Full Text of HB0403 94th General Assembly
HB0403 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0403
Introduced 1/26/2005, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/24-2 |
from Ch. 122, par. 24-2 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that teachers and other school employees are required to work on certain legal school holidays, provided that appropriate instruction is given to students on that day or that day is used for other activities, including without limitation teachers' institutes or parent-teacher conferences. Makes technical changes.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0403 |
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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 Section | 5 |
| 24-2 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
Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; February 12, | 15 |
| the
birthday
Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln; the
first | 16 |
| Monday in March (to be known as Casimir Pulaski's birthday); | 17 |
| Good
Friday; the day designated as Memorial Day by federal law; | 18 |
| July 4,
Independence Day; the first Monday in September, Labor | 19 |
| Day; the second Monday
in October, Columbus Day; November 11, | 20 |
| Veterans'
Veteran's Day; the Thursday in
November commonly | 21 |
| called Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas Day , except | 22 |
| that teachers and other school employees may be required to | 23 |
| work on the third Monday in January, February 12, the first | 24 |
| Monday in March, the second Monday in October, or November 11, | 25 |
| provided that appropriate instruction is given to students on | 26 |
| that day or that day is used for other activities, including | 27 |
| without limitation teachers' institutes or parent-teacher | 28 |
| conferences .
School boards may grant special holidays whenever | 29 |
| in their judgment such
action is advisable, except that no | 30 |
| school board or board of education
may
designate or observe as | 31 |
| a special holiday on which teachers or
other school
employees | 32 |
| are not required to work the days on which general elections |
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members of the Illinois House of Representatives are held. | 2 |
| No deduction shall
be made from the time or
compensation of a | 3 |
| school employee on account of any legal
or special holiday.
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| Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | 5 |
| patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, | 6 |
| or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays are: | 7 |
| January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed | 8 |
| as a commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the
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| birthday of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans'
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| Veterans Day),
September 11 (September 11th Day of | 11 |
| Remembrance), the school day
immediately preceding Veterans'
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| Veteran's Day (Korean War Veterans'
Veterans
Day), October 1 | 13 |
| (Recycling Day), December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans'
Veterans | 14 |
| Day) and
any day so appointed by the President or
Governor. | 15 |
| School boards may establish commemorative holidays whenever in
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| their judgment such action is advisable.
School boards shall | 17 |
| include instruction relative to commemorated persons,
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| activities, or
events on the commemorative holiday or at any | 19 |
| other time during the school
year and at any point in the | 20 |
| curriculum when such instruction may be deemed
appropriate. The | 21 |
| State Board of Education shall prepare and make available
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| school boards instructional materials relative to commemorated | 23 |
| persons,
activities,
or events which may be used by school | 24 |
| boards in conjunction with any
instruction provided pursuant to | 25 |
| this paragraph.
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| City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe March 4 | 27 |
| of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday shall be | 28 |
| known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to commemorate and be | 29 |
| reminded of the past Chief Executive
Officers of the City of | 30 |
| Chicago, and in particular the late Mayor Richard
J. Daley and | 31 |
| 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 | 33 |
| following Monday.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-704, eff. 7-19-02.)
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