Full Text of HB0017 96th General Assembly
HB0017 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB0017
Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/24-2 |
from Ch. 122, par. 24-2 |
105 ILCS 5/27-20.4 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4 |
30 ILCS 805/8.33 new |
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Amends the School Code. Adds as commemorative holidays January 15 (to be known as Humanitarian Day and observed as a day of respect for the principles of human and civil rights and to involve the use of the color white as a visual affirmation to practice these principles), April 4 (to be known as Victims of Violence Wholly Day and observed as a day of respect for the principles of non-violence and to involve the use of the color black as a visual affirmation to practice these principles), and August 28 (to be known as Dream Day and observed as a day of respect for the spiritual and moral principles of peoplehood and to involve the use of the colors black and white as a visual affirmation to practice these principles). Requires the study of Black History to include the Gettysburg Address, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech", and President Barack Obama's victory speech. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 24-2 and 27-20.4 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
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| Sec. 24-2. Holidays. Teachers shall not be required
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| teach on Saturdays; nor shall teachers or other school
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| employees, other than noncertificated school employees whose | 10 |
| presence is
necessary because of an emergency or for the | 11 |
| continued operation and
maintenance of school facilities or | 12 |
| property, be
required to work on legal school
holidays, which | 13 |
| are January 1, New Year's Day; the third Monday in
January, the | 14 |
| Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
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| Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in | 16 |
| March (to be known as Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; | 17 |
| the day designated as Memorial Day by federal law; July 4,
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| Independence Day; the first Monday in September, Labor Day; the | 19 |
| second Monday
in October, Columbus Day; November 11, Veteran's | 20 |
| Day; the Thursday in
November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; | 21 |
| and December 25, Christmas Day.
School boards may grant special | 22 |
| holidays whenever in their judgment such
action is advisable. | 23 |
| No deduction shall
be made from the time or
compensation of a |
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| school employee on account of any legal
or special holiday.
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| Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | 3 |
| patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, | 4 |
| or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays are: | 5 |
| January 15 (to be known as Humanitarian Day and observed as a | 6 |
| day of respect for the principles of human and civil rights and | 7 |
| to involve the use of the color white as a visual affirmation | 8 |
| to practice these principles), January 28 (to be known as | 9 |
| Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed as a commemoration of space | 10 |
| exploration), February 15 (the
birthday of Susan B. Anthony), | 11 |
| March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans Day), April 4 (to be known as | 12 |
| Victims of Violence Wholly Day and observed as a day of respect | 13 |
| for the principles of non-violence and to involve the use of | 14 |
| the color black as a visual affirmation to practice these | 15 |
| principles), August 28 (to be known as Dream Day and observed | 16 |
| as a day of respect for the spiritual and moral principles of | 17 |
| peoplehood and to involve the use of the colors black and white | 18 |
| as a visual affirmation to practice these principles),
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| September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), the school | 20 |
| day
immediately preceding Veteran's Day (Korean War Veterans
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| Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), December 7 (Pearl Harbor | 22 |
| Veterans Day) and
any day so appointed by the President or
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| Governor. School boards may establish commemorative holidays | 24 |
| whenever in
their judgment such action is advisable.
School | 25 |
| boards shall include instruction relative to commemorated | 26 |
| persons,
activities, or
events on the commemorative holiday or |
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| at any other time during the school
year and at any point in | 2 |
| the curriculum when such instruction may be deemed
appropriate. | 3 |
| The State Board of Education shall prepare and make available
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| to school boards instructional materials relative to | 5 |
| commemorated persons,
activities,
or events which may be used | 6 |
| by school boards in conjunction with any
instruction provided | 7 |
| pursuant to this paragraph.
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| City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe March 4 | 9 |
| of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday shall be | 10 |
| known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to commemorate and be | 11 |
| reminded of the past Chief Executive
Officers of the City of | 12 |
| Chicago, and in particular the late Mayor Richard
J. Daley and | 13 |
| the late Mayor Harold Washington. If March 4 falls on a
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| Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be observed on the | 15 |
| following Monday.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-20.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4)
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| Sec. 27-20.4. Black History Study. Every public elementary | 19 |
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high school shall include in its curriculum a unit | 20 |
| of instruction studying
the events of Black History, including | 21 |
| (i) the history of the African slave trade, slavery in America, | 22 |
| and the vestiges of slavery in this country and (ii) the | 23 |
| Gettysburg Address, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have | 24 |
| a Dream Speech" of August 28, 1963, and President Barack | 25 |
| Obama's victory speech of November 4, 2008 . These events shall |
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| include not only the
contributions made by individual | 2 |
| African-Americans in government and in the
arts, humanities and | 3 |
| sciences to the economic, cultural and political
development of | 4 |
| the United States and Africa, but also the socio-economic
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| struggle which African-Americans experienced collectively in | 6 |
| striving to
achieve fair and equal treatment under the laws of | 7 |
| this nation. The
studying of this material shall constitute an | 8 |
| affirmation by students of
their commitment to respect the | 9 |
| dignity of all races and peoples and to
forever eschew every | 10 |
| form of discrimination in their lives and careers.
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| The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make | 12 |
| available to
all school boards instructional materials, | 13 |
| including those established by the Amistad Commission, which | 14 |
| may be used as guidelines
for development of a unit of | 15 |
| instruction under this Section; provided,
however, that each | 16 |
| school board shall itself determine the minimum amount
of | 17 |
| instruction time which shall qualify as a unit of instruction | 18 |
| satisfying
the requirements of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-285, eff. 7-21-05.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 21 |
| Section 8.33 as follows: | 22 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) | 23 |
| Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 24 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the |
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| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 2 |
| the 96th General Assembly.
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