Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1011 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1011 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new Amends the School Code. Sets forth a list of nonfiction, fiction, and children's books about racism that shall be required reading for students in every public elementary and secondary school beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Requires that the instruction in the material presented by each book be age appropriate and taught at the appropriate grade level. Effective immediately. LRB103 04839 RJT 49849 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1011 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new 105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new Amends the School Code. Sets forth a list of nonfiction, fiction, and children's books about racism that shall be required reading for students in every public elementary and secondary school beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Requires that the instruction in the material presented by each book be age appropriate and taught at the appropriate grade level. Effective immediately. LRB103 04839 RJT 49849 b LRB103 04839 RJT 49849 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the School Code. Sets forth a list of nonfiction, fiction, and children's books about racism that shall be required reading for students in every public elementary and secondary school beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Requires that the instruction in the material presented by each book be age appropriate and taught at the appropriate grade level. Effective immediately.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning education.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
17	17	5 27-23.17 as follows:
18	18	6 (105 ILCS 5/27-23.17 new)
19	19	7 Sec. 27-23.17. Books about racism; required reading.
20	20	8 (a) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, every public
21	21	9 elementary and secondary school shall include as required
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24	24	12 (1) Nonfiction books:
25	25	13 (A) "Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism" by
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27	27	15 (B) "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi
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29	29	17 (C) "Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That
30	30	18 Shapes What We See, Think, and Do" by Jennifer L.
31	31	19 Eberhardt, Ph.D.
32	32	20 (D) "The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the
33	33	21 Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law
34	34	22 Enforcement" by Matthew Horace and Ron Harris.
35	35	23 (E) "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson.
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39	39	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1011 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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42	42	Amends the School Code. Sets forth a list of nonfiction, fiction, and children's books about racism that shall be required reading for students in every public elementary and secondary school beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Requires that the instruction in the material presented by each book be age appropriate and taught at the appropriate grade level. Effective immediately.
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76	76	1 (F) "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin.
77	77	2 (G) "From Slavery To Freedom: A History of African
78	78	3 Americans" by John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss,
79	79	4 Jr.
80	80	5 (H) "Hood Feminism: Notes From The Women That The
81	81	6 Movement Forgot" by Mikki Kendall.
82	82	7 (I) "How to Be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi.
83	83	8 (J) "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and
84	84	9 Redemption" by Bryan Stevenson.
85	85	10 (K) "Me and White Supremacy" by Layla F. Saad.
86	86	11 (L) "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the
87	87	12 Age of Colorblindness" by Michelle Alexander.
88	88	13 (M) "Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored
89	89	14 People" by Ben Crump.
90	90	15 (N) "Raising White Kids" by Jennifer Harvey.
91	91	16 (O) "So You Want to Talk About Race" by Ijeoma
92	92	17 Oluo.
93	93	18 (P) "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by
94	94	19 Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi.
95	95	20 (Q) "They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore,
96	96	21 And A New Era In America's Racial Justice Movement" by
97	97	22 Wesley Lowery.
98	98	23 (R) "This Book Is Anti-Racist" by Tiffany Jewell
99	99	24 and Aurelia Durand.
100	100	25 (S) "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White
101	101	26 People to Talk about Racism" by Robin DiAngelo.
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112	112	1 (T) "Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People
113	113	2 About Race" by Reni Eddo-Lodge.
114	114	3 (2) Fiction books.
115	115	4 (A) "An American Marriage" by Tayari Jones.
116	116	5 (B) "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison.
117	117	6 (C) "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker.
118	118	7 (D) "Dear White People" by Justin Simien.
119	119	8 (E) "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide
120	120	9 When the Rainbow Is Enuf" by Ntozake Shange.
121	121	10 (F) "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson.
122	122	11 (G) "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas.
123	123	12 (H) "The Mothers" by Brit Bennett.
124	124	13 (I) "Passing" by Nella Larsen.
125	125	14 (J) "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale
126	126	15 Hurston.
127	127	16 (K) "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe.
128	128	17 (L) "The Underground Railroad" by Colson
129	129	18 Whitehead.
130	130	19 (M) "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith.
131	131	20 (3) Children's books:
132	132	21 (A) "The Colors of Us" by Karen Katz.
133	133	22 (B) "Happy in Our Skin" by Fran Manushkin.
134	134	23 (C) "I Am Enough" by Grace Byers.
135	135	24 (D) "Let's Talk About Race" by Julius Lester.
136	136	25 (E) "The Skin I'm In: A First Look at Racism" by
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148	148	1 (F) "Something Happened in Our Town" by Marianne
149	149	2 Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard.
150	150	3 (G) "A Terrible Thing Happened" by Margaret M.
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152	152	5 (H) "Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The
153	153	6 Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement" by Carole Boston
154	154	7 Weatherford and Ekua Holmes.
155	155	8 (I) "We're Different, We're the Same (and We're
156	156	9 Wonderful)" by Bobbi Jane Kates.
157	157	10 (b) Instruction in the material presented in each book
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160	160	13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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