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Public Act 102-0411 Public Act 0411 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 102-0411 | SB0564 Enrolled | LRB102 13132 CMG 18475 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 24-2 and 27-21 as follows:
| (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
| Sec. 24-2. Holidays. | (a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, | nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, | shall teachers or other school
employees, other than | noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary | because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
| maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to | work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's | Day; the third Monday in
January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin | Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
Birthday of President | Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in March (to be known as | Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; the day designated | as Memorial Day by federal law; July 4,
Independence Day; the | first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in | October, Columbus Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the | Thursday in
November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and | December 25, Christmas Day.
School boards may grant special |
| holidays whenever in their judgment such
action is advisable. | No deduction shall
be made from the time or
compensation of a | school employee on account of any legal
or special holiday.
| (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for | waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code | is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, | parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third | Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, | Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); | the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's | birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and | November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: | (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are | recognized through instructional activities conducted on | that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, | on the first school day preceding or following that day; | and | (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority | first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The | entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing | to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth | the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the | proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony | from educators and parents about the proposal.
| (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, |
| or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays | are: January 17 (the birthday of Muhammad Ali), January 28 (to | be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed as a | commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the
birthday | of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' Day),
| September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), the school | day
immediately preceding Veterans' Day (Korean War Veterans'
| Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), October 7 (Iraq and | Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), December 7 (Pearl | Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so appointed by the | President or
Governor. School boards may establish | commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment such action | is advisable.
School boards shall include instruction relative | to commemorated persons,
activities, or
events on the | commemorative holiday or at any other time during the school
| year and at any point in the curriculum when such instruction | may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of Education shall | prepare and make available
to school boards instructional | materials relative to commemorated persons,
activities,
or | events which may be used by school boards in conjunction with | any
instruction provided pursuant to this paragraph.
| (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe | March 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday | shall be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to | commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
| Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late |
| Mayor Richard
J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington. | If March 4 falls on a
Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be | observed on the following Monday. | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to | the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known | as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout | the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of | election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be | used as a location for election day services or as a polling | place.
| (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.)
| (105 ILCS 5/27-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-21)
| Sec. 27-21. History of United States. History of the | United States shall be taught in all public schools and
in all | other educational institutions in this State supported or
| maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds. The teaching | of history
shall have as one of its objectives the imparting to | pupils of a
comprehensive idea of our democratic form of | government and the principles
for which our government stands | as regards other nations, including the
studying of the place | of our government in world-wide movements and the
leaders | thereof, with particular stress upon the basic principles and
| ideals of our representative form of government. The teaching | of history
shall include a study of the role and contributions |
| of African Americans and
other ethnic groups, including, but | not restricted to, Polish, Lithuanian, German,
Hungarian, | Irish, Bohemian, Russian, Albanian, Italian, Czech, Slovak,
| French, Scots, Hispanics, Asian Americans, etc., in the | history of this
country and this
State. To reinforce the study | of the role and contributions of Hispanics, such curriculum | shall include the study of the events related to the forceful | removal and illegal deportation of Mexican-American U.S. | citizens during the Great Depression. In public schools only, | the teaching of history shall include a study of the roles and | contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender | people in the history of this country and this State. The | teaching of history also shall include a study of the
role of | labor unions and their interaction with government in | achieving the
goals of a mixed free enterprise system. | Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the teaching of | history must also include instruction on the history of | Illinois. The teaching of history shall include the | contributions made to society by Americans of different faith | practices, including, but not limited to, Muslim Americans, | Jewish Americans, Christian Americans, Hindu Americans, Sikh | Americans, Buddhist Americans, and any other collective | community of faith that has shaped America. No pupils shall be | graduated
from the eighth grade of any
public school unless he | or she has received such instruction in the history of the
| United States and gives evidence of having a comprehensive |
| knowledge
thereof, which may be administered remotely.
| (Source: P.A. 101-227, eff. 7-1-20; 101-341, eff. 1-1-20; | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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Effective Date: 1/1/2022
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