IL SB1830

Adds financial literacy as an optional course option for social studies requirement, allowing one semester or part of one semester to fulfill the civics requirement beginning with 9th grade students in the 2021-2022 school year and thereafter.

Allows Advanced Placement computer science courses to count toward the three-year mathematics graduation requirement as one of the required mathematics courses.

Requires school districts that offer Advanced Placement computer science to designate it as equivalent to a high school mathematics course and note on student transcripts that it qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative course.

State Board of Education must develop and inform school districts of standards for writing-intensive coursework required for graduation.

Maintains existing high school graduation requirements including four years of language arts, two years of writing-intensive courses, three years of mathematics, two years of science, two years of social studies with U.S. history and civics components, and one year of arts, foreign language, or vocational education.