Senator Harriss: School Mascot Ban Stalls in the Senate

Senator Harriss: School Mascot Ban Stalls in the Senate

SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Erica Harriss (56th–Glen Carbon) is pleased to announce that House Bill 1237, the proposed School Mascot Ban, has failed to advance in the Illinois Senate following Friday’s Senate committee procedural deadline for moving House bills out of committee. “This is a great win for schools across Illinois that were faced with the uncertainty of having to erase longstanding traditions and absorb yet another unfunded mandate …

Editorial: Illinois eliminating Native American mascots from schools is a good thing

An Illinois house bill seeking to ban high schools from using Native American mascots passed the House on April 10, and is now being considered by the state Senate. House Bill 1237 seeks to require school boards to prohibit schools from using a native name, logo or mascot. In July 1992, Naperville Central ditched its Redskin mascot after 54 years following a school board vote to ban offensive mascots. According to a 1992 article in the Chicago T…