Bill Text: IL HB1273 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that Constitution Day (September 17) shall also be a commemorative holiday. Effective July 1, 2023.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 14-5)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0015 [HB1273 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1273-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that Constitution Day (September 17) shall also be a commemorative holiday. Effective July 1, 2023.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 14-5)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0015 [HB1273 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1273-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 24-2 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
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7 | Sec. 24-2. Holidays. | ||||||
8 | (a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, | ||||||
9 | nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, | ||||||
10 | shall teachers or other school
employees, other than | ||||||
11 | noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary | ||||||
12 | because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
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13 | maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to | ||||||
14 | work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's | ||||||
15 | Day; the third Monday in
January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin | ||||||
16 | Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
Birthday of President | ||||||
17 | Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in March (to be known as | ||||||
18 | Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; the day designated | ||||||
19 | as Memorial Day by federal law; June 19, Juneteenth National | ||||||
20 | Freedom Day; July 4,
Independence Day; the first Monday in | ||||||
21 | September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in October, Columbus | ||||||
22 | Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the Thursday in
November | ||||||
23 | commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas |
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1 | Day.
School boards may grant special holidays whenever in | ||||||
2 | their judgment such
action is advisable. No deduction shall
be | ||||||
3 | made from the time or
compensation of a school employee on | ||||||
4 | account of any legal
or special holiday.
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5 | (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for | ||||||
6 | waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code | ||||||
7 | is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, | ||||||
8 | parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third | ||||||
9 | Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, | ||||||
10 | Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); | ||||||
11 | the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's | ||||||
12 | birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and | ||||||
13 | November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: | ||||||
14 | (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are | ||||||
15 | recognized through instructional activities conducted on | ||||||
16 | that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, | ||||||
17 | on the first school day preceding or following that day; | ||||||
18 | and | ||||||
19 | (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority | ||||||
20 | first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The | ||||||
21 | entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing | ||||||
22 | to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth | ||||||
23 | the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the | ||||||
24 | proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony | ||||||
25 | from educators and parents about the proposal.
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26 | (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified |
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1 | patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, | ||||||
2 | or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays | ||||||
3 | are: January 17 (the birthday of Muhammad Ali), January 28 (to | ||||||
4 | be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed as a | ||||||
5 | commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the
birthday | ||||||
6 | of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' Day),
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7 | September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), September 17 | ||||||
8 | (Constitution Day), the school day
immediately preceding | ||||||
9 | Veterans' Day (Korean War Veterans'
Day), October 1 (Recycling | ||||||
10 | Day), October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance | ||||||
11 | Day), December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so | ||||||
12 | appointed by the President or
Governor. School boards may | ||||||
13 | establish commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment | ||||||
14 | such action is advisable.
School boards shall include | ||||||
15 | instruction relative to commemorated persons,
activities, or
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16 | events on the commemorative holiday or at any other time | ||||||
17 | during the school
year and at any point in the curriculum when | ||||||
18 | such instruction may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of | ||||||
19 | Education shall prepare and make available
to school boards | ||||||
20 | instructional materials relative to commemorated persons,
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21 | activities,
or events which may be used by school boards in | ||||||
22 | conjunction with any
instruction provided pursuant to this | ||||||
23 | paragraph.
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24 | (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe | ||||||
25 | March 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday | ||||||
26 | shall be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to |
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1 | commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
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2 | Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late | ||||||
3 | Mayor Richard
J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington. | ||||||
4 | If March 4 falls on a
Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be | ||||||
5 | observed on the following Monday. | ||||||
6 | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to | ||||||
7 | the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known | ||||||
8 | as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout | ||||||
9 | the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
10 | Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of | ||||||
11 | election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be | ||||||
12 | used as a location for election day services or as a polling | ||||||
13 | place. | ||||||
14 | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | ||||||
15 | contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as | ||||||
16 | 2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | ||||||
17 | State under Public Act 102-15.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20; 102-14, eff. 1-1-22; | ||||||
19 | 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-334, eff. 8-9-21; 102-411, eff. | ||||||
20 | 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
22 | 2023.
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