Today, HB2789 reached the Senate Assignments Committee. *UPDATE 5/24* Witness Slips may be filled out here. See graphic for assistance with form fields.
Chair :Kimberly A. Lightford
Vice-Chair :Bill Cunningham
Member:Antonio Muñoz
Member:Laura M. Murphy
Minority Spokesperson :John F. Curran
Member:Jason A. Barickman
Awake Illinois advocates AGAINST this bill for the following reasons:
We believe schools are essential and the shutdowns of this past pandemic year were a form of government overreach, which should never again be repeated.
We are against empowering the state to impose new health mandates on in-person learning of schools, including nonpublic.
We support local school board autonomy to use community input on these decisions.
Please share this information with Illinois residents and kindly request they relay their concerns to the Senate committee.