Oct 5, 2021
UPDATE: October 26, 2021 The Illinois General Assembly is going to vote this week on an attempt to repeal the Parental Notice of Abortion Act. Please contact your legislator and ask them to oppose House Bill 370 Senate Amendment 1. It’s back. For the past three...
Jun 2, 2021
Invest in Kids Act: In the Budget Implementation Act (BIMP), we were successful in fighting off the Governor’s proposed cuts and in achieving a one-year extension of the program. The Invest in Kids Tax Credit is now scheduled to expire on January 1, 2024. This...
May 26, 2021
House Bill 2789 (see fact sheet here) seeks to codify, during a gubernatorial declared public health emergency, a new complaint process against public and nonpublic schools that can apparently be submitted by anyone for any perceived violation of mitigation efforts....
May 17, 2021
SB 818 mandates adding considerable course material and instruction on sex education in public schools. After reviewing the materials mandated in the bill that are contained in the National Sex Education Standards, the Catholic Conference feels compelled to speak...
May 4, 2021
Our Illinois bishops today issued a letter to Catholics across Illinois, urging them to contact state lawmakers to save the Tax Credit Scholarship program from cuts proposed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in his budget plan released in February.
Apr 20, 2021
House Bill 1736, known as the Responsible Education for Adolescent and Children’s Health (REACH) Act, seeks to expand and extend sex education in public schools. The bill does not impact what is taught in Catholic schools; however, there are a number of...
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