EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a school finance authority. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34A-104 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that on or before January 1, 2023, the State Board of Education shall create a model curriculum that may be used by school districts for the teaching of the Vietnamese and Laotian American refugee experience and a model curriculum on the Cambodian genocide. Provides that the curricula must be developed in an age-appropriate manner for instruction in kindergarten through grade 12; specifies other curriculum requirements. Effective immediately. Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (State Board of Education) House Bill 3638 (H-AM 1) is estimated to have a fiscal impact of $220,000 on the Illinois State Board of Education's (ISBE) General Revenue Fund budget. It is estimated that each model curriculum will cost $110,000 to create the content. For development of each curriculum, ISBE assumes it will pay teachers a $30 per hour stipend for approximately 1,620 hours of work for a total of $48,600. An additional $61,400 is assumed for each curriculum for other personnel costs, materials, printing, travel, meeting expenses, video production, and creation of other content. State Mandates Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not create a State mandate.