Illinois House Bill 1237 stirs debate as it seeks to ban Native American school mascots; local communities rally in ...

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Two Jo Daviess County, Ill., school district superintendents have expressed opposition to an Illinois House bill that would prohibit K-12 schools from using Native American names, logos or mascots.

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School communities from Collinsville, Mascoutah and Granite City joined together at a rally on Sunday to oppose Illinois ...

A new measure in Illinois would prohibit schools from using Native American mascots. It’s passed the house and is now headed to the Senate. There’ll be a rally Sunday at 2 at Collinsville High School.

School board general elections in Illinois are held on the first Tuesday in April every two years in odd-numbered years for all districts except for Chicago Public Schools and Peoria Public Schools.

The long-winded Prohibition of Discriminatory Disability Mascots Act passed the Illinois House of Representatives earlier this month.