Sen. Thomas Cullerton

Filed: 5/10/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2830

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2830 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Visitation Rights Act is amended by
5changing Sections 15 and 35 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 147/15)
7    Sec. 15. School conference and activity leave.
8    (a) An employer must grant an employee leave of up to a
9total of 8 hours during any school year, and no more than 4
10hours of which may be taken on any given day, to attend school
11conferences, behavioral meetings, or academic meetings
12classroom activities related to the employee's child if the
13conference or meeting classroom activities cannot be scheduled
14during nonwork hours; however, no leave may be taken by an
15employee of an employer that is subject to this Act unless the
16employee has exhausted all accrued vacation leave, personal

 

 

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1leave, compensatory leave and any other leave that may be
2granted to the employee except sick leave and disability leave.
3Before arranging attendance at the conference or activity, the
4employee shall provide the employer with a written request for
5leave at least 7 days in advance of the time the employee is
6required to utilize the visitation right. In emergency
7situations, no more than 24 hours' hours notice shall be
8required. The employee must consult with the employer to
9schedule the leave so as not to disrupt unduly the operations
10of the employer.
11    (b) Nothing in this Act requires that the leave be paid.
12    (c) For regularly scheduled, nonemergency visitations,
13schools shall make time available for visitation during both
14regular school hours and evening hours.
15(Source: P.A. 87-1240.)
 
16    (820 ILCS 147/35)
17    Sec. 35. Employee rights.
18    (a) No employee shall lose any employee benefits, except as
19provided for in Section 20 of this Act, for exercising his or
20her rights under this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be
21construed to affect an employer's obligation to comply with any
22collective bargaining agreement or employee benefit plan.
23Nothing in this Act shall prevent an employer from providing
24school visitation rights in excess of the requirements of this
25Act. The rights afforded by this Act shall not be diminished by

 

 

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1any collective bargaining act or by any employee benefit plan.
2    (b) An employer may not terminate an employee for an
3absence from work if the absence is due solely to the
4employee's attendance at a school conference, behavioral
5meeting, or academic meeting, as provided in Section 15.
6(Source: P.A. 87-1240.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August 1,
82020.".