Bill Text: IL HB3642 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3642 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3642-Introduced.html

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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.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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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.