Full Text of HB4954 101st General Assembly
HB4954 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB4954 Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/24-2 | from Ch. 122, par. 24-2 |
105 ILCS 5/27-21 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-21 |
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Amends the School Code. Adds as commemorative holidays January 15 (to be known as Humanitarian Day and observed as a day of respect for the principles of human and civil rights and to involve the use of the color white as a visual affirmation to practice these principles), April 4 (to be known as Victims of Violence Wholly Day and observed as a day of respect for the principles of nonviolence and to involve the use of the color black as a visual affirmation to practice these principles), and August 28 (to be known as Dream Day and observed as a day of respect for the spiritual and moral principles of peoplehood and to involve the use of the colors black and white as a visual affirmation to practice these principles). Provides that the teaching of the history of the United States shall include the study of the American civil rights renaissance, that period of time from 1954 to 1965 called the Movement.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 24-2 and 27-21 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
| 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
| 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 as | 19 | | Memorial Day by federal law; July 4,
Independence Day; the | 20 | | first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in | 21 | | October, Columbus Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the Thursday | 22 | | in
November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, | 23 | | Christmas Day.
School boards may grant special holidays |
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| 1 | | whenever in their judgment such
action is advisable. No | 2 | | deduction shall
be made from the time or
compensation of a | 3 | | school employee on account of any legal
or special holiday.
| 4 | | (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for | 5 | | waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code is | 6 | | authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, | 7 | | parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third | 8 | | Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, | 9 | | Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); | 10 | | the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's | 11 | | birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and | 12 | | November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: | 13 | | (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are | 14 | | recognized through instructional activities conducted on | 15 | | that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, | 16 | | on the first school day preceding or following that day; | 17 | | and | 18 | | (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority | 19 | | first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The entity | 20 | | shall provide notice preceding the public hearing to both | 21 | | educators and parents. The notice shall set forth the time, | 22 | | date, and place of the hearing, describe the proposal, and | 23 | | indicate that the entity will take testimony from educators | 24 | | and parents about the proposal.
| 25 | | (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | 26 | | patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, |
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| 1 | | or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays are: | 2 | | January 15 (to be known as Humanitarian Day and observed as a | 3 | | day of respect for the principles of human and civil rights and | 4 | | to involve the use of the color white as a visual affirmation | 5 | | to practice these principles), January 28 (to be known as | 6 | | Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed as a commemoration of space | 7 | | exploration), February 15 (the
birthday of Susan B. Anthony), | 8 | | March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' Day),
April 4 (to be known as | 9 | | Victims of Violence Wholly Day and observed as a day of respect | 10 | | for the principles of nonviolence and to involve the use of the | 11 | | color black as a visual affirmation to practice these | 12 | | principles), August 28 (to be known as Dream Day and observed | 13 | | as a day of respect for the spiritual and moral principles of | 14 | | peoplehood and to involve the use of the colors black and white | 15 | | as a visual affirmation to practice these principles), | 16 | | September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), the school | 17 | | day
immediately preceding Veterans' Day (Korean War Veterans'
| 18 | | Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), October 7 (Iraq and | 19 | | Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), December 7 (Pearl | 20 | | Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so appointed by the | 21 | | President or
Governor. School boards may establish | 22 | | commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment such action | 23 | | is advisable.
School boards shall include instruction relative | 24 | | to commemorated persons,
activities, or
events on the | 25 | | commemorative holiday or at any other time during the school
| 26 | | year and at any point in the curriculum when such instruction |
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| 1 | | may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of Education shall | 2 | | prepare and make available
to school boards instructional | 3 | | materials relative to commemorated persons,
activities,
or | 4 | | events which may be used by school boards in conjunction with | 5 | | any
instruction provided pursuant to this paragraph.
| 6 | | (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe March | 7 | | 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday shall | 8 | | be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to commemorate and | 9 | | be reminded of the past Chief Executive
Officers of the City of | 10 | | Chicago, and in particular the late Mayor Richard
J. Daley and | 11 | | the late Mayor Harold Washington. If March 4 falls on a
| 12 | | Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be observed on the | 13 | | following Monday.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 98-156, eff. 8-2-13.)
| 15 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-21)
| 16 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-227 ) | 17 | | Sec. 27-21. History of United States. History of the United | 18 | | States shall be taught in all public schools and
in all other | 19 | | educational institutions in this State supported or
| 20 | | maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds. The teaching | 21 | | of history
shall have as one of its objectives the imparting to | 22 | | pupils of a
comprehensive idea of our democratic form of | 23 | | government and the principles
for which our government stands | 24 | | as regards other nations, including the
studying of the place | 25 | | of our government in world-wide movements and the
leaders |
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| 1 | | thereof, with particular stress upon the basic principles and
| 2 | | ideals of our representative form of government. The teaching | 3 | | of history
shall include a study of the role and contributions | 4 | | of African Americans and
other ethnic groups , including , but | 5 | | not restricted to , Polish, Lithuanian, German,
Hungarian, | 6 | | Irish, Bohemian, Russian, Albanian, Italian, Czech, Slovak,
| 7 | | French, Scots, Hispanics, Asian Americans, etc., in the history | 8 | | of this
country and this
State. To reinforce the study of the | 9 | | role and contributions of Hispanics, such curriculum shall | 10 | | include the study of the events related to the forceful removal | 11 | | and illegal deportation of Mexican-American U.S. citizens | 12 | | during the Great Depression. The teaching of history shall | 13 | | include the study of the American civil rights renaissance, | 14 | | that period of time from 1954 to 1965 called the Movement. The | 15 | | teaching of history also shall include a study of the
role of | 16 | | labor unions and their interaction with government in achieving | 17 | | the
goals of a mixed free enterprise system. Beginning with the | 18 | | 2020-2021 school year, the teaching of history must also | 19 | | include instruction on the history of Illinois. No pupils shall | 20 | | be graduated
from the eighth grade of any
public school unless | 21 | | he has received such instruction in the history of the
United | 22 | | States and gives evidence of having a comprehensive knowledge
| 23 | | thereof.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 101-341, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-19-19.)
| 25 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-227 ) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 27-21. History of United States. History of the United | 2 | | States shall be taught in all public schools and
in all other | 3 | | educational institutions in this State supported or
| 4 | | maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds. The teaching | 5 | | of history
shall have as one of its objectives the imparting to | 6 | | pupils of a
comprehensive idea of our democratic form of | 7 | | government and the principles
for which our government stands | 8 | | as regards other nations, including the
studying of the place | 9 | | of our government in world-wide movements and the
leaders | 10 | | thereof, with particular stress upon the basic principles and
| 11 | | ideals of our representative form of government. The teaching | 12 | | of history
shall include a study of the role and contributions | 13 | | of African Americans and
other ethnic groups , including , but | 14 | | not restricted to , Polish, Lithuanian, German,
Hungarian, | 15 | | Irish, Bohemian, Russian, Albanian, Italian, Czech, Slovak,
| 16 | | French, Scots, Hispanics, Asian Americans, etc., in the history | 17 | | of this
country and this
State. To reinforce the study of the | 18 | | role and contributions of Hispanics, such curriculum shall | 19 | | include the study of the events related to the forceful removal | 20 | | and illegal deportation of Mexican-American U.S. citizens | 21 | | during the Great Depression. The teaching of history shall | 22 | | include the study of the American civil rights renaissance, | 23 | | that period of time from 1954 to 1965 called the Movement. In | 24 | | public schools only, the teaching of history shall include a | 25 | | study of the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, | 26 | | and transgender people in the history of this country and this |
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| 1 | | State. The teaching of history also shall include a study of | 2 | | the
role of labor unions and their interaction with government | 3 | | in achieving the
goals of a mixed free enterprise system. | 4 | | Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the teaching of | 5 | | history must also include instruction on the history of | 6 | | Illinois. No pupils shall be graduated
from the eighth grade of | 7 | | any
public school unless he or she has received such | 8 | | instruction in the history of the
United States and gives | 9 | | evidence of having a comprehensive knowledge
thereof.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 101-227, eff. 7-1-20; 101-341, eff. 1-1-20; | 11 | | revised 9-19-19.)
| 12 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 13 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 14 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 15 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 16 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 17 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 18 | | Public Act.
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