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Public Act 098-0156
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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 |
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. |
(a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, |
nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, |
shall teachers or other school
employees, other than |
noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary |
because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
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maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to |
work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's |
Day; the third Monday in
January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin |
Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
Birthday of President |
Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in March (to be known as |
Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; the day designated as |
Memorial Day by federal law; July 4,
Independence Day; the |
first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in |
October, Columbus Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the Thursday |
in
November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, |
Christmas Day.
School boards may grant special holidays |
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whenever in their judgment such
action is advisable. No |
deduction shall
be made from the time or
compensation of a |
school employee on account of any legal
or special holiday.
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(b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for |
waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code is |
authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, |
parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third |
Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, |
Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); |
the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's |
birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and |
November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: |
(1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are |
recognized through instructional activities conducted on |
that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, |
on the first school day preceding or following that day; |
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(2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority |
first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The entity |
shall provide notice preceding the public hearing to both |
educators and parents. The notice shall set forth the time, |
date, and place of the hearing, describe the proposal, and |
indicate that the entity will take testimony from educators |
and parents about the proposal.
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(c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified |
patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, |
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or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays are: |
January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed |
as a commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the
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birthday of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' |
Day),
September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), the |
school day
immediately preceding Veterans' Day (Korean War |
Veterans'
Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), October 7 (Iraq and |
Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), December 7 (Pearl |
Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so appointed by the |
President or
Governor. School boards may establish |
commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment such action |
is advisable.
School boards shall include instruction relative |
to commemorated persons,
activities, or
events on the |
commemorative holiday or at any other time during the school
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year and at any point in the curriculum when such instruction |
may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of Education shall |
prepare and make available
to school boards instructional |
materials relative to commemorated persons,
activities,
or |
events which may be used by school boards in conjunction with |
any
instruction provided pursuant to this paragraph.
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(d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe March |
4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday shall |
be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to commemorate and |
be reminded of the past Chief Executive
Officers of the City of |
Chicago, and in particular the late Mayor Richard
J. Daley and |
the late Mayor Harold Washington. If March 4 falls on a
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