2021–2022 SCHOOL CALENDAR

Illinois Association of School Boards 2921 Baker Drive • Springfield, Illinois 62703-5929 / One Imperial Place 1 East 22nd St., Suite 20 • Lombard, Illinois 60148-6120 Compiled by Deanna L. Sullivan, Director of Governmental Relations 2021

This calendar contains references exclusively from the Illinois Compiled Statutes. Illinois state administrative agency regulations and federal law are not included. Parentheses () indicate the applicable Illinois statute. Unless otherwise indicated, statutory ref- erences are to the School Code, 105 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. For brevity, references to the regional superintendent include intermedi- ate service centers.

NOTE: Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar for the school term specifying the opening and closing dates and providing a minimum term of at least 185 days to insure 176 days of actual pupil attendance; provided that any of the four days allowed by law for teachers’ institute, but not used as such, shall increase the minimum term by such days not used. The calen- dar for the school term and any changes must be submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent before the calendar or changes may take effect. (10-19) When the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency and the State Superintendent of Education has required the use of remote learning days (RLDs) or blended remote learning days (BRLDs), RLDs and BRLDs, and up to 5 remote and blended remote learning planning days count as pupil attendance days.

AUGUST 2021 30 Last day on which region- 1 Recycling Day; a com- al superintendents and memorative school - Before the School districts must other persons paying day. (24-2) 30th Day report certain student money to school treasurer Last day for school board of the assessment information shall notify, in writing, the School using a form developed to forward administrator presidents of school trust- and teacher salary and Year by the Ill. State Board of ees and clerks and sec- Education (ISBE). (22-82) benefits report to ISBE. retaries of school boards Report must be posted on 31 Last day for regional the dates and amounts of the school district’s web- superintendent to file with money distributed to the site. (10-20.47) ISBE an affidavit showing school treasurer. (3-14.17) which treasurers of school On the first school day This is the end of the first of October the Secretary districts are properly quarter of the fiscal year bonded. (3-8 and 8-2) of the board shall report in most school districts to the regional superin- and the last day for the tendent and Secretary SEPTEMBER 2021 school board to adopt and of State a list of students file with ISBE its balanced 6 ; a legal who have left school and budget for the 2021-2022 school holiday. (24-2) been removed from the fiscal year. (17-1) Within 6-8 . regular attendance rolls 30 days of its adoption, (except transferees) during 11 Saturday September 11th Day of the annual budget must the previous attendance Remembrance; a com- be filed with the county quarter. (26-3a) memorative school holi- clerk. (17-1 and 35 ILCS day. (24-2) 200/18-50) 15-16 24 American Indian Day. OCTOBER 2021 (27-20) During During the month of 29-October 1 Illinois Association of October October the quarterly School Administrators meeting of regional Annual Conference, board of school trustees Springfield. must be held. (6-18)

Page 1 of 6 4 Township treasurer 31 Sunday Last day for filing fed- 19-21 Joint Annual Conference reports and submits his eral and state income of Illinois Association books to school trustees; tax withholding reports of School Boards, also, makes semi-annu- and paying taxes due Illinois Association of al examination of each for quarter ending School Administrators school district’s records. September 30, 2021. and Illinois Association (8-14 and 8-17) of School Business In Class II counties Officials, Chicago. (Cook): (1) Quarterly NOVEMBER 2021 meeting of township 1 Last day for school 25 Thanksgiving Day; a school trustees; (2) district to submit to the legal school holiday. township trustees make State Superintendent of (24-2) apportionment and dis- Education reimburse- 28-December 6 . tribution of unused funds ment claim for summer 30 Last day for publishing in permanent township school for children with annual fiscal statement of fund. (5-16 and 5-17) disabilities. (18-4.3) school district, commonly 7 Iraq and Afghanistan 4 known as the “Annual Veterans Remembrance 7 Sunday Standard Time returns; Statement of Affairs.” (10- Day; a commemorative set clocks back one hour. 17) The report must be school holiday. (24-2) forwarded to ISBE and 10 Korean War Veterans’ 7-15 Navratri/Dussehra copies must be available Day; a commemorative in the main administrative 8 Leif Erickson Day. (27-19) school holiday. (24-2) office of the district. 11 ; a legal 11 Veterans’ Day; a legal Last day to submit to school holiday. (24-2) school holiday. (24-2) ISBE the annual report on 11-15 National School Lunch 15 Illinois School Board all contracts over $25,000 Week. Members’ Day. awarded by the school district during the previous 15 Last day to submit annual Last day for regional fiscal year. (10-20.44) report to ISBE disclosing superintendent to submit the number of teachers district annual financial NOTE: The statement dismissed or removed reports and audits to shall be prepared by the as a result of the board’s ISBE. (3-7 and 3-15.1) township school trea- decision to decrease surer for those school Last day for school dis- the number of teachers districts in Cook County trict to file with ISBE a employed. (10-20.26) that are under the juris- one-page report that lists diction of township trust- Last day for school district the actual administrative ees/treasurers. to present to the regional expenditures for the prior superintendent an origi- year from the district’s nal and one copy of the audited Annual Financial annual audit. (3-7) Report, and the pro- Last day for township jected administrative school treasurer and expenses for the current school districts to file the year from the adopted annual report with the budget. (17-1.5) The Open Meetings Act requires that each school board review minutes from all regional superintendent. Last day for schools to closed meetings every 6 months or as soon (3-15.1) report to ISBE the num- as practical taking into account the nature Last day for township ber of children who have and meeting schedule of the public body. land commissioners to file received or been exempt- Ad hoc committees may choose to review at the next scheduled meeting or 6 months ed from the required certified annual audit with from the last review of closed session regional superintendent immunizations and health minutes. At such meetings the board must and ISBE. (15-27) examinations. (27-8.1) determine the need for confidentiality for all or any part of those minutes or that the 21-24 Illinois Principals minutes or portions thereof no longer require Association Annual Fall confidential treatment and are available for Conference, Springfield. public inspection. Action under this section must occur in an open session of the board. 18-22 National School Bus Although discussion of closed meeting Safety Week. minutes may take place in a closed meeting, 15-19 American Education the board’s determinations must be reported Week. in open session. (5 ILCS 120/2.06)

Page 2 of 6 DECEMBER 2021 3 On the first school day FEBRUARY 2022 of January the Secretary 1 Deadline for the of the board shall report 1 Last day for district Reduction in Force (RIF) to the regional superin- superintendent to certify Joint Committee to be tendent and Secretary of to the county clerk the established and begin its State a list of students names and addresses of meetings. (24-12) who have left school school employees who Last day to make public- during the previous are required to file the ly available the report of attendance quarter. (26- statement of econom- the number of children 3a) ic interests. (5 ILCS who have received or 420/4A-101.5, 4A-105 In Class II counties and 4A-106.5) been exempted from the (Cook): (1) Quarterly required immunizations meeting of township Last day that the RIF and health examinations. school trustees; and (2) Joint Committee can (27-8.1) township trustees make reach agreement to 3 Illinois Statehood Day. apportionment and dis- apply the sequence of tribution of unused funds dismissal for that school 7 Pearl Harbor Veterans’ year. (24-12) Day; a commemorative in permanent township school holiday. (24-2) fund. (5-16 and 5-17) Last day to distribute copies of the education- 25 Saturday Day; a legal 15 Saturday Last day for affected al support personnel school holiday. (24-2) school districts to file a employee sequence petition with the regional of dismissal list to the 28 The annual tax levy must superintendent to opt out be certified by the school exclusive bargaining rep- of the required summer resentative. (10-23.5) board and filed with food service program. the county clerk on or (105 ILCS 126/20) 6 Sunday Commemorative hol- before the last Tuesday 17 Martin Luther King, Jr. iday honoring Ronald in December. (17-11, 35 Reagan. (State ILCS 200/18-15) birthday observance; a legal school holiday. Commemorative Dates Act, 5 ILCS 490/2) JANUARY 2022 (24-2) Muhammad Ali’s 12 Saturday Abraham Lincoln’s birth- During During the month of Birthday; a commem- day; a legal school holi- January January the quarterly orative school holiday. day. (24-2) meeting of regional (24-2) 15 Susan B. Anthony’s board of school trustees Birthday; a commemora- must be held. (6-18) 28 Christa McAuliffe Day; a commemorative school tive school holiday. (24-2) At the beginning of each holiday. (24-2) 17-19 American Association of calendar or fiscal year, School Administrators’ the school board must 31 Last day for filing fed- Conference, Nashville, give notice of its sched- eral and state income Tennessee. ule of regular meetings, tax withholding reports including dates, times and paying taxes due and places. Notice must for quarter ending MARCH 2022 include publication on December 31, 2021. the school district’s web- 1 Last day for evaluation site. (5 ILCS 120/2.02) of principals or assistant principals holding a sin- 1 Saturday New Year’s Day; a legal gle-year contract or a school holiday. (24-2) principal in their final year of a multi-year contract. (24A-15)

The Truth in Taxation Act: requires boards of education to determine (not less than 20 days prior to the adoption of the aggregate tax levy) the amount of money to be raised by property taxes. (Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/18-60) If the estimate of the aggregate tax levy exceeds 105 percent of the amount extended the previous year, a public hearing on the proposed tax levy must be held. (35 ILCS 200/18-70) Notice of levy hearings must be pub- lished no more than 14 days nor less than 7 days prior to the date of the public hearing and must be posted on the school’s website if the website is main- tained by the full-time staff of the taxing district. (35 ILCS 200/18-75, 18-80)

Page 3 of 6 4 Mayors’ Day; a com- 2 Saturday begins 29 Arbor and Bird Day; a memorative holiday for 2-4 National School Boards commemorative school Chicago Public Schools. Association Annual holiday. (27-18) (24-2) Conference, San Diego, 30 Saturday Last day for filing federal 7 Casimir Pulaski birth- California. and state income tax with- day observance; a legal 4 In Class II counties holding reports and paying school holiday. (24-2) (Cook): (1) Quarterly taxes due for quarter end- 13 Sunday Daylight Savings Time meeting of township ing March 31, 2022. begins; set clocks ahead school trustees; and (2) MAY 2022 one hour. township trustees make 1 Sunday Last day to file required 20 Sunday Last day for the regional semi-annual apportion- Statement of Economic superintendent to certify ment and distribution Interests with the county to the State Board of of unused funds in per- clerk. (5 ILCS 420/4A-105) Elections a list of each ma¬nent township fund. unit school district under (5-16 and 5-17) 1 Sunday Ramadan ends his or her supervision and Township treasurer 2-3 Eid-al-Fitr a listing of each county reports and submits his in which all or any part of books to school trustees; 2-6 Illinois Law Week. (27- each of those districts is also, makes examination 20.1) located. (3-1.1 and 6-5) of each school district’s Teacher Appreciation 29 Viet Nam War Veterans’ records. (8-14) Week. Day; a commemorative 4-8 National Library Week. 3 National Teacher Day. school holiday. (24-2) 11 Last day for the school 4-6 Illinois Association of APRIL 2022 board to adopt resolu- School Business Officials tions putting public policy Spring Conference, During April During the month of April questions on the ballot Schaumburg. the quarterly meeting of at the June 28, 2022 regional board of school 30 obser- General Primary Election. vance; a legal school trustees must be held. (10 ILCS 5/28-2) (6-18) holiday. (24-2) NOTE: The local school 1 Last day for the school board election authority is JUNE 2022 board to give its super- responsible for receiving 14 . intendent notice, in writ- and certifying petitions and ing, if it intends not to resolutions for referenda. 15 Last day for the school renew his or her expiring (10 ILCS 5/28-2 and 28-5) district to certify to the employment contract, State Superintendent of stating the specific reason 15 . Education claim for tuition therefore, unless the con- 15-23 Saturday . for children from orphanag- tract specifically provides es and children’s homes. 17 Sunday. otherwise. (10-21.4) Claims submitted by June 15 may be amended until 1 On the first school day of 21 Last day for the board August 1. (18-3) April the Secretary of the secretary to certify public board shall report to the policy questions to the 19 Sunday National regional superintendent election authority for ref- Freedom Day, a legal and Secretary of State erendum at the June 28, school holiday. (24-2) a list of students who 2022 General Primary 28 General Primary Election. have left school during Election. (10 ILCS 5/28-5) (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) the previous attendance quarter. (26-3a)

Written notice to employees from the school board must be served at least: (1) 45 days before the end of the school term upon a probationary teacher who is not being reemployed for the following school term; and (2) 45 days, along with a statement of honorable dismissal and the reason therefor, before the end of the school term for both tenured and probationary teachers who are being honorably discharged because of a reduction in staff or discontinuation of a program. A sequence of honorable dismissal per 24-12 must be distributed to the exclusive bargaining representative at least 75 days before the end of the school term. Also – at least 75 days before the end of the school term, a list (established in consultation with the exclusive bargaining representative) showing the length of continuing service of each teacher, or a list showing an alternative method for determining the sequence of dismissal established as provided in 24-12, must be distributed to the exclusive bargaining representative. Any employee not properly notified is deemed re-employed for the following year. (24-11 and 24-12) NOTE: Collective bargaining agreements and/or evaluation plans may have different notice requirements from that provided in statute. The employer should be careful to meet all relevant notice requirements.

Page 4 of 6 30 Last day for schools to 1 First day of the fiscal 31 Sunday Last day for filing federal report to ISBE the num- year in most Illinois and state income tax with- ber of children who have school districts. The holding reports and paying received or been exempt- board of education shall taxes due for quarter end- ed from the required adopt and file with ISBE ing June 30, 2022. dental and health exam- an annual balanced inations. (27-8.1) budget within or before AUGUST 2022 Last day on which the first quarter of the Before the School districts must township treasurer shall fiscal year. (17-1) Within 30th Day report certain student deliver to regional super- 30 days of its adoption, of the assessment information intendent a statement the annual budget must School using a form developed showing the condition of be filed with the county Year by ISBE. (22-82) clerk and ISBE. (17-1 township funds. (8-13) 1 Last day to file with the and 35 ILCS 200/18-50) End of fiscal year for regional superintendent most school districts. 4 Independence Day; a a list of all unfilled teach- legal school holiday. (24-2) ing positions in the dis- Effective date of the trict. (10-20.27) annual school audit. (3-7) 7 Secretary or clerk of the school board shall file Last day for high school JULY 2022 annual statistical report boards to certify to the with the treasurer. (10-8) During July During the month of July, non-high school board township land commis- 9 Saturday-10 Eid-al-Adha the estimated amount of sioners must have an Sunday tuition charges for the audit of the funds under succeeding school year. 11 In Class II counties (12-22) their jurisdiction. (15-27) (Cook): (1) Quarterly 14 Sunday Last day for school During the month of July meeting of township boards to forward a the quarterly meeting of school trustees; and (2) detailed statement of the regional board of school township trustees make moneys contributed to trustees must be held. apportionment and dis- the Teachers’ Retirement (6-18) tribution of unused funds in permanent township System, including any The first school day in fund. (5-16 and 5-17) additional contributions July the Secretary of the due the System, to the school board shall report 15 Last day for submitting to secretary of the System. to the regional superin- regional superintendent (40 ILCS 5/16-155) tendent and Secretary of a statement of condition 15 Last day for school State a list of students of schools within each board to transmit claims who have left school township during previous to ISBE for extraordinary during the previous atten- fiscal year. As a practical special education ser- dance quarter. (26-3a) matter this requirement only applies to school vices. (14-7.02) At the beginning of each districts in Cook County Last day for the school calendar or fiscal year, sharing a relationship with district to transmit the school board must a township treasurer or claims for special edu- give notice of its sched- trustee. (5-18) cation costs to the ule of regular meetings, State Superintendent of including dates, times 29 Last day for the regional Education. (14-12.01) and places. Notice must superintendent to survey include publication on the and inspect schools and Last day to submit cer- school district’s website. notify each school board, tification of all student (5 ILCS 120/2.02) in writing, whether or transportation claims not schools in their dis- for reimbursement for trict have been kept as the school year ending required by law under June 30 to the State terms of state life-safety Superintendent of standards. (3-14.21) Education. (29-5)

School board members, superintendents, building principals, heads of departments, employees responsible for negotiating contracts amounting to $1000 or more, hearing officers, supervisors with authority over 20 or more employees, and any employee in a position that requires an administrative or chief business official certificate are required by law to file a statement of economic interests each calendar year. The statement must be filed, in a form provided by law, with the county clerk no later than May 1 each year. (Ill. Governmental Ethics Act, 5 ILCS 420/4A-101 et seq.) Anyone required to file the statement of economic interests may obtain a 30-day extension by filing with the county clerk or declaration of intent to defer the filing.

Page 5 of 6 22 Last day for the school SEPTEMBER 2022 30 Last day on which regional board to adopt resolu- superintendents and other tions putting public policy 1 Last day for the board persons paying money questions on the ballot secretary to certify to school treasurer shall at the November 8, 2022 public policy questions notify, in writing, the pres- General Election. (10 to the election author- idents of school trustees ILCS 5/28-2(c) ity for referendum at and clerks and secretaries the November 8, 2022 NOTE: The local school of school boards the dates General Election. (10 and amounts of money board election authority is ILCS 5/28-5) responsible for receiving distributed to the school and certifying petitions and 5 Labor Day; a legal treasurer. (3-14.17) resolutions for referenda. school holiday. (24-2) This is the end of the first (10 ILCS 5/28-2 and 28-5) 11 Sunday-September 11th quarter of the fiscal year 31 Last day for regional Day of Remembrance; a in most Illinois school superintendent to file with commemorative school districts and the last day ISBE an affidavit showing holiday. (24-2) (10/4-5/22) for the school board to which treasurers of school 23 American Indian Day. adopt and file with the districts are properly (27-20) ISBE its balanced budget bonded. (3-8 and 8-2) for 2022-2023 fiscal year. 25 Sunday-27 Rosh Hashanah (17-1) Within 30 days of its adoption, the annual budget must be filed with the county clerk. (17-1 and 35 ILCS 200/18-50)

This calendar is published for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for legal advice from the school district legal counsel. IASB does not guarantee this calendar’s accuracy and will not be responsible for damages caused by reliance on it.

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