[BREITBART] The governor of Illinois recently signed a bill that will mandate public schools in the state teach LGBT history, beginning next year. The new legislation will require schools to incorporate "a study of the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people" as part of the American history curriculum.Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed House Bill 246 into law on Friday, which will require schools to incorporate LGBT history in American history courses. The law mandates that all publicly funded schools in Illinois include "the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of this country and this State" in official textbooks.
"Each public school district and State-recognized, non-public school shall, subject to appropriations for that purpose, receive a per-pupil grant for the purchase of secular and non-discriminatory textbooks," reads the text of the legislation.
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