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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection 
5Act is amended  by adding Section 7 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 748/7 new)
7    Sec. 7. Protections for college students who are volunteer 
8emergency workers.
9    (a) As used in this Section, "postsecondary institution" 
10means a community college or public university in this State.
11    (b) Except as limited under subsection (c), a 
12postsecondary institution may not discipline a student who is 
13a volunteer emergency worker if the student, in the scope of 
14acting as a volunteer emergency worker, responds to an 
15emergency phone call or text message during work hours that 
16requests the person's volunteer emergency services during a 
17school day. 
18    (c) A postsecondary institution must allow a student who 
19is a volunteer emergency worker to receive up to 5 excused days 
20from class when the student is acting in the scope of a 
21volunteer emergency worker. 
22    (d) If a student who is a volunteer emergency worker loses 
23time from his or her classes in order to respond to an 
 
 
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1emergency in the course of performing his or her duties as a 
2volunteer emergency worker, the postsecondary institution may 
3request the student to provide the postsecondary institution 
4with a written statement from a supervisor or acting 
5supervisor of the fire department or governmental entity that 
6the volunteer emergency worker serves stating that the student 
7responded to an emergency and stating the time and date of the 
8emergency.