HB 1559

Abstract

Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, every public high school may include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on media literacy; defines "media literacy". Provides requirements for the unit of instruction. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for the unit of instruction. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/27-20.08 new Adds reference to: 115 ILCS 5/4.10 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that, with respect to the Chicago school district only, collective bargaining between an educational employer and an exclusive representative of its employees may include decisions to determine the length of the work and school day and the length of the work and school year. Provides that the Act takes effect upon becoming law, but does not take effect at all unless House Bill 2275 of the 101st General Assembly, in the form in which it passed the House on March 28, 2019, becomes law.