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Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Empowering Local School Councils.

Prolific anti-COVID mitigation attorney Tom DeVore on Monday filed suit over Gov. JB Pritzker’s mandate requiring all students, faculty and staff at Illinois schools wear masks in the face of COVID’s more contagious Delta variant spreading across the state.

Start of School 2021-2022 Parking Lottery Applications due In order to comply with Illinois School Code, Section 27-8, it is mandatory that all  freshman students, students new to high school and transfer students, who were not previously examined for ninth grade, have a PHYSICAL EXAMINATION along with verification of the minimum immunizations on file before starting school.  Please read Class of 2025 Physical and Immunizations Requirement Letter. By May 15th of their freshman year, studen...

Illinois public schools to teach Asian American history   Sun, Jul 11 2021 12:44:13 PM Washington, Jul 11 (IANS): Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Teaching Equitable Asian American History Act (TEAACH) into law, making the state the first in the US to require a unit of Asian American history be taught in public schools. Taking to Twitter on Saturday, the Governor said: "Today, we are reaffirming our commitment to creating more inclusive classrooms by making Illinois the first stat...

When Jinhee Kim's daughter looked in her history book, she didn't see anyone who looked like herself -- and she had questions for her mother about why that was so.

Belleville News-Democrat Collinsville School District 10 music teacher, Jennifer Bhooshan, teaches students at Webster Elementary school in October 2020. The Illinois State Board of Education voted Wednesday to require all student attendance days be in-person after many school districts shifted to remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio. Illinois school...

Bill Excuses Students Up To 5 Days A Year For Religious Reasons Patch 2 hrs ago Jonah Meadows © Jenna Fisher/Patch House Bill 169 would remove the requirement in the Illinois School Code for school boards to produce a list of mandatory religious holidays. SKOKIE, IL — A proposed change to the Illinois School Code would excuse students from being absent from school for up to five days a year for religious reasons. The legislation, House Bill 169, is an initiative of the No...

AP Photo/LM Otero The Illinois Federation of Teachers is pushing a bill through the legislature that would force all schools, public and private, to follow strict guidelines for resuming in-person instruction. It would give authority to the state’s public health department to set standards and requirements for schools even after the governor’s state of emergency is lifted and the pandemic has ended. There will be no expiration date for the protocols. The bill is being opposed by both privat...

Chesney awarded Humane Legislator Award FREEPORT — State Rep. Andrew Chesney, R-Freeport, was recently awarded the  2020 Humane Legislator Award by the Humane Society of the U.S.  The Legislator of the Year Award is given to the General Assembly member who best advocates for the well-being of animals. Chesney was given the award for his efforts supporting and passing companion animal welfare bills, including legislation to ban cosmetics testing on animals, co-sponsoring legislation across t...

The governor’s office unveiled a 900-page energy overhaul bill Wednesday, accelerating a yearslong process which advocates hope will end in a comprehensive clean energy platform as the session nears its final month. The stated goal of the bill is to drive Illinois to 100 percent “clean” energy by 2050. That, Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell said in an interview Wednesday, would include nuclear power as a major contributor. Another goal is to bring Illinois to 40 percent of its utility scale...