Tag Archives: Illinois General Assembly
What You Lose When You Send Your Kids to Public School.
Some Illinois lawmakers want to regulate homeschooling through HB 2827, a bill that would mandate registration and give state bureaucrats significant new powers. This controversial bill, which passed committee despite massive public outcry, highlights a fundamental conflict: government control versus parental authority over children's upbringing.
Posted in Education, Faith
Tagged Calvin Lindstrom, Carol Sisson, education, HB 2827, Homeschool, Illinois General Assembly, Jennifer Burns, Julie Hostetler, Matthew Hennessey, public schools, Terra Costa Howard
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Illinois Home Educators Face “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” Label
Wednesday morning, State Representative Terra Costa-Howard (D-Lombard) brought before the Illinois House’s Education Policy Committee an amendment to her “Anti-Homeschool Act’ that would - for the first time - require Illinois homeschooling families to register their students with the state.
Posted in Education
Tagged Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Anti-Homeschool Act, Carmen Longoria-Green, Coalition for Responsible Home Education, HB 2827, Home Education, Homeschool Legal Defense Association, Illinois General Assembly, Patrick Henry College, Terra Costa Howard, The Homeschool Act
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Illinois Homeschoolers Under Attack
Even as suicide, drug abuse, sexual depravity, gender confusion, illiteracy, and violence reach record levels among children in Illinois government schools, leftist lawmakers and far-left media propagandists are painting a target on the backs of homeschool families in the state.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Education, Illinois Politics, Media Watch
Tagged Association of Christian Schools International, Dr. Brian Ray, Homeschoolers, Illinois, Illinois Christian Home Educators, Illinois General Assembly, Matt Davidson, National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, P. George Tryfiates, Pro Publica, Sam Bankman-Fried, Terra Costa Howard
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State Lawmakers May Try to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide Next Week
It looks fairly certain that the Illinois General Assembly is going to try to pass a Physician-Assisted Suicide bill in Springfield during the few days of Lame Duck Session next week. Please take action immediately...
Posted in Sanctity of Life
Tagged Illinois General Assembly, lame duck session, physician-assisted suicide, SB 3499
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Observations from Springfield
The Democrats will still have supermajorities in each chamber of the Illinois General Assembly in the 104th General Assembly (2025-2026). It seems that they are primarily focused on legislative ways to “Trump-proof” Illinois, whatever that entails.
Posted in Education, Federal, IFI News, Illinois Politics
Tagged Department of Education, Gov. Pritzker, Illinois General Assembly, Mayor Brandon Johnson, President-Elect Trump
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Critics Slam “Racist” Illinois Plan to Fund Colleges Based on Skin Color
Critical Race Theory and systemic racism in education are going to a whole new level in Illinois. In fact, under a proposed new scheme supposedly aimed at fighting alleged “disparities” in higher learning, people with darker complexions (or lower grades) will literally be worth more than those with lighter skin.
Posted in Education
Tagged African, Black, Chapin Rose, Civil Rights, College Admissions, Commission on Equitable Public University Funding, Critical Race Theory, Illinois General Assembly, Indian, Jeanne Ives, Latinx, Middle Eastern, Paul Vallas, Pranav Kothari, racism, The College Fix, The Real Story, U.S. Supreme Court, University of Illinois
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Protecting Child Sacrifice and Mandating Indoctrination
We knew the last week of the scheduled session of the Illinois General Assembly would be rough for pro-family conservatives, and we are sorry to report that two terrible bills are now on their way to Governor JB Pritzker's desk, where he is sure to sign them into law.
Posted in Climate Change, Education, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sanctity of Life
Tagged Adriane Johnson, Celina Villanueva, Greenpeace, HB 4895, Illinois General Assembly, JB Pritzker, Jil Tracy, John Curran, Parental Rights, Patrick Moore, Sue Rezin, Think Big America
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Voting Resources
The IFI 2024 Primary Election Voter Guide is available online and in print. The online version is updated often and it includes more information than the printed version. In this guide, you'll find the positions of candidates running for President, the U.S. House of Representatives, and both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly regarding issues of importance...
Posted in IFI News
Tagged 2024 campaign, 2024 presidential election, Illinois General Assembly
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Which Side?
Which side are you on? Do you know? There are only two. From the moment you get up in the morning until you go to sleep at night, you take one side or the other.
Posted in Child Exploitation, CRT/Racism/BLM, Faith, Federal, Islam & Sharia, Marriage/Family/Culture, Pornography, Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life, Sexuality
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Hamas, Illinois General Assembly, Israel, JB Pritzker, LGBTQ, Martin Luther, National Sex Ed Standards, Ole Hallesby, Prayer, SB 818, The Screwtape Letters, Which Side?
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“There are two genders! Period.”
It doesn’t get any better (or worse) than this. Illinois State Senator Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) forcefully addressed 58 elected adults in a chamber on an obvious fact that no one else would address: there are only two genders – male and female. He went on record, speaking directly to the Progressives on the Senate floor, in his powerful short speech against HB 2350, a bill to mandate that insurance companies now cover Pap smear tests for men and prostate exams for women.
Yes, conservative senators and representatives have long railed outside the chamber on this. And they have politely …
Posted in Illinois Politics
Tagged Andrew Chesney, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Senate, pronouns, woke
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Illinois Representatives Hope to Restrict Governor’s Unilateral Rule
In March of 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor JB Pritzker issued a series of emergency orders. Executive Order 2020-04, issued on March 13, 2020, was the governor’s first time seizing emergency power. Under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the governor can issue a state of emergency declaring a disaster within the state, giving himself 30 days of emergency power. The governor, in a state of emergency, has complete control over all state institutions and public health. Although the measure intends to streamline governmental response in times of disaster, Governor Pritzker exploited a loophole in the …
Posted in Illinois Politics
Tagged Avery Bourne, COVID–19, Dan Brady, Dan Ugaste, Elizabeth Hernandez, Greg Harris, Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, Illinois General Assembly, JB Pritzker, Jehan Gordon-Booth, Mark Batinick, Norine Hammond, Tom Demmer
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Stop Funding Education Based on Identity Politics
Parents across the nation have said bittersweet good-byes to their college-bound children in the last couple of weeks. They send them off with the hope that they flourish in their education and find the path for their future. Student’s hopes and dreams, however, often come with a high price tag. Parents and students alike are concerned about how they will pay for college. The state of Illinois General Assembly and Governor JB Pritzker decided the best way to deal with educational funding is establishing grants based on identity politics rather than merit.
Posted in Education, Sexuality
Tagged Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid, FAFSA, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Illinois General Assembly, JB Pritzker, MAP grants, Monetary Award Program, Retention of Illinois Students and Equity
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(Anti) Police “Reform” Omnibus Bill
We are displeased to report that this week our state lawmakers passed a 700+ page police “reform” bill. This piece of legislation was passed in the final hours of the lame duck session of the 101st General Assembly. The proposal was approved by the Illinois Senate just before 5:00 a.m. Tuesday with a vote of 32-23, and approved by the Illinois House with a 60-50 vote the next day, just an hour before the inauguration of the new 102nd General Assembly.
According to an article in The Daily Journal, state lawmakers failed to work with law enforcement officials …
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Tagged Black Caucus, Criminal Justice Reform, Illinois General Assembly, James R. Black, JB Pritzker, Kwame Raoul, Police Reform, Sheriff Mike Downey
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