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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 
527-21 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/27-21)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-21)



7    Sec. 27-21. History of United States. History of the United 
8States shall be taught in all public schools and
in all other 
9educational institutions in this State supported or

10maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds. The teaching 
11of history
shall have as one of its objectives the imparting to 
12pupils of a
comprehensive idea of our democratic form of 
13government and the principles
for which our government stands 
14as regards other nations, including the
studying of the place 
15of our government in world-wide movements and the
leaders 
16thereof, with particular stress upon the basic principles and

17ideals of our representative form of government. The teaching 
18of history
shall include a study of the role and contributions 
19of African Americans and
other ethnic groups including but not 
20restricted to Polish, Lithuanian, German,
Hungarian, Irish, 
21Bohemian, Russian, Albanian, Italian, Czech, Slovak,
French, 
22Scots, Hispanics, Asian Americans, etc., in the history of this

23country and this
State. To reinforce the study of the role and 
 
 
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1contributions of Hispanics, such curriculum shall include the 
2study of the events related to the forceful removal and illegal 
3deportation of Mexican-American U.S. citizens during the Great 
4Depression. The teaching of history also shall include a study 
5of the
role of labor unions and their interaction with 
6government in achieving the
goals of a mixed free enterprise 
7system.  Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the teaching 
8of history must also include instruction on the history of 
9Illinois. No pupils shall be graduated
from the eighth grade of 
10any
public school unless he has received such instruction in 
11the history of the
United States and gives evidence of having a 
12comprehensive knowledge
thereof. 

13(Source: P.A. 96-629, eff. 1-1-10.)