Native American history would be latest public schools requirement under bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker expected to sign
by Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune
May 18, 2023
4 minutes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois public schools would be required to teach lessons on Midwestern Native American history beginning in the 2024-25 school year under a measure passed by state legislators that is expected to be signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
“The Native American history is in our DNA,” Democratic state Rep. Maurice West of Rockford, the bill’s sponsor, said in an interview. “It’s our obligation to truly know our history as a state.”
Under the bill, all public elementary and high school social studies courses that cover American history or government must include instruction on “events of the Native
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