SCHOOLS; FACE MASKS, VACCINATIONS                                                                                                     S.B. 600-603:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                                                                                                        REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bills 600 through 603 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:   Senator Lana Theis (SB 600 & 601)

                            Senator Tom Barrett (S.B. 602)

                            Senator Kimberly A. LaSata (S.B. 603)

Committee:   Education and Career Readiness

CONTENT

Senate Bill 600 would amend the Revised School Code to do the following:

 --       Prohibit a school district, intermediate school district (ISD), or public school academy (PSA) from adopting or implementing a policy that required a pupil enrolled in that district, ISD, or PSA to receive an emergency use authorization (EUA) vaccination to do specified school-related activities.

 --       Prohibit a district, ISD, or PSA from discriminating against or treating differently a pupil solely based on whether the pupil received an EUA vaccination and specify conduct or policies that would constitute discrimination.

 --       Prohibit a district, ISD, or PSA from requiring that an individual receive an EUA vaccination to attend a meeting of the board of the school district or ISD or the board of directors of a PSA.

Senate Bill 601 would amend the Revised School Code to do the following:

 --       Require a district, ISD, or PSA that has adopted a policy requiring pupils to wear a face mask to provide a wavier process through which a parent, legal guardian, or pupil could request a waiver from the policy.

 --       Prohibit a district, ISD, or PSA from requiring that a pupil for which a waiver was requested to wear a face mask to do specified school-related activities.

 --       Prohibit a district, ISD, or PSA from discriminating against or treating differently a pupil solely based on whether the pupil had requested or received a waiver and specify conduct or policies that would constitute discrimination.

 --       Prohibit a district, ISD, or PSA from adopting or implementing a policy that required an individual to wear a face mask at a meeting of the board of the district or ISD, or a meeting of the board of directors of a PSA.

 --       Prohibit a district, ISD, or PSA from adopting or implementing a policy that required a pupil who was asymptomatic for COVID-19 to be tested for COVID-19 to do certain school-related activities, such as entering or attending a school operated by the district or riding a school bus.

 --       Prohibit a district, ISD, or PSA from discriminating against or treating differently a pupil who was asymptomatic for COVID-19 based solely on whether the pupil had been tested for COVID-19.

 --       Prohibit a district, ISD, or PSA from adopting or implementing a policy that required an individual who was asymptomatic for COVID-19 to be tested for COVID-19 to attend a meeting of the board of the district or ISD or a meeting of the board of directors of a PSA.

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