Illinois House Joint Resolution 71

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-14 - Recommends Be Adopted Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 009-004-000
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Urges the State Board of Education to conduct a study on the number of schools, school districts, and other public school associations across the State that currently utilize Native American names, logos, and mascots. Urges the State Board of Education, through conversations with local schools and school districts, to collect findings on what the cost would be for these individual schools and districts to remove and change Native American names, mascots, and logos. Urges the State Board of Education to include its findings in a written report to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2024. Urges schools, school districts, and other public school associations to consider and plan for changing these harmful Native American names, mascots, and logos. Urges the State Board of Education to use all tools available to work towards the immediate end of the practice of using racial slurs as team names in Illinois schools.

NATIVE AMERICAN MASCOTS-SCHOOL

Rep. Maurice West [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-14	House	Recommends Be Adopted Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 009-004-000
2024-05-06	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2024-05-01	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-04-30	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=71&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HJR&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HJR/10300HJ0071.htm