Illois HB246 2019-2020 Amends the School Co Wh regard to the textbook block grant program provis that the textbooks thorized to be purchased mt clu the rol and ntributns of all people protected unr the Illois Human Rights Act and mt be nondiscrimatory as to any of the characteristics unr the Act Provis that textbooks purchased wh grant funds mt be nondiscrimatory Provis that public schools only the teachg of history of the Uned Stat shall clu a study of the rol and ntributns of lbian gay bisexual and transgenr people the history of this untry and this State Effective July 1 2020
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GAY RIGHTS
Begng next year, Illois schools will be required to clu the posive ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals … * illinois lgbt history bill *
{mosads}The law requir all schools the state clu “the role and ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people the history of this untry and this State” official textbooks. In honor of Pri Month, the Commissn is highlightg some of the most important legal ton for the LGBTQ muny Illois, cludg Illois’ place as the first state to crimalize homosexualy. January 1, 2006 – The Illois Human Rights Act is amend to bar discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr persons employment, hog, public acmodatn, and certa fancial transns.
“In public schools only, the teachg of history shall clu a study of the rol and ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people the history of this untry and this State, ” the bill stat.
The anizatn said some topics that will be add to the new curriculum clu the natn’s first gay rights anizatn, the Society for Human Rights, beg formed 1924 Chigo, and Sally Ri, the first US woman space, who was a lbian.
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Przker (D) signed Hoe Bill 246, which mandat that the subject be tght as of July 1, measure stipulat that stunts mt study “the rol and ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people the history of this untry and this State.
The law requir that history class public schools "clu a study of the rol and ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people the history of this untry and this state.
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * illinois lgbt history bill *
News and World Report article, also om Augt 2019, said that Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carola and Texas have laws prohibg the "promotn of homosexualy.