Illinois Senate Bill 2821

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-01-13 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that the school board of each school district shall report for each of the school district's schools specified information regarding learning materials and activities used for student instruction in a prominent location on the school district's website. Requires a school board to provide updated information on the school district's website by January 1 and August 1 of each year and more frequently as the school board deems appropriate. Provides that nothing may be construed to require: (1) the publication of a digital reproduction of learning materials on a school district's website; or (2) a separate listing of the individual components of learning materials produced as a single volume. Allows a school district to: (1) update the report and post the updated report on the school district's website on an ongoing basis during the school year, as long as the updated report is completed by January 1 and August 1; and (2) use a collaborative online document or spreadsheet software that allows multiple authorized users to update or make additions to the report on an ongoing basis, as long as a link to the report is publicly accessible on the school district's website. Requires each school district's report to remain publicly available on the school district's website at least until the next report for the year is completed and made publicly available on the school district's website. Provides that each school district's report shall include a step-by-step process on how a parent or guardian of a student attending a school within the school district can opt-out a child from any learning materials or activities provided by the school if the learning materials or activities conflict with the student's religious beliefs. Effective July 1, 2026.

SCH CD-LEARNING MATERIALS

Sen. Chris Balkema [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-13	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2026-01-13	Senate	First Reading
2026-01-13	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Balkema

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-20.88	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	34-18.88	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2821&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=206362&DocName=10400SB2821&DocNum=2821&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=165014&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=