassment and racial and other forms of discrimination. LRB104 09177 LNS 19233 b A BILL FOR HB3252LRB104 09177 LNS 19233 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 Section 527-23.14 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/27-23.14) 7 Sec. 27-23.14. Workplace preparation course. A school 8district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 and offers 9school facilitated employment, career pathways, or internship 10experiences shall provide to students participating in this 11program: may include in its high school curriculum a unit of 12 (1) instruction on workplace preparation that covers 13 legal protections in the workplace, including 14 discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, 15 sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, 16 disability, or status as a protected veteran; and 17 (2) protection against sexual harassment and racial 18 and other forms of discrimination, including, but not 19 limited to, pay gaps, lack of institutional support or 20 resources, and exclusion from executive or leadership 21 positions and other protections for employees. 22 A school board may determine the minimum amount of 23instruction time that qualifies as a unit of instruction under HB3252- 2 -LRB104 09177 LNS 19233 b 1this Section. 2(Source: P.A. 101-347, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)