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Public Act 094-0957 |
SB2778 Enrolled |
LRB094 19017 RAS 54509 b |
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AN ACT concerning higher 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
Volunteer Emergency Worker Higher Education Protection Act. |
Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Section: |
"Institution of higher education" means the University of |
Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State |
University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State |
University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois |
University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois |
University, the public community colleges of this State, and |
any other public universities, colleges, and community |
colleges now or hereafter established or authorized by law. |
"Volunteer emergency worker" means a volunteer emergency |
worker as defined in the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job |
Protection Act. |
Section 10. Accommodation policy. Each public institution |
of higher education must adopt a policy that reasonably |
accommodates any student who is a volunteer emergency worker in |
regard to absence from class caused by the performance of his |
or her duties as a volunteer emergency worker. This policy |
shall include a grievance procedure by which a student who |
believes that he or she has been unreasonably denied this |
accommodation may seek redress.
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Section 15. Publication of policy. Each institution of |
higher education must publish the policy adopted under Section |
10 of this Act in a handbook, manual, or other similar document |
regularly provided to faculty and students. |