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HB2651Introduced in the House

SCH CD-MAJOR SCHOOL EVENTS

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Introduced by Tracy Katz Muhl, District 57

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung

May 2, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter Committee · March 19, 2025

9

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

9 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar22Yes
Janet Yang Rohr41Yes
Anna Moeller43Yes
Bob Morgan58Yes
Daniel Didech59Yes
Joe Sosnowski69Yes
Tony McCombie89Yes
Sue Scherer96Yes
David Friess115Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Rules Committee

  4. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

  5. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal

  6. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan

  7. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  8. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh

  9. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

  11. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools

  12. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller

  13. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr

  14. Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000

  15. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  16. Second Reading - Short Debate

  17. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  18. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

  19. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  20. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools

  21. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  22. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  23. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung

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