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The state Senate and House passed more than 750 bills last week, addressing isolated timeouts in schools, youth vaping, teaching Muslim history, the commemoration of Juneteenth and automatic voter registration in prisons, among other topics. Friday was the deadline for the General Assembly to pass bills out of each chamber, for consideration in the other chamber. The General Assembly’s session is scheduled to end May 31. Capitol News Illinois has summarized below a few of the notable bills th...

By Sarah Mansur & Capitol News Illinois • 4 hours ago Credit Capitol News Illinois file photo The state Senate and House passed more than 750 bills last week, addressing isolated timeouts in schools, youth vaping, teaching Muslim history, the commemoration of Juneteenth and automatic voter registration in prisons, among other topics. Friday was the deadline for the General Assembly to pass bills out of each chamber, for consideration in the other chamber. The General Assembly�...

General Assembly passes hundreds of bills as sessions end approaches   Updated 4/26/2021 3:44 PM SPRINGFIELD -- The state Senate and House passed more than 750 bills last week, addressing isolated timeouts in schools, youth vaping, teaching Muslim history, the commemoration of Juneteenth and automatic voter registration in prisons, among other topics. Friday was the deadline for the General Assembly to pass bills out of each chamber, for consideration in the other chamber. The Genera...

WGLT file photo District 87 could remove Columbus Day from its school calendar, in a symbolic gesture to demonstrate its opposition to the state’s legal holiday.   On Wednesday, the board heard the proposal that calls for the 2021-22 school calendar to stop labeling the second Monday in October as “Columbus Day--No School.” Instead, that day simply would be grouped as one of 19 “non-attendance” days on the calendar. The board is expected to vote on the change at its Feb. 10 meetin...

Maine South High School BOARD OF EDUCATION Sheila Yousuf-Abramson Unless otherwise advised, all meetings will begin at 6:00 p.m., and will be held in the Board Room of the District 207 Administration Center, 1177 South Dee Road, Park Ridge OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE LEARNING MAINE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 207 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Together we educate students to be informed, inquisitive, responsible, creative and reasoning individuals. The following goals represent the commitment of District...

The Unit 5 school voted Wednesday night to formally dismiss a teacher charged with sexually abusing his students. Those charges were later dropped. Jonathan Hovey was charged in 2019 with sexually abusing two of his students while employed as a first-grade teacher at Glenn Elementary School. Hovey hasn’t been in the classroom since April 14, 2019. He was placed on administrative leave one day after Unit 5 received information from a mother whose child reported being abused “almost every day...