Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 D cosponsors

SB 847 — EDUCATION-TECH

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

42 added · 26 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amended bill SB 847 now mandates that public elementary and high schools include specific curriculum units on the Holocaust and other genocides within their educational programs. This update emphasizes the importance of teaching students about these historical events to prevent future hatred and violence. By providing a broader context that includes various genocides, the bill aims to foster a deeper understanding of human rights and the consequences of prejudice, which is crucial for promoting tolerance and awareness in society.

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*LRB09505574NHT25664b* SB0847 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2008 SB0847 Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen.
SB0847 Engrossed LRB095 05574 NHT 25664 b AN ACT concerning education.
Kimberly A.
Lightford - Emil Jones, Jr.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 5/21-2b from Ch.
122, par.
21-2b Amends the School Code.
Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.
LRB095 05574 NHT 25664 b A BILL FOR SB0847 LRB095 05574 NHT 25664 b AN ACT concerning education.
The School Code is amended by changing Section 21-2b as follows:
The School Code is amended by changing Section 27-20.3 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/21-2b) (from Ch.
(105 ILCS 5/27-20.3) (from Ch.
21-2b) Sec.
27-20.3) Sec.
21-2b.
27-20.3.
Teacher education program entrance.
Holocaust and Genocide Study.
In consultation with the the State Teacher Certification Board the State Board of Education shall develop procedures which ensure that all students entering approved teacher education programs are proficient in the areas of reading, mathematics and language arts.
Every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the Nazi atrocities of 1933 to 1945.
Each institution of higher learning shall submit to the State Teacher Certification Board a plan which sets forth procedures for implementation of this Section.
This period in world history is known as the Holocaust, during which 6,000,000 Jews and millions of non-Jews were exterminated.
One of the universal lessons of the Holocaust is that national, ethnic, racial, or religious hatred can overtake any nation or society, leading to calamitous consequences.
To reinforce that lesson, such curriculum shall include an additional unit of instruction studying other acts of genocide across the globe.
This unit shall include, but not be limited to, the Armenian Genocide, the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine, the Pontian Greek Genocide, and more recent atrocities in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan.
The studying of this material is a reaffirmation of the commitment of free peoples from all nations to never again permit the occurrence of another Holocaust and a recognition SB0847 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 05574 NHT 25664 b that crimes of genocide continue to be perpetrated across the globe as they have been in the past and to deter indifference to crimes against humanity and human suffering wherever they may occur.
The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials which may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of instruction under this Section;
provided, however, that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instruction time which shall qualify as a unit of instruction satisfying the requirements of this Section.
84-126.)
94-478, eff.
8-5-05.) Section 90.
The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.31 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) Sec.
8.31.
Exempt mandate.
Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

  3. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  4. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 22, 2007

  5. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  6. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 15, 2007

  7. Referred to Rules Committee

  8. First Reading

  9. Chief House Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey

  10. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  11. Arrived in House

  12. Third Reading - Passed; 052-003-001

  13. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  14. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Collins

  15. Recalled to Second Reading

  16. Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  17. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 007-000-000

  18. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education

  19. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  20. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  21. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007

  22. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007

  23. Second Reading

  24. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007

  25. Do Pass Executive; 007-005-000

  26. Assigned to Executive

  27. Referred to Rules

  28. First Reading

  29. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.

  30. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (182)

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 52 Yea · 3 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 42304
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 52304
% of votes cast 88%5%0%7%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Noland — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Brady — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Cullerton — Not Voting
Silverstein — Not Voting
Dillard — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Nay
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Nay
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Rutherford — Nay
Sandoval — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Millner — Not Voting
DeLeo — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 847 do?
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.
Who sponsors SB 847?
SB 847 is sponsored by Lakesia Collins (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 847?
This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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