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| | HB4203 Engrossed | | LRB102 20427 CMG 29288 b |
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Elimination of Racially Derogatory Language Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| 7 | | "Public body" means a legislative, executive, |
| 8 | | administrative, or advisory body of this State, a State |
| 9 | | university or community college, a county, township, |
| 10 | | municipality, school district, or any other municipal |
| 11 | | corporation, board, bureau, committee, or commission of this |
| 12 | | State, any subsidiary body of any of the foregoing, including, |
| 13 | | but not limited to, a committee or subcommittee thereof, or a |
| 14 | | School Finance Authority created under Article 1E of the |
| 15 | | School Code.
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| 16 | | "Racial slur" means any word or phrase used as an |
| 17 | | insulting and contemptuous or otherwise negative term for a |
| 18 | | racial or ethnic group.
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| 19 | | Section 10. Display of racially derogatory language |
| 20 | | prohibited. No public body may display any racially derogatory |
| 21 | | language, including racial slurs, within its building, on its |
| 22 | | property, or at a public meeting at any time. Uses of racially |