Rep. Anna Moeller
Filed: 3/20/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3638




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3638 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
52-3.176 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.176. Vietnamese and Laotian American refugees and 
8the Cambodian genocide; model curriculum.
9    (a) In this Section, "oral testimony" means the firsthand 
10accounts of significant historical events presented in a format 
11that includes, but is not limited to, in-person testimony, 
12video, or a multimedia option, such as a DVD or an online 
13video.
14    (b) On or before January 1, 2023, the State Board of 
15Education shall create a model curriculum that may be used by 
16school districts for the teaching of the Vietnamese and Laotian 
 
 
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1American refugee experience that includes, but is not limited 
2to, the fall of Saigon in 1975. The model curriculum must be 
3developed in an age-appropriate manner for instruction in 
4kindergarten through grade 12 and must also comply with all of 
5the following:
6        (1) Be developed with participation from Vietnamese 
7    and Laotian American cultural centers and community groups 
8    located in this State, survivors, rescuers, and liberators 
9    of the Vietnam War, Vietnamese and Laotian American 
10    refugees, and a group of representatives from school 
11    districts, who may include teachers who have relevant 
12    experience or educational backgrounds in the study and 
13    teaching of Vietnamese or Laotian American history.
14        (2) Incorporate writings and other media that 
15    represent all perspectives of the Vietnamese and Laotian 
16    refugee experience, including oral testimony by survivors, 
17    rescuers, and liberators of the Vietnam War, including 
18    Vietnamese and Laotian American refugees, Vietnamese boat 
19    people, and members of the Republic of Vietnam Armed 
20    Forces, to ensure quality standards and materials for this 
21    area of study.
22        (3) Provide for a discussion on the Vietnamese boat 
23    people and members of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, 
24    the reasons behind the exodus, the hardships faced by the 
25    Vietnamese and Laotian people attempting to flee who were 
26    apprehended by the communist government, and the 
 
 
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1    conditions that led to the resettlement of Vietnamese and 
2    Laotian people in the United States.
3    (c) On or before January 1, 2023, the State Board of 
4Education shall create a model curriculum that may be used by 
5school districts for the teaching of the Cambodian genocide. 
6The model curriculum must be developed in an age-appropriate 
7manner for instruction in kindergarten through grade 12 and 
8must also comply with both of the following:
9        (1) Be developed with participation from survivors of 
10    the Cambodian genocide and a group of representatives from 
11    school districts, who may include teachers who have 
12    relevant experience or educational backgrounds in the 
13    study and teaching of the Cambodian genocide.
14        (2) Incorporate writings or other media that represent 
15    all perspectives of the Cambodian genocide, including oral 
16    testimony by survivors, to ensure quality standards and 
17    materials for this area of study. 
 

18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
19becoming law.".