Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school uniform or dress code policy adopted by a school board or local school council shall not prohibit a student from wearing any articles of clothing or items that have cultural or religious significance to the student if those articles of clothing or items are not obscene or derogatory toward others and shall not prohibit the right of a student to wear or accessorize the student's graduation attire with items associated with the student's cultural or ethnic identity or any protected characteristic or category identified in the Illinois Human Rights Act, including, but not limited to, Native American items of cultural significance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-22 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [SB4242 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Suzanne Glowiak Hilton [D]	Primary	N/A	217-782-8148	SD-023	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Laura Fine [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-2119	SD-009	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Simmons [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8492	SD-007	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Castro [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-7746	SD-022	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Sara Feigenholtz [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-557-0523	SD-006	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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