Full Text of HB4853 103rd General Assembly
HB4853 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4853 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning holidays, provides that a school board or other entity eligible to apply for waivers and modifications under the Code is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on November 5, 2024 (2024 General Election Day) if certain conditions are met. Effective July 1, 2024. |
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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 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 24-2 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-2) | 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, educational support personnel employees, or | 11 | | other school employees, other than noncertificated school | 12 | | employees whose presence is necessary because of an emergency | 13 | | or for the continued operation and maintenance of school | 14 | | facilities or property, be required to work on legal school | 15 | | holidays, which are January 1, New Year's Day; the third | 16 | | Monday in January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, | 17 | | Jr.; February 12, the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln; | 18 | | the first Monday in March (to be known as Casimir Pulaski's | 19 | | birthday); Good Friday; the day designated as Memorial Day by | 20 | | federal law; June 19, Juneteenth National Freedom Day; July 4, | 21 | | Independence Day; the first Monday in September, Labor Day; | 22 | | the second Monday in October, Columbus Day; November 11, | 23 | | Veterans' Day; the Thursday in November commonly called |
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| 1 | | Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas Day. School | 2 | | boards may grant special holidays whenever in their judgment | 3 | | such action is advisable. No deduction shall be made from the | 4 | | time or compensation of a school employee, including an | 5 | | educational support personnel employee, on account of any | 6 | | legal or special holiday in which that employee would have | 7 | | otherwise been scheduled to work but for the legal or special | 8 | | holiday. | 9 | | (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for | 10 | | waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code | 11 | | is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, | 12 | | parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third | 13 | | Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, | 14 | | Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); | 15 | | the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's | 16 | | birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); | 17 | | November 5, 2024 (2024 General Election Day), and November 11 | 18 | | (Veterans' Day), provided that: | 19 | | (1) the person or persons or event honored by the | 20 | | holiday are recognized through instructional activities | 21 | | conducted on that day or, if the day is not used for | 22 | | student attendance, on the first school day preceding or | 23 | | following that day; and | 24 | | (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority | 25 | | first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The | 26 | | entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing |
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| 1 | | to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth | 2 | | the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the | 3 | | proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony | 4 | | from educators and parents about the proposal. | 5 | | (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | 6 | | patriotic, civic, cultural or historical persons, activities, | 7 | | or events, are regular school days. Commemorative holidays | 8 | | are: January 17 (the birthday of Muhammad Ali), January 28 (to | 9 | | be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and observed as a | 10 | | commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the birthday | 11 | | of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' Day), | 12 | | September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), September 17 | 13 | | (Constitution Day), the school day immediately preceding | 14 | | Veterans' Day (Korean War Veterans' Day), October 1 (Recycling | 15 | | Day), October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance | 16 | | Day), December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Day), and any day so | 17 | | appointed by the President or Governor. School boards may | 18 | | establish commemorative holidays whenever in their judgment | 19 | | such action is advisable. School boards shall include | 20 | | instruction relative to commemorated persons, activities, or | 21 | | events on the commemorative holiday or at any other time | 22 | | during the school year and at any point in the curriculum when | 23 | | such instruction may be deemed appropriate. The State Board of | 24 | | Education shall prepare and make available to school boards | 25 | | instructional materials relative to commemorated persons, | 26 | | activities, or events which may be used by school boards in |
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| 1 | | conjunction with any instruction provided pursuant to this | 2 | | paragraph. | 3 | | (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe | 4 | | March 4 of each year as a commemorative holiday. This holiday | 5 | | shall be known as Mayors' Day which shall be a day to | 6 | | commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive | 7 | | Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late | 8 | | Mayor Richard J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington. | 9 | | If March 4 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be | 10 | | observed on the following Monday. | 11 | | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to | 12 | | the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known | 13 | | as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout | 14 | | the State pursuant to Public Act 101-642 this amendatory Act | 15 | | of the 101st General Assembly . All government offices, with | 16 | | the exception of election authorities, shall be closed unless | 17 | | authorized to be used as a location for election day services | 18 | | or as a polling place. | 19 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | 20 | | contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as | 21 | | 2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | 22 | | State under Public Act 102-15. | 23 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | 24 | | contrary other than subsection (b) of this Section , November | 25 | | 5, 2024 shall be a State holiday known as 2024 General Election | 26 | | Day and shall be observed throughout this State pursuant to |
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| 1 | | Public Act 103-467 this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | 2 | | Assembly . | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 102-14, eff. 1-1-22; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; | 4 | | 102-334, eff. 8-9-21; 102-411, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. | 5 | | 5-13-22; 103-15, eff. 7-1-23; 103-395, eff. 1-1-24; 103-467, | 6 | | eff. 8-4-23; revised 9-1-23.) | 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 8 | | 2024. |
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