Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 6:60-R4
Instruction
Administrative Procedure - Curriculum Content
The curriculum shall contain instruction on subjects required by State statute or regulation. The examples below serve as an outline; actual course content will be determined in accordance with State requirements and Policy 6:40 Curriculum Development.
1. In grades 9 through 12, subjects include: language arts, science, mathematics, U.S. History, foreign language, music art, and driver and safety education.
Students otherwise eligible to take a driver education course must receive a passing grade in at least 8 courses during the previous 2 semesters before enrolling in the course. The Superintendent or designee may waive this requirement if he or she believes a waiver to be in the student's best interest. The course shall include classroom instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue. Automobile safety instruction covering traffic regulations and highway safety must include instruction on the consequences of alcohol consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle. The eligibility requirements contained in State law for the receipt of a certificate of completion from the Secretary of State shall be provided to students in writing at the time of their registration.
2. In grades 9 through 12, as well as in interscholastic athletic programs, steroid abuse prevention must be taught.
3. In all grades physical education must be taught including a developmentally planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development of movement skill, enhances health-related fitness, increases students' knowledge, offers direct opportunities to learn how to work cooperatively in a group setting, and encourages healthy habits and attitudes for a healthy lifestyle. Unless otherwise exempted, all students are required to engage daily during the school day in a physical education course.
4. In all school health education must be stressed including: proper nutrition, physical fitness, components necessary to develop a sound mind in a healthy body, and dangers and avoidance of abduction. The Superintendent shall implement a comprehensive health education program in accordance with State law.
5. In all schools career/vocational education must be taught, including: the importance of work, the development of basic skills to enter the world of work and/or continue formal education, good work habits an values, the relationship between learning and work, and if possible, a student work program that provides the student with work experience as an extension of the regular classroom. A career awareness and exploration program must be available at all grade levels.
6. In grades 9 through 12, consumer education must be taught, including: financial literacy, installment purchasing; knowledge of banking and banking procedures, budgeting, savings, and investing; simple contracts; income taxes; personal insurance policies; the comparison of prices; homeownership; credit cards, credit applications, credit options, and other related skills; and the roles of consumers interacting with agriculture, business, labor unions, and government in formulating and achieving the goals of the mixed free enterprise systems.
7. In all schools, conservation of natural resources must be taught, including: home ecology, endangered species, threats to the environment, and the importance of the environment to life as we know it.
8. In all schools, United States History must be taught, including: the principles of representative government, the Constitutions of the U.S. an Illinois, the role of the U.S. in world affairs, the role of labor unions, and the role and contributions of ethnic groups.
9. In all schools, the curriculum includes a unit of instruction on the Holocaust and crimes of genocide, including Nazi atrocities of 1933 to 1945, Armenian Genocide, the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine, and more recent atrocities in Cambodia Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan.
10. In all schools, a unit of instruction on the history, struggles, and contributions of women must be included.
11. In all schools, a unit of instruction must be included on Black History, including the history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the vestiges of slavery in this country, as well as the struggles and contributions of African-Americans.
12. In all schools, instruction during courses as determined by the Superintendent or designee on disability history, awareness, and the disability rights movement.
13. In grades 9 through 12, age-appropriate Internet safety must be taught, the scope of which shall be determined by the Superintendent or designee. The curriculum must incorporate policy 6:235, Access to Electronic Networks - Internet Safety Policy and, at a minimum, include: (a) education about appropriate online behavior, (b) interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms, and (c) cyberbullying awareness and response.
LEGAL REF.:
5 ILCS 465/3 and 465/3a.
20 ILCS 2605/2605/2605-480.
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 108-447, Section 111 of Division J.
105 ILCS 5/2-3.80(e) and (f), 5/27-3, 5/27-5, 5/27-6, 5/27-7, 5/27-12, 5/27-12.1, 5/27-13.1, 5/27-13.2, 5/27-20.3,
5/27-20.4, 5/27-20.5, 5/27-21, 5/27-22, 5/27-23, 5/27-23.3, 5/27-23.4, 5/27-23.7, 5/27-24.2, 435/, and
10/3.
625 ILCS 5/6-408.5.
23 Ill.Admin.Code ยงยง1.420, 1.430, and 1.440.
Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, Pub. L. No. 110-385, Title II, 122 stat. 4096 (2008).
47 C.F.R. ยง54.520.
CROSS REF.:
6:20 (School Year Calendar and Day)
6:40 (Curriculum Development),
6:60 (Curriculum Content)
6:70 (Teaching About Religion)
6:235 (Access to Electronic Networks - Internet Safety Policy)
7:190 (Student Discipline)
7:260 (Exemption from Physical Activity)
REVIEWED: December 8, 2008
ADOPTED: February 9, 2009
REVIEWED: April 12, 2010
REVISED: April 26, 2010
REVIEWED: February 6, 2012
REVISED: February 21, 2012
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