Ram Villivalam
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 8
Primary
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.
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0115
Effective Date August 1, 2025
Governor Approved
Sent to the Governor
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000
Passed Both Houses
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
Second Reading - Short Debate
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 007-000-000
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
Referred to Rules Committee
First Reading
Arrived in House
Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000
Chief House Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
Recalled to Second Reading
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Villivalam
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 011-000-000
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2025
Second Reading
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2025
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
Do Pass Education; 014-000-000
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
Postponed - Education
Postponed - Education
Assigned to Education
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Introduced | HTML PDF |
| Engrossed | HTML PDF |
| Enrolled | HTML PDF |
| Senate Amendment 001 | HTML PDF |
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| Public Act |
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