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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, 105 ILCS 5/27-20.4 requires that every public 
3elementary school and high school shall include in its 
4curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Black 
5History, including the history of the African slave trade, 
6slavery in America, and the vestiges of slavery in this 
7country; these events shall include not only the contributions 
8made by individual African-Americans in government and in the 
9arts, humanities and sciences to the economic, cultural and 
10political development of the United States and Africa, but also 
11the socio-economic struggle which African-Americans 
12experienced collectively in striving to achieve fair and equal 
13treatment under the laws of this nation; the studying of this 
14material shall constitute an affirmation by students of their 
15commitment to respect the dignity of all races and peoples and 
16to forever eschew every form of discrimination in their lives 
17and careers; therefore, be it
  
 




  
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
19HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the 
20Illinois State Board of Education is directed to conduct an 
21audit of every Illinois school district's history curriculum 
22from K-12 to review the following: (1) Does the district's 
23curricular material no matter the format contain a current unit 
24on African American history, (2) At what grade school level 
 
 
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1does the district begin teaching African American history, (3) 
2At what level does the district stop teaching African American 
3history, (4) Does standardized testing include material on 
4African American history, and if so, at what levels, and (5) 
5What is ISBE's position on teaching African American history, 
6what are their protocols, and what are their penalties if their 
7instructions are not being followed; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That this audit is requested to be completed on 
9or before August 15, 2018; and be it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this be delivered to 
11James T. Meeks, Chairman of the Illinois State Board of 
12Education.