Proposed Illinois house bill would ban Native American mascots in Illinois Public Schools – WICS (Springfield)

House bill 5617, which prohibits all Illinois public schools from having a mascot with a Native American name, could require more than 50 schools in the state to change their mascots, name and logo. Nokomis superintendent Scott Doerr said, "If at this time we had to make a change, especially in a short amount of time that this bill might go into effect, we're talking about maybe $100,000 for signage change, uniforms and gym floors and all the mats and things that we have."