Illinois HB 2997: $OCE ILL ST BD OF EDUCATION
Status: SESSION SINE DIE (as of 1999-01-12)
State: Illinois · Session: 90th · Bill: HB 2997
Sponsors: HANNIG, RYDER
Bill Text
• Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB2997 • • • • • • • • • • • • Select Language × The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein. Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet. The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website. NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window. Choose Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Bengali Bosnian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Interlingua Interlingue Inuktitut Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar Nepali Norwegian Odia Pashto Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Sango Sanskrit Sardinian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Southern Sotho Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Close Illinois General Assembly Top Navigation Bar Translate Learn Select General Assembly Search the 104th General Assembly Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules. ILGA.GOV • • LEGISLATION & LAWS • Bills & Resolutions • Public Acts • Illinois Compiled Statutes • Illinois Constitution • Search Legislation • Glossary • Guide • Reports & Inquiry • Legislative Reports • Special Reports • FTP Site • Legislator Lookup • Capitol Complex Phone Numbers • Rules & Regulations • Illinois Register • Administrative Rules • Senate • Members • Schedules • Committees • Request for Remote Testimony • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • Senate Employment Opportunities • Media Guidelines • House • Members • Schedules • Committees • Submit testimony for House Committees • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • House Employment Opportunities • Log In Mobile Top Bar Search the 104th General Assembly Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website. Full Text of HB2997 • Home • Legislation • Full Text HB2997 - 104th General Assembly • Bill Status • Full Text • Votes • Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 Open PDF HB2997 EngrossedLRB104 08469 LNS 18521 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 527-20.8 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/27-20.8) 7 Sec. 27-20.8. Asian American and Arab American history 8study. 9 (a) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, every public 10elementary school and high school shall include in its 11curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian 12American history, including the history of Asian Americans in 13Illinois and the Midwest, as well as the contributions of 14Asian Americans toward advancing civil rights from the 19th 15century onward. These events shall include the contributions 16made by individual Asian Americans in government and the arts, 17humanities, and sciences, as well as the contributions of 18Asian American communities to the economic, cultural, social, 19and political development of the United States. The studying 20of this material shall constitute an affirmation by students 21of their commitment to respect the dignity of all races and 22peoples and to forever eschew every form of discrimination in 23their lives and careers. HB2997 Engrossed- 2 -LRB104 08469 LNS 18521 b 1 (a-5) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, every 2public elementary school and high school shall include in its 3curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Arab 4American history, including the history of Arab Americans in 5this State and the Midwest, as well as the contributions of 6Arab Americans from the 19th century onward. These eve
View Illinois HB 2997 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.