Bill Text: IL SB2017 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that educational support personnel employees shall not be required to work on a legal school holiday. Provides that no deduction shall be made from the time or compensation of a school employee, including an educational support personnel employee, on account of any legal or special holiday in which that employee would have otherwise been scheduled to work but for the legal or special holiday (instead of providing that no deduction shall be made from the time or compensation of a school employee on account of any legal or special holiday).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0395 [SB2017 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2017-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 103-0395 | ||||
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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, educational support personnel employees, or | ||||
other school
employees, other than noncertificated school | ||||
employees whose presence is
necessary because of an emergency | ||||
or for the continued operation and
maintenance of school | ||||
facilities or property, be
required to work on legal school
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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; June 19, Juneteenth National Freedom Day; July 4,
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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 whenever in their judgment | ||
such
action is advisable. No deduction shall
be made from the | ||
time or
compensation of a school employee, including an | ||
educational support personnel employee, on account of any | ||
legal
or special holiday in which that employee would have | ||
otherwise been scheduled to work but for the 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; | ||
and | ||
(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, | ||
or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays | ||
are: January 17 (the birthday of Muhammad Ali), January 28 (to | ||
be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
observed as a | ||
commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the
birthday | ||
of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' Day),
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September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), the school | ||
day
immediately preceding Veterans' Day (Korean War Veterans'
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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
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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
Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be | ||
observed on the following Monday. | ||
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to | ||
the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known | ||
as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout | ||
the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||
Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of | ||
election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be | ||
used as a location for election day services or as a polling | ||
place. | ||
Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | ||
contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as | ||
2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | ||
State under Public Act 102-15.
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(Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20; 102-14, eff. 1-1-22; | ||
102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-334, eff. 8-9-21; 102-411, eff. | ||
1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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