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Legislature Passes Bill Ensuring Students Can Wear Clothes of Cultural Significance at Graduation

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THEIR CULTURE AS THEY ACCEPT THEIR DIPLOMA UNDER A BILL PASSED BY ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS. 

 

THE LEGISLATION PROHIBITS SCHOOLS FROM BANNING CULTURAL, ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS ITEMS AT GRADUATION CEREMONIES. IT WAS PROMPTED BY AN INCIDENT LAST YEAR IN EVANSTON WHERE A NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT WASN’T ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. THE REASON? HE WAS WEARING AN EAGLE FEATHER AND BEADING WITH HIS GRADUATION CAP SAYS ROCKFORD REPRESENTATIVE MAURICE WEST.

 

 

THE BILL WILL NEED TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR.

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