I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 278 be amended to read as follows:
Page 2, between lines 10 and 11, begin a new paragraph and
insert:
SECTION 2.
IC 20-10.1-4-5
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 5. Each school
corporation shall include in its curriculum the following studies:
(1) Language arts, including English, grammar, composition,
speech, and second languages.
(2) World literature, including the Bible and other similar
great works of literature. The school corporation must offer
world literature as an elective and not as a mandatory course
of study.
(2) (3) Mathematics.
(3) (4) Social studies and citizenship, including the constitutions,
governmental systems, and histories of Indiana and the United
States.
(4) (5) Sciences.
(5) (6) Fine arts, including music and art.
(6) (7) Health education, physical fitness, safety, and the effects
of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and other substances on the human
body.
(7) (8) Additional studies selected by each governing body,
subject to revision by the state board of education.
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.