Full Text of HB4131 102nd General Assembly
HB4131 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB4131 Introduced 9/3/2021, by Rep. Andrew S. Chesney, Dan Ugaste and Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-20.76 new | | 105 ILCS 5/22-91 new | | 105 ILCS 5/34-18.70 new | |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board or the governing board of a nonpublic school has the authority to determine, in consultation with the local health department, whether to implement mask-wearing requirements for school staff, students, and visitors when the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency related to COVID-19. Effective immediately.
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| | | HB4131 | | LRB102 19630 CMG 28402 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 | | 10-20.76, 22-91, and 34-18.70 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.76 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.76. COVID-19 mask-wearing requirements. | 8 | | Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, when | 9 | | the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | 10 | | emergency related to COVID-19 pursuant to Section 7 of the | 11 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the school board of | 12 | | a school district serving any of grades pre-kindergarten | 13 | | through 12 shall have the authority to determine, in | 14 | | consultation with the local department of public health, | 15 | | whether to implement mask-wearing requirements for school | 16 | | staff, students, and visitors. | 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-91 new) | 18 | | Sec. 22-91. COVID-19 mask-wearing requirements. | 19 | | Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, when | 20 | | the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | 21 | | emergency related to COVID-19 pursuant to Section 7 of the | 22 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the governing board |
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| 1 | | of a nonpublic school serving any of grades pre-kindergarten | 2 | | through 12 shall have the authority to determine, in | 3 | | consultation with the local department of public health, | 4 | | whether to implement mask-wearing requirements for school | 5 | | staff, students, and visitors. | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.70 new) | 7 | | Sec. 34-18.70. COVID-19 mask-wearing requirements. | 8 | | Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, when | 9 | | the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | 10 | | emergency related to COVID-19 pursuant to Section 7 of the | 11 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the board of a | 12 | | school district serving any of grades pre-kindergarten through | 13 | | 12 shall have the authority to determine, in consultation with | 14 | | the local department of public health, whether to implement | 15 | | mask-wearing requirements for school staff, students, and | 16 | | visitors.
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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