Bill Text: IL HB3978 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that the school board of a school district that maintains grades 9 through 12 shall offer home economics as an elective high school course not required for graduation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3978 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3978-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3978 Introduced , by Rep. Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-22.2 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.2
Amends the School Code. Provides that the school board of a school district that maintains grades 9 through 12 shall offer home economics as an elective high school course not required for graduation.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning schools.
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 Section
27-22.2 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27-22.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.2)
Sec. 27-22.2. High school electives Vocational education
elective.
(a) Whenever the school board of any school district which
maintains grades 9 through 12 establishes a list of courses
from which secondary school students each must elect at least
one course, to be completed along with other course
requirements as a pre-requisite to receiving a high school
diploma, that school board must include on the list of such
elective courses at least one course in vocational education.
(b) The school board of a school district that maintains
grades 9 through 12 shall offer home economics as an elective
high school course not required for graduation.
(Source: P.A. 84-1334; 84-1438.)