Public Act 103-0015
 
HB1273 EnrolledLRB103 04776 RJT 49786 b


  
    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 Section 
24-2 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; June 19, Juneteenth National 
Freedom Day; 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), September 17 
(Constitution Day), 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. 
    Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the 
contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as 
2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the 
State under Public Act 102-15. 

(Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20; 102-14, eff. 1-1-22; 
102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-334, eff. 8-9-21; 102-411, eff. 
1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)

  
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2023.