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May 27, 2021 | 2:10 PM
(The Center Square) – Opposition is growing against a bill that could disrupt in-person instruction at public and private schools during any type of future emergency.
House Bill 2789 could potentially encourage complaints against schools for arbitrary infractions of health rules, provides possible penalties against schools, and allow the state to become involved in the operations of private schools, opponents said.
The bill’s sponsor, Christopher Belt, D-Swansea, said the legislation was designed to get all Illinois school districts on the same page during an emergency.
“It’s about safety,” Belt said. “It is about keeping parents safe, it is about keeping faculty safe, it is about keeping kids safe.”
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A proposed bill that would allow survivors of childhood sexual abuse to hold their abuser accountable is facing an uncertain future in the state Legislature.
The Child Victims Act would allow survivors to pursue civil action against their abuser or the organization that employed the person, removing the current limitation that allows a person to pursue action only until they turn 35 years old. The bill, survivors say, would allow them to finally feel a sense of justice, share their stories as adults and hopefully prevent future crimes from taking place.
The bill has been proposed time and again before the Legislature, only to stall in committee. But now that an investigation into sexual abuse by religious leaders has been opened by the state Department of Justice, survivors and their advocates are once again hopeful.
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“People shouldn’t be treated like household waste,” said Dennis Poust, interim executive director of the Catholic Conference.
WINDSOR TERRACE Proposed legislation that would allow the remains of deceased persons to be composted and reduced to soil the way some recyclable food waste is handled is getting a great deal of pushback from local Catholics.
If the bill introduced by state Sen. Leroy Comrie of Queens and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin of Westchester becomes law, New York would be one of the first states in the nation to allow composting of human remains.
Washington, which passed a law in 2019, is currently the only state in the U.S. currently allowing the process. On May 10, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a human remains composting bill into law effective in 90 days to make that state the second to permit the procedure.