HB2651 - 104th General Assembly

SCH CD-MAJOR SCHOOL EVENTS
Last Action

04/11/2025 - House: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new
Synopsis As Introduced

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.
Actions

Date Chamber Action
02/04/2025 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
02/06/2025 House First Reading
02/06/2025 House Referred to Rules Committee
02/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
02/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
02/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
02/18/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
02/26/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
02/26/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
02/26/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
03/04/2025 House Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
03/05/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
03/06/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
03/19/2025 House Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
03/20/2025 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
03/26/2025 House Second Reading - Short Debate
03/26/2025 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
03/28/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
03/28/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
04/07/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
04/11/2025 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
04/11/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee