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Bill SCH CD-STUDY MEXICAN-AMER HIST Amends the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events related to the forceful removal and illegal deportation of almost 2,000,000 Mexican-American U.S. citizens during the Great Depression, beginning in 1929 and ending in the mid-1940's. Allows the State Superintendent of Education to prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials. Provides that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instruction time that shall qualify as a unit of instruction. Effective January 1, 2010. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 96th SB 1557 Illinois SB 1557 (96th)
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Illinois SB 1557 (96th) — SCH CD-STUDY MEXICAN-AMER HIST

Amends the School Code. Requires every public elementary school and high school to include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events related to the forceful removal and illegal deportation of almost 2,000,000 Mexican-American U.S. citizens during the Great Depression, beginning in 1929 and ending in the mid-1940's. Allows the State Superintendent of Education to prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials. Provides that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instruction time that shall qualify as a unit of instruction. Effective January 1, 2010.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Concurrence — 57–0 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 42–6 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 112–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Elizabeth Coulson — cosponsor (person)
  • Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
  • Kevin Joyce — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Sandy Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • William Delgado — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2009-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado filing
  • 2009-02-18 First Reading reading-1
  • 2009-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2009-02-25 Assigned to Education referral-committee
  • 2009-03-05 Postponed - Education
  • 2009-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
  • 2009-03-11 Do Pass Education; 009-001-001 committee-passage
  • 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
  • 2009-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado amendment-introduction
  • 2009-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2009-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2009-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
  • 2009-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
  • 2009-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 007-002-000
  • 2009-03-31 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
  • 2009-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Delgado amendment-passage
  • 2009-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
  • 2009-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 042-006-002 reading-3, passage
  • 2009-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2009-04-01 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
  • 2009-04-01 First Reading reading-1
  • 2009-04-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2009-04-14 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
  • 2009-05-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee amendment-introduction
  • 2009-05-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2009-05-06 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2009-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
  • 2009-05-14 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
  • 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
  • 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
  • 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
  • 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
  • 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
  • 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
  • 2009-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
  • 2009-05-15 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
  • 2009-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 17, 2009
  • 2009-05-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William Delgado filing
  • 2009-05-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2009-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education referral-committee
  • 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
  • 2009-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
  • 2009-05-27 Passed Both Houses
  • 2009-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2009-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2009-08-24 Effective Date January 1, 2010
  • 2009-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0629 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef6ffc43-95b9-4674-9e75-4566b241cc3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).

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