104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2058 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Craig Wilcox SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, every public elementary school and high school social studies course pertaining to American history shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the previous 30 years and the causes that led up to those events. Provides for what the unit of instruction shall and may include. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials and professional development opportunities that may be used as guidelines for development of the unit of instruction. Provides that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction. Provides that the regional superintendent of schools shall monitor a school district's compliance with the curricular requirements during the regional superintendent's annual compliance visit and make recommendations for improvement, including professional development. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 04025 LNS 14049 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2058 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Craig Wilcox SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new 105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, every public elementary school and high school social studies course pertaining to American history shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the previous 30 years and the causes that led up to those events. Provides for what the unit of instruction shall and may include. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials and professional development opportunities that may be used as guidelines for development of the unit of instruction. Provides that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction. Provides that the regional superintendent of schools shall monitor a school district's compliance with the curricular requirements during the regional superintendent's annual compliance visit and make recommendations for improvement, including professional development. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 04025 LNS 14049 b LRB104 04025 LNS 14049 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2058 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Craig Wilcox SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new 105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new
105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, every public elementary school and high school social studies course pertaining to American history shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the previous 30 years and the causes that led up to those events. Provides for what the unit of instruction shall and may include. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials and professional development opportunities that may be used as guidelines for development of the unit of instruction. Provides that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction. Provides that the regional superintendent of schools shall monitor a school district's compliance with the curricular requirements during the regional superintendent's annual compliance visit and make recommendations for improvement, including professional development. Effective July 1, 2025.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 27-21.5 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new)
7 Sec. 27-21.5. Study of recent history.
8 (a) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, every public
9 elementary school and high school social studies course
10 pertaining to American history shall include in its curriculum
11 a unit of instruction studying the events of the previous 30
12 years and the causes that led up to those events. This unit of
13 instruction may be included as part of the unit of instruction
14 required under Section 27-21.
15 The unit of instruction shall include a full, unbiased,
16 objective, and thorough recount of various significant
17 nationwide and global phenomena that occurred either directly
18 before or during students' lives. Some events that may be
19 covered during the initial years of instruction include, but
20 are not limited to, the events of September 11, 2001, the Iraq
21 War, the release of the iPhone in 2007, and the 2008 financial
22 crisis.
23 (b) The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2058 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Craig Wilcox SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new 105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new
105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, every public elementary school and high school social studies course pertaining to American history shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the previous 30 years and the causes that led up to those events. Provides for what the unit of instruction shall and may include. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials and professional development opportunities that may be used as guidelines for development of the unit of instruction. Provides that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction. Provides that the regional superintendent of schools shall monitor a school district's compliance with the curricular requirements during the regional superintendent's annual compliance visit and make recommendations for improvement, including professional development. Effective July 1, 2025.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
105 ILCS 5/27-21.5 new
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1 make available to all school boards instructional materials
2 and professional development opportunities that may be used as
3 guidelines for development of a unit of instruction under this
4 Section. However, each school board shall itself determine the
5 minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit
6 of instruction satisfying the requirements of this Section.
7 (c) The regional superintendent of schools shall monitor a
8 school district's compliance with this Section's curricular
9 requirements during the regional superintendent's annual
10 compliance visit and make recommendations for improvement,
11 including professional development.
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