SB1616 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

SCH CD-MAJOR SCHOOL EVENTS
Last Action
08/01/2025 - Senate: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0115
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new  
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to identify days during the year when there may be a portion of the student body absent or unable to participate in a major school event due to cultural, religious, or other observances and, by February 1 of each year, to prominently post on its website and distribute to school districts a nonexhaustive list of the corresponding days and dates of potential cultural, religious, or other observances in the upcoming school year. Allows a school district to include additional days and dates based on community feedback or demographics. Requires the State Board to distribute the list by February 1 each year to regional offices of education, the Department of Early Childhood, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois High School Association, and other relevant associations or entities as determined by the State Board. Effective immediately.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to identify dates during the year of cultural or religious significance to the student population and in which students may have out-of-school commitments or otherwise be unable to participate in a major school event. Provides that, by July 1 of each year, the State Board shall prominently post on its website and distribute to each school district a nonexhaustive list of the identified corresponding days and dates of cultural, religious, or other observances for, at a minimum, the school year that begins in the next calendar year as a resource for making scheduling decisions for major school events. Provides that, upon the posting and distribution of the list, the State Board shall also inform school districts that the list is nonexhaustive and that a school district may include additional days and dates on its locally created school calendars based on community feedback or demographics. Provides that the State Board shall additionally distribute the list each year to relevant associations or entities as determined by the State Board. Effective immediately.
Actions
DateChamberAction
02/04/2025SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
02/04/2025SenateFirst Reading
02/04/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
02/11/2025SenateAssigned to Education
02/19/2025SenatePostponed - Education
02/26/2025SenatePostponed - Education
03/04/2025SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
03/04/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
03/05/2025SenateDo Pass Education; 014-000-000
03/05/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2025
03/05/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
03/06/2025SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
03/06/2025SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
03/06/2025SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
03/19/2025SenateSecond Reading
03/19/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2025
03/28/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
03/28/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
04/01/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
04/03/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 011-000-000
04/03/2025SenateRecalled to Second Reading
04/03/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Villivalam
04/03/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
04/04/2025SenateThird Reading - Passed; 051-000-000
04/04/2025HouseArrived in House
04/04/2025HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
04/07/2025HouseFirst Reading
04/07/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
04/10/2025HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
04/17/2025HouseAssigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
04/21/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
04/21/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
04/21/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
04/21/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
04/21/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
04/21/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
04/21/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
04/21/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
04/23/2025HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 007-000-000
04/24/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
05/13/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
05/14/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
05/14/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
05/21/2025HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000
05/21/2025SenatePassed Both Houses
06/18/2025SenateSent to the Governor
08/01/2025SenateGovernor Approved
08/01/2025SenateEffective Date August 1, 2025
08/01/2025SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0115