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Sen. Thomas Cullerton
Filed: 5/10/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2830
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2830 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Visitation Rights Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Sections 15 and 35 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 147/15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 15. School conference and activity leave.
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| 8 | | (a) An employer must grant an employee leave of up to a |
| 9 | | total of 8 hours
during any school year, and no more than 4 |
| 10 | | hours of which may be taken on
any given day, to attend school |
| 11 | | conferences, behavioral meetings, or academic meetings |
| 12 | | classroom activities related
to the employee's child if the |
| 13 | | conference or meeting classroom activities cannot be
scheduled |
| 14 | | during nonwork hours; however, no leave may be taken by an
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| 15 | | employee of an employer that is subject to this Act unless the |
| 16 | | employee has
exhausted all accrued vacation leave, personal |
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| 1 | | leave, compensatory leave and
any other leave that may be |
| 2 | | granted to the employee except sick leave and
disability leave. |
| 3 | | Before arranging attendance at the conference or activity,
the |
| 4 | | employee shall provide the employer with a written request for |
| 5 | | leave at
least 7 days in advance of the time the employee is |
| 6 | | required to utilize the
visitation right. In emergency |
| 7 | | situations, no more than 24 hours' hours notice
shall be |
| 8 | | required. The employee must consult with the employer to |
| 9 | | schedule
the leave so as not to disrupt unduly the operations |
| 10 | | of the employer.
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| 11 | | (b) Nothing in this Act requires that the leave be paid.
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| 12 | | (c) For regularly scheduled, nonemergency visitations, |
| 13 | | schools shall
make time available for visitation during both |
| 14 | | regular school hours and
evening hours.
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| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 87-1240.)
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| 16 | | (820 ILCS 147/35)
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| 17 | | Sec. 35. Employee rights. |
| 18 | | (a) No employee shall lose any employee
benefits, except as |
| 19 | | provided for in Section 20 of this Act, for exercising
his or |
| 20 | | her rights under this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be |
| 21 | | construed to
affect an employer's obligation to comply with any |
| 22 | | collective bargaining
agreement or employee benefit plan. |
| 23 | | Nothing in this Act shall prevent an
employer from providing |
| 24 | | school visitation rights in excess of the requirements
of this |
| 25 | | Act. The rights afforded by this Act shall not be diminished by |
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| 1 | | any
collective bargaining act or by any employee benefit plan.
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| 2 | | (b) An employer may not terminate an employee for an |
| 3 | | absence from work if the absence is due solely to the |
| 4 | | employee's attendance at a school conference, behavioral |
| 5 | | meeting, or academic meeting, as provided in Section 15. |
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 87-1240.)
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| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August 1, |
| 8 | | 2020.".
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