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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 4/29/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1956
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1956 on page 41, |
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| immediately below line 6, by inserting the following:
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| "(105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
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| Sec. 24-2. Holidays. |
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| (a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, ; |
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| nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, |
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| shall teachers or other school
employees, other than |
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| noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary |
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| because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
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| maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to |
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| work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's |
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| Day; the third Monday in
January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin |
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| Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
Birthday of President |
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| Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in March (to be known as |
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| Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; the day designated as |
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| Memorial Day by federal law; July 4,
Independence Day; the |
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| first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in |
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| October, Columbus Day; November 11, Veterans' Veteran's Day; |
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| the Thursday in
November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and |
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| December 25, Christmas Day.
School boards may grant special |
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| holidays whenever in their judgment such
action is advisable. |
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| 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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| (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for |
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| waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code is |
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| authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, |
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| parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third |
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| Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, |
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| Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); |
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| the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's |
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| birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and |
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| November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: |
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| (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are |
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| recognized through instructional activities conducted on |
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| that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, |
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| on the first school day preceding or following that day; |
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| and |
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| (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority |
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| first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The entity |
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| shall provide notice preceding the public hearing to both |
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| educators and parents. The notice shall set forth the time, |
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| date, and place of the hearing, describe the proposal, and |
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| indicate that the entity will take testimony from educators |
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| and parents about the proposal.
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| (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified |
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| patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, |
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| or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays are: |
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| January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed |
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| 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 |
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| Remembrance), the school day
immediately preceding Veterans' |
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| Veteran's Day (Korean War Veterans' Veterans
Day), October 1 |
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| (Recycling Day), December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Veterans |
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| Day) and
any day so appointed by the President or
Governor. |
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| School boards may establish commemorative holidays whenever in
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| their judgment such action is advisable.
School boards shall |
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| include instruction relative to commemorated persons,
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| activities, or
events on the commemorative holiday or at any |
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| other time during the school
year and at any point in the |
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| curriculum when such instruction may be deemed
appropriate. The |
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| State Board of Education shall prepare and make available
to |
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| school boards instructional materials relative to commemorated |
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| persons,
activities,
or events which may be used by school |
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| boards in conjunction with any
instruction provided pursuant to |
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| this paragraph.
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| (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe March |
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| 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday shall |
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| be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to commemorate and |
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| be reminded of the past Chief Executive
Officers of the City of |
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| Chicago, and in particular the late Mayor Richard
J. Daley and |
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| 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 |
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| following Monday.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)".
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