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| 1 | | January; President's Day, the third Monday in February;
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| 2 | | Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;
Independence Day, July |
| 3 | | 4;
Labor Day, the first Monday in September;
Columbus Day, the |
| 4 | | second Monday in October;
Veterans' Day, November 11;
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| 5 | | Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November;
Christmas |
| 6 | | Day, December 25; and any other day from time to time declared |
| 7 | | by the President of the United States to be a day during which |
| 8 | | the agencies of the State of Illinois that are ordinarily open |
| 9 | | to do business with the public shall be closed for business. |
| 10 | | "State holiday" means the
Birthday of President Abraham |
| 11 | | Lincoln, February 12; the
first Monday in March (to be known as |
| 12 | | Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; and any other day |
| 13 | | from time to time declared by the Governor of Illinois to be a |
| 14 | | day during which the agencies of the State of Illinois that are |
| 15 | | ordinarily open to do business with the public shall be closed |
| 16 | | for business.
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| 17 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 18 | | 24-2 as follows:
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| 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
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| 20 | | Sec. 24-2. Holidays. |
| 21 | | (a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, |
| 22 | | nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, |
| 23 | | shall teachers or other school
employees, other than |
| 24 | | noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary |
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| 1 | | because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
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| 2 | | maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to |
| 3 | | work on legal federal or State holidays school
holidays, which |
| 4 | | are January 1, New Year's Day; the third Monday in
January, the |
| 5 | | Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
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| 6 | | Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in |
| 7 | | March (to be known as Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
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| 8 | | Friday; the day designated as Memorial Day by federal law; |
| 9 | | July 4,
Independence Day; the first Monday in September, Labor |
| 10 | | Day; the second Monday
in October, Columbus Day; November 11, |
| 11 | | Veterans' Day; the Thursday in
November commonly called |
| 12 | | Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas Day. The name of |
| 13 | | each federal and State holiday as specified in this subsection |
| 14 | | (a) must be the name of the holiday that is designated on a |
| 15 | | school district's calendar for the school term. Under no |
| 16 | | circumstance shall a school district either change the name of |
| 17 | | or celebrate such holiday under a name other than as |
| 18 | | designated by the State.
School boards may grant special |
| 19 | | holidays whenever in their judgment such
action is advisable. |
| 20 | | No deduction shall
be made from the time or
compensation of a |
| 21 | | school employee on account of any legal
or special holiday.
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| 22 | | (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for |
| 23 | | waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code |
| 24 | | is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, |
| 25 | | parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third |
| 26 | | Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, |
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| 1 | | Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); |
| 2 | | the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's |
| 3 | | birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and |
| 4 | | November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that: |
| 5 | | (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are |
| 6 | | recognized through instructional activities conducted on |
| 7 | | that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance, |
| 8 | | on the first school day preceding or following that day; |
| 9 | | and |
| 10 | | (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority |
| 11 | | first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The |
| 12 | | entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing |
| 13 | | to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth |
| 14 | | the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the |
| 15 | | proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony |
| 16 | | from educators and parents about the proposal.
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| 17 | | (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified |
| 18 | | patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, |
| 19 | | or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays |
| 20 | | are: January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
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| 21 | | observed as a commemoration of space exploration), February 15 |
| 22 | | (the
birthday of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War |
| 23 | | Veterans' Day),
September 11 (September 11th Day of |
| 24 | | Remembrance), the school day
immediately preceding Veterans' |
| 25 | | Day (Korean War Veterans'
Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), |
| 26 | | October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), |
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| 1 | | December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so |
| 2 | | appointed by the President or
Governor. School boards may |
| 3 | | establish commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment |
| 4 | | such action is advisable.
School boards shall include |
| 5 | | instruction relative to commemorated persons,
activities, or
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| 6 | | events on the commemorative holiday or at any other time |
| 7 | | during the school
year and at any point in the curriculum when |
| 8 | | such instruction may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of |
| 9 | | Education shall prepare and make available
to school boards |
| 10 | | instructional materials relative to commemorated persons,
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| 11 | | activities,
or events which may be used by school boards in |
| 12 | | conjunction with any
instruction provided pursuant to this |
| 13 | | paragraph.
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| 14 | | (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe |
| 15 | | March 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday |
| 16 | | shall be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to |
| 17 | | commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
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| 18 | | Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late |
| 19 | | Mayor Richard
J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington. |
| 20 | | If March 4 falls on a
Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be |
| 21 | | observed on the following Monday. |
| 22 | | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to |
| 23 | | the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known |
| 24 | | as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout |
| 25 | | the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General |
| 26 | | Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of |