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Illinois Senate Bill SB1227

Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1227 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires school boards to publicly report, on their school district's website, a list of the curriculum to be used for student instruction during the school year. Requires that the report also include any procedures that are in effect at each school for the documentation, review, or approval of the curriculum used for student instruction. Allows a school district to update the report on an ongoing basis, but requires the report to be updated at least one month prior to the start of each school semester. Requires the State Board of Education to impose a civil penalty of $1,000 per day for each day a school board fails to post the required update after one week of notice. Requires each school district to notify the parents or guardians of students when the report is posted and when any subsequent updates are made to the report. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. LRB104 03516 LNS 13539 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1227 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Andrew S. Chesney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires school boards to publicly report, on their school district's website, a list of the curriculum to be used for student instruction during the school year. Requires that the report also include any procedures that are in effect at each school for the documentation, review, or approval of the curriculum used for student instruction. Allows a school district to update the report on an ongoing basis, but requires the report to be updated at least one month prior to the start of each school semester. Requires the State Board of Education to impose a civil penalty of $1,000 per day for each day a school board fails to post the required update after one week of notice. Requires each school district to notify the parents or guardians of students when the report is posted and when any subsequent updates are made to the report. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. LRB104 03516 LNS 13539 b LRB104 03516 LNS 13539 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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1414 1 AN ACT concerning education.
1515 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1616 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1717 4 Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the School
1818 5 Curriculum Report for Transparency Law.
1919 6 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
2020 7 10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
2121 8 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
2222 9 Sec. 10-20.88. Curriculum report.
2323 10 (a) In this Section, "curriculum" includes the subjects
2424 11 used to teach the course and the books, media, and other
2525 12 learning materials used to teach the course.
2626 13 (b) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the school
2727 14 board of each school district shall publicly report for each
2828 15 of the district's schools the following information in a
2929 16 prominent location on the district's website:
3030 17 (1) A list of the curriculum used in every course
3131 18 provided by the school that is to be used for student
3232 19 instruction during the school year. The list shall be
3333 20 organized, at a minimum, by grade level and subject area.
3434 21 (2) Any procedures that are in effect at the school
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7878 1 administrators, principal, or teachers of the curriculum
7979 2 used for student instruction.
8080 3 (c) Under this Section, a school board shall provide
8181 4 updated information on the district's website at least one
8282 5 month prior to the start of each school semester and more
8383 6 frequently as the school board deems appropriate. A school
8484 7 board is required to report only the information that is
8585 8 necessary to identify the specific curriculum used for student
8686 9 instruction at each school.
8787 10 If a school board fails to post the information required
8888 11 under this subsection on its website, the State Board of
8989 12 Education shall issue a notice to the school board stating
9090 13 that the school board has one week after the notice has been
9191 14 issued to post the information before the State Board of
9292 15 Education begins imposing a civil penalty of $1,000 per day
9393 16 for each day the school board continues to fail to post the
9494 17 information. If the school board fails to post the information
9595 18 required under this subsection within one week after the
9696 19 notice has been issued, the State Board of Education shall
9797 20 impose on the school board a civil penalty of $1,000 per day
9898 21 for each day the school board continues to fail to post the
9999 22 information, pursuant to an administrative proceeding, and the
100100 23 Attorney General may bring an action in the circuit court to
101101 24 enforce collection.
102102 25 (d) Under this Section, a school district may, but is not
103103 26 required to, update the report and post the updated report on
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114114 1 the district's website on an ongoing basis during the school
115115 2 year, as long as an updated report is completed at least one
116116 3 month prior to the start of each school semester.
117117 4 (e) Each school district's report under this Section shall
118118 5 remain publicly available on the school district's website at
119119 6 least until the next report for the school year is completed
120120 7 and made publicly available on the district's website.
121121 8 (f) Each school district is required to notify, either by
122122 9 mail or email, the parents or guardians of students when the
123123 10 report under this Section is posted and when any subsequent
124124 11 updates are made to the report.
125125 12 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new)
126126 13 Sec. 34-18.88. Curriculum report.
127127 14 (a) In this Section, "curriculum" includes the subjects
128128 15 used to teach the course and the books, media, and other
129129 16 learning materials used to teach the course.
130130 17 (b) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the board
131131 18 shall publicly report for each of the school district's
132132 19 schools the following information in a prominent location on
133133 20 the district's website:
134134 21 (1) A list of the curriculum used in every course
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150150 2 administrators, principal, or teachers of the curriculum
151151 3 used for student instruction.
152152 4 (c) Under this Section, the board shall provide updated
153153 5 information on the district's website at least one month prior
154154 6 to the start of each school semester and more frequently as the
155155 7 board deems appropriate. The board is required to report only
156156 8 the information that is necessary to identify the specific
157157 9 curriculum used for student instruction at each school.
158158 10 If the board fails to post the information required under
159159 11 this subsection on its website, the State Board of Education
160160 12 shall issue a notice to the board stating that the board has
161161 13 one week after the notice has been issued to post the
162162 14 information before the State Board of Education begins
163163 15 imposing a civil penalty of $1,000 per day for each day the
164164 16 board continues to fail to post the information. If the board
165165 17 fails to post the information required under this subsection
166166 18 within one week after the notice has been issued, the State
167167 19 Board of Education shall impose on the board a civil penalty of
168168 20 $1,000 per day for each day the board continues to fail to post
169169 21 the information, pursuant to an administrative proceeding, and
170170 22 the Attorney General may bring an action in the circuit court
171171 23 to enforce collection.
172172 24 (d) Under this Section, the school district may, but is
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185185 1 school year, as long as an updated report is completed at least
186186 2 one month prior to the start of each school semester.
187187 3 (e) The report under this Section shall remain publicly
188188 4 available on the school district's website at least until the
189189 5 next report for the school year is completed and made publicly
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191191 7 (f) The school district is required to notify, either by
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