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| HB24 | $ST BD ED-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for its FY24 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB111 | $CDB-CAPITAL PROJECTS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Development Board for FY24 capital projects. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB164 | $COUNCIL DEV DISABILITIES-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities for its FY24 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB167 | $EDUC LABOR REL BD-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board for its FY24 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1098 | $ISBE-AUTISM PROGRAMS (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for autism programs. Effective July 1, 202 3 . |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1385 | $ST BD ED-ELECTRIC BUS GRANTS (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for grants of $50,000 each to school districts for the purchase of electric school buses. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1599 | $ART PROGRAMS (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for after-school art programs and $10,000,000 to the Illinois Arts Council for community art programs. Effective July 1, 202 3 . |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2319 | $ST BD ED/DHS-CHILDREN (REP. LISA HERNANDEZ) Makes an appropriation of $717,765,720 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for early childhood education. Makes various appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for early intervention, for grants and administration expenses associated with the Maternal and Child Home Visiting Program, for grants and administrative expenses associated with the Healthy Families Program, and for grants and administrative expenses associated with child care services, including prior year costs. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2681 | $ISBE OCE (REP. JEHAN GORDON-BOOTH) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois State Board of Education and teacher retirement contributions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: General Funds $10,328,862,300 Other State Funds $ 97,963,700 Federal Funds $ 8,414,056,900 Total $18,840,882,900 |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2792 | SCH CD-MINIMUM FUNDING LEVEL (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the evidence-based funding provisions of the School Code. Provides that the Minimum Funding Level is equal to $550,000,000 (instead of $350,000,000). Provides for a continuing appropriation. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3067 | $DHS-SEXUAL HEALTH ED (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Appropriates $ 2 0,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to implement Public Act 102-522 and provide grants to local school districts and community organizations for comprehensive personal health and safety education in kindergarten through the 5th grade and comprehensive sexual health education in the 6th through 12th grades. Effective July 1, 202 3 . |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3988 | $ST BD ED-YOUTHBUILD ILLINOIS (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Appropriates $5,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for YouthBuild Illinois. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3991 | $ISBE-NEW ARRIVAL GRANT (REP. FRED CRESPO) Appropriates $35,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the New Arrival Student Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4683 | $ST BD ED-CHICAGO-JROTC (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for a $1,000,000 grant to the Chicago Board of Education each year for 5 years , subject to reappropriation by the General Assembly, for the Department of JROTC Leadership to update classroom equipment, purchase drum and bugle instruments, support a training facility, establish weekend training retreats, purchase uniforms and uniform accessories, provide drone and simulator training, support retired veteran staffing assistants, and host an end-of-the-year graduation banquet. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4785 | $ST BD ED-HEALTH MEALS FOR ALL (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Appropriates $209,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for costs associated with the Healthy School Meals for All Program. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4833 | $ST BD ED-GRANTS (REP. DAVE VELLA) Appropriates $2,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for a grant to the Rockford Excel Center. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4913 | $BD HIGHER ED-STUDENT TEACHER (REP. BARBARA HERNANDEZ) Appropriates $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for all costs and expenses associated with a student teaching stipend program. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5389 | $ST BD ED-SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST (REP. KATIE STUART) Appropriates $340,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education to address shortages of school psychologists in this State through specified methods. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5391 | $BD HIGHER ED-SCH PSYCHOLOGIST (REP. KATIE STUART) Appropriates $ 2 ,9 5 0,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education to address shortages of school psychologists in this State through specified methods. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB289 | $ST BD ED/DHS-CHILDREN (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Makes an appropriation of $717,765,720 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for early childhood education. Makes various appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for early intervention, for grants and administration expenses associated with the Maternal and Child Home Visiting Program, for grants and administrative expenses associated with the Healthy Families Program, and for grants and administrative expenses associated with child care services, including prior year costs. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1428 | $DHS-SEXUAL HEALTH ED (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Appropriates $ 2 0,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to implement Public Act 102-522 and provide grants to local school districts and community organizations for comprehensive personal health and safety education in kindergarten through the 5th grade and comprehensive sexual health education in the 6th through 12th grades. Effective July 1, 202 3 . |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2222 | EDUC-SCH SOCIAL WORKER GRANT (SEN. LAURA FINE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, all internships for school social workers must be paid internships. Provides that subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to school districts to assist in the funding of these paid internships. Provides that the State Board of Education shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that higher priority shall be given to schools that demonstrate a shortage of school social workers, which is determined by the average ratio of school social workers to students in the target school district over the preceding 3 school years. Provides that the State Board of Education shall produce an annual report on the program. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education, shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to colleges or universities in the State to fund field placements for social workers. Provides that Subject to appropriation, colleges and universities shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that colleges and universities, upon receiving funding, shall provide applications to students eligible for this funding. Provides that the college or university shall give priority to applicants who are a member of a racial minority. Provides that each college or university that receives funds shall provide an annual report to the State Board of Higher Education, and the Board of Higher Education shall publish those reports on the State Board's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2475 | $ISBE OCE (SEN. ELGIE SIMS) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois State Board of Education and teacher retirement contributions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: General Funds $10,328,862,300; Other State Funds $97,963,700; Federal Funds $8,414,056,900; Total $18,840,882,900. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2476 | $PTAB OCE (SEN. ELGIE SIMS) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Property Tax Appeal Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows: Other State Funds $11,569,800. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2634 | VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to provide fleet owners and operators in the State grants to promote the use of eligible electric vehicles. Provides that the Program shall offer qualifying purchasers a grant up to specified base amounts toward the purchase of eligible electric vehicles based on the Class of vehicle. Requires the Agency to award grants under the Program on a competitive basis according to the availability of funding. Provides that to be eligible to receive a grant under the Program a purchaser must satisfy all of the required criteria. Provides that the Agency shall give weight to an application based upon the potential impact of the geographic location and route of the purchaser's fleet on pollution affecting an equity investment eligible community. Requires the Agency to ensure that resale of a vehicle serving a public school or located within an equity investment eligible community shall result in the vehicle servicing a similarly situated community. Provides that grants under the Program may be combined with other public incentives but the total of governmental incentives shall not exceed a maximum of 80% of the purchase price of the vehicle. Requires the Agency to set aside 20% of the appropriated funds under the Program for grants to the purchaser of electric school buses. Provides that all awards granted are subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2776 | HIGHER ED-MINORITY TEACHERS (SEN. NATALIE TORO) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish and administer a student teaching stipend program. Subject to appropriation, requires the Commission to receive and consider applications for additional funds from recipients of scholarships who are student teaching. Provides that the Commission shall select stipend recipients from among applicants who are in financial need. Provides that certain recipients may receive an additional payment for other expenses during the year in which the recipient is engaged in student teaching. Provides for rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3247 | $ST BD ED-HEALTH MEALS FOR ALL (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Appropriates $209,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for costs associated with the Healthy School Meals for All Program. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3276 | $BD HIGHER ED-STUDENT TEACHER (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Appropriates $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for all costs and expenses associated with a student teaching stipend program. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3384 | $DHS-SEXUAL HEALTH ED (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to implement Public Act 102-522 and provide grants to local school districts and community organizations for comprehensive personal health and safety education in kindergarten through the 5th grade and comprehensive sexual health education in the 6th through 12th grades. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3530 | $ST BD ED-YOUTHBUILD ILLINOIS (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Appropriates $8,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to State Board of Education for a grant to YouthBuild Illinois. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3782 | $ST BD ED-CTE FUNDING (SEN. DON HARMON) Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for Career and Technical Education. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1010 | HEALTH ED-CANNABIS INSTRUCTION (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that a school's comprehensive health education program must include instruction on the medical and legal ramifications of cannabis use. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1011 | SCH CD-K-12 BOOKS ABOUT RACISM (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the School Code. Sets forth a list of nonfiction, fiction, and children's books about racism that shall be required reading for students in every public elementary and secondary school beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Requires that the instruction in the material presented by each book be age appropriate and taught at the appropriate grade level. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1012 | SCH CD-CHARACTER EDUCATION (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the School Code. Requires the instruction on character education to include the teaching of respect toward a person's race or ethnicity or gender. With regard to the State Board of Education's school report card, requires data collected on curriculum information to include information on a school's instruction on character education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1100 | SCH CD-TECHNICAL SKILLS PROGRM (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a program aimed at facilitating education in advanced manufacturing technical skills. Provides that the program shall be implemented in no less than 12 public high schools, over the span of 3 years, where the youth unemployment rate is at least twice the national average. Specifies program requirements. Provides that the State Board shall ensure that each high school participating in the program has adequate funding for at least one industry coordinator, tutoring, pre-employment and on-the-job mentoring, professional and leadership development, and life and financial management instruction. Provides that the State Board shall use a program provider to help design, build, and accredit the training program. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1124 | SCH CD-DYSLEXIA (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Provides that the dyslexia handbook developed by the State Board of Education shall include guidelines on the administration of a universal screener and dyslexia screening, the interpretation of data from these screeners, and the resulting appropriate instruction within a multi-tiered system of support framework. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary to ensure that a student will be screened for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener. Sets forth which students are required to be screened. Provides that no later than January 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall employ at least 5 dyslexia specialists or dyslexia therapists with a minimum of 5 years of field experience in screening, identifying, and treating dyslexia and related disorders. Provides that beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each school district must screen students in grades kindergarten through 2 for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener approved by the State Board of Education. Provides that if a student is determined to be either at risk or at some risk for dyslexia after the universal screener has been administered, the school district must administer a dyslexia screening of the student. Provides that if a student's dyslexia screening indicates that the student has characteristics of dyslexia, the dyslexia intervention services provided to the student must utilize a structured literacy approach as outlined in the State Board of Education's handbook. Makes other changes.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. In the definition of "universal screener", changes references to "an assessment" to "a screener". Provides that the "universal screener" shall screen for the risk factors of reading difficulties, including dyslexia (instead of the risk factors of dyslexia). Provides that students shall be screened if a student from another state enrolls for the first time in any of grades kindergarten through 2 in a school district in this State, provided that if a student's score is below 3.0 on either the listening or the speaking portion of the ACCESS for ELLs assessment, the student may be exempt from a universal screener as determined by the school's or school district's English language learner team (instead of unless the student, the student's parent, or the student's guardian presents documentation that the student meets specified conditions). Adds provisions concerning secondary review of a student. In provisions concerning the student's parent or guardian consent to screening, provides that the parent or guardian must be notified (rather than specified provisions concerning the nature of notification). Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1243 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH COURSE (REP. JONATHAN CARROLL) Amends the Course of Study Article of the School Code. Requires each public school to provide a separate course of study on mental health that instructs students on how to recognize the signs of anxiety, depression, and other forms of mental illness. Provides that all students in grades kindergarten through 12 must take the course each school year, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. Provides that the course length must be at least one semester or its equivalent but that the school board shall determine the minimum amount of instructional time required for the course. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare and make available to school boards resource materials on mental illness that must be used as guidelines for the development of the course. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1278 | SCH CD-NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of pre-Columbian Native American societies. Sets forth additional topics of instruction. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the history of Native Americans during and after the American Revolution, as well as the contributions of Native Americans to the economic, cultural, social, and political development of the United States. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of these units of instruction. Provides that a school may meet the curricular requirements through an online program or course. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1371 | SCH CD-JUNIOR COLOR GUARD (REP. MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Provides that subject to the availability of local resources, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, each public middle school, junior high school, and high school shall establish a junior color guard program to promote the value of and honor military personnel. Provides that the junior color guard shall be used at school events, including interscholastic athletic events and other events in which the presenting of the colors is requested. Provides that each school shall allow the junior color guard to participate in community events in which the presenting of the colors may be requested. Provides that each school may work with a civic organization or association to provide adequate training to the members of the junior color guard on the execution of their duties. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1375 | SCH CD-FINANCIAL EDUCATION (REP. CURTIS TARVER, II; SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that pupils in the public schools in grades 9 through 12 shall be taught and be required to study courses which include instruction in the area of financial literacy and consumer education in alignment with the Illinois Social Science Learning Standards for Economics and Financial Literacy or other relevant career and technical education learning standards, as appropriate (rather than courses which include instruction in the area of consumer education). Sets forth specified requirements for the instruction. Provides that that the State Board of Education shall determine, subject to appropriation, how to prepare and make available instructional resources and professional learning opportunities for educators that may be used for the purpose of meeting the requirements (rather than devise or approve the consumer education curriculum for grades 9 through 12 and specify the minimum amount of instruction). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1481 | SCH CD-DIVERSITY IN LITERATURE (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the Instructional Materials Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district (including a charter school) shall require that books that are included as a part of any course, material, instruction, reading assignment, or other school curricula related to literature during the school year or that appear on summer reading lists must include books that are written by diverse authors, including, but not limited to, authors who are African American, women, Native American, LatinX, and Asian. Provides that reading material may not perpetuate bias against persons based on specified categories. Provides that for any school district utilizing federal funds under Title I, Part A of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the selection of each book to be included in a reading assignment, course material and instruction, or other school curricula related to literature must first receive prior approval from the school board before the book may be included. Provides that the criteria for the approval or denial of a book shall be determined by school board policy, but the minimum requirement is that the book may not be approved by the school board if the book contains language or material that is derogatory or racist or incites hate against any persons. Provides for rulemaking and guidelines. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1482 | SCH CD-ONLINE CURRICULA PROGRM (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish and implement a statewide, online curricula program that allows public schools the option to access school curricula, coursework, course material, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools or materials required for the successful completion of a course of study through an online portal. Provides that the program may be used to support in-person instruction and remote and blended remote learning and to supplement course curricula or may be used as a stand-alone resource available to educators and students. Provides that the program shall be made accessible to schools and students through a platform available through the State Board. Allows a school board to adopt a policy for the use and implementation of this program. Provides for funding and rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1485 | INCLUSIVE AMERICAN HISTORY (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Creates the Inclusive American History Act. Establishes the Inclusive American History Commission to (i) address the deficiencies and inadequacies in both perspective and content in traditional history course material and instruction and (ii) develop multiperspective, inclusive, and comprehensive standards that a school may use as a guide in replacing or developing its curricula for history education. Sets forth the membership of the Commission. Contains provisions concerning meetings, duties, and reporting. Repeals these provisions on December 31, 2024. Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires schools to suspend all instruction in history education, with exceptions. Not later than June 30, 2024, requires the State Superintendent of Education to provide to schools instructional guidelines and standards based on the recommendations of the Commission so that schools may develop alternative curricula to replace traditional course material and instruction to ensure that students obtain a multiperspective, inclusive, and comprehensive understanding about history. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, schools shall resume instruction in history, which shall require the use of age-appropriate discussion, textbooks, and other course material that reframe the study of history by presenting to students an examination of history through the inclusion of diverse perspectives, contrary interpretations, and the viewpoints of various groups of people whose voices have traditionally been excluded from the conventional teaching of history. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1522 | SCH CD-INTERNET SAFETY EDUC (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning an Internet safety education curriculum, provides that, beginning January 1, 2024 and at least once every 3 years thereafter, the State Board of Education shall review and submit a report to the General Assembly of recommended revisions to the Internet safety education curriculum provisions to ensure the Internet safety education curriculum aligns with current best practices and reflects current technology and customary uses of the Internet. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1588 | SCH CD-NO FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQ (REP. DAVID FRIESS) Amends the School Code. Removes the requirement that beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign language courses, which may include American Sign Language. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1623 | SCH CD-OPT OUT/COURSE MATERIAL (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to adopt a policy to (i) allow the parent or legal guardian of a child to notify the school principal or a designee in writing that the parent or legal guardian objects to the use of specific course material and (ii) allow the child to use alternative course material. Requires the alternative course material to be provided at the expense of the parent or legal guardian. Requires the content of the alternative course material to be sufficiently equivalent to the specific course material to enable the child to meet State standards in a particular subject area. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1631 | SCH CD-COMPUTER SCIENCE (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education, subject to appropriation, shall establish a program that awards grants to eligible school districts to support computer science education professional development. Provides for how grant funds may be used. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall annually disseminate a request for applications to receive a grant under this program and funds shall be distributed annually. Sets forth criteria for applying for and awarding grants. Provides for rulemaking. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2037 | SCH-PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (REP. AMY GRANT) Amends the School Code. By December 31, 2023, requires the State Board of Education to create a Parent Advisory Committee for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations to the State Board with respect to the State Board's process of adopting new teaching or learning standards. Requires the State Board to review and consider the recommendations made by the committee prior to adopting a proposed teaching or learning standard, but does not require the State Board to accept any of the recommendations. Sets forth the membership of the committee; requires all committee members to be the parent of a student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in this State. Provides that members shall serve without compensation. Sets forth provisions concerning vacancies on the committee and committee meetings. Requires the State Board to provide administrative support to the committee. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2187 | SCH CD-HIST/LIT COURSE-BIBLE (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, allows public schools to include in their curriculum, for students in grades 3 through 12, a course in the history and literature of the Old Testament era and a course in the history and literature of the New Testament era. Provides that the purpose of such courses shall be to teach and study the Old and New Testaments and to familiarize students with the contents of the Old and New Testaments, the history recorded by the Old and New Testaments, the literary style and structure of the Old and New Testaments, the customs and cultures of the peoples and societies recorded in the Old and New Testaments, and the influence of the Old and New Testaments upon law, history, government, literature, art, music, customs, morals, values, and culture. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt a curriculum for each course. Sets forth provisions concerning course requirements, personnel, and monitoring. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2401 | SCH CD-DIVERSITY IN LITERATURE (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the Instructional Materials Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district (including a charter school) shall require that books that are included as a part of any course, material, instruction, reading assignment, or other school curricula related to literature during the school year or that appear on summer reading lists must include books that are written by diverse authors, including, but not limited to, authors who are African American, women, Native American, LatinX, and Asian. Provides that reading material may not perpetuate bias against persons based on specified categories. Provides that for any school district utilizing federal funds under Title I, Part A of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the selection of each book to be included in a reading assignment, course material and instruction, or other school curricula related to literature must first receive prior approval from the school board before the book may be included. Provides that the criteria for the approval or denial of a book shall be determined by school board policy, but the minimum requirement is that the book may not be approved by the school board if the book contains language or material that is derogatory or racist or incites hate against any persons. Provides for rulemaking and guidelines. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2486 | SCHOOLS-WORK ETHIC INSTRUCTION (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Amends the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. In provisions concerning postsecondary and career expectations, provides that, beginning in grade 6, students should be introduced to the importance of developing and applying a work ethic in a variety of contexts; sets forth what this introduction may include. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2490 | SCH CD-CIVIL RIGHTS STUDY (REP. KAM BUCKNER) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that every public school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the civil rights movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968, the natural law and natural rights principles that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., drew from and that informed his leadership of the civil rights movement, and the tactics and strategies of nonviolent resistance that he championed in response to the Jim Crow laws of that era. Provides that the curriculum shall include an additional unit of instruction studying other acts of discriminatory injustice, such as genocide, elsewhere around the globe. Provides that the State Board of Education shall prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of the units of instruction. Allows a school board to determine the minimum amount of instructional time required. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2773 | SCH CD-PHONICS EDUCATION (REP. MARY FLOWERS; SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the School Code. Provides that school districts shall teach students how to read using phonics. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2865 | SCH CD-READ BLOCK GRANT PROGRM (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the School Code. With respect to the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, removes language that provides that the State Board of Education may distribute an amount not to exceed 2% of the moneys appropriated for the Program for the purpose of providing teacher training and re-training in the teaching of reading. Provides that if the appropriation for the Program for a given fiscal year is less than $15,000,000, then the State Board shall limit eligibility to certain school districts and shall impose additional eligibility criteria to limit the number of approved applicants to a cohort sufficient for each selected district to provide adequate training and ongoing coaching support to each teacher of students in grades K through 2 and special education teachers and evidence-based curriculum investments. Removes language that provides that programs provided with grant funds shall not replace quality classroom reading instruction. Provides that Program funds may be used for grades K through 6 to provide both evidence-based, high-quality core literacy curriculum materials that consider the unique needs of English learners for concurrent oral language practice and high-quality screening assessments designed to inform instruction in English language arts and literacy for students (instead of classroom reading materials for students). Sets forth other provisions concerning if the appropriation is less than $15,000,000 or is at least $15,000,000. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3147 | SCHOOLS-READING AND LITERACY (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS; SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Literary and Justice for All Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt and make available to school districts a rubric by which districts may evaluate curricula and select and implement core reading instruction programs, a template to develop literacy plans, and guidance. Requires the State Board to develop training opportunities in teaching reading and a comprehensive literacy plan for this State. Amends the School Code. Makes changes concerning the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, the requirements to receive a Professional Educator License, taking a test in reading foundations for certain licensure, and the requirements for educators trained in other states or counties. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3168 | SCH CD-REPEAL SEX ED STANDARDS (REP. DAVE SEVERIN) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning educational service centers, changes references relating to comprehensive personal health and safety education and comprehensive sexual health education to family life - sex education. Repeals provisions concerning comprehensive personal health and safety and comprehensive sexual health education. Instead, adds provisions concerning sex education, family life, and instruction on diseases. Makes changes in the Chicago School District Article concerning HIV training, including providing AIDS training instead. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3212 | SCH CD-REPEAL PLAYTIME MANDATE (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Repeals provisions requiring play time in elementary school. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3247 | HEALTH EDUCATION-ICY WATER (REP. NABEELA SYED) Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that safety around icy bodies of water shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program in grades pre-kindergarten through 8. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3250 | SCH CD-ADV MANUFACTURE PROGRAM (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall create and maintain a comprehensive training program in advanced manufacturing to ensure an adequate supply of trained and skilled individuals to work in advanced manufacturing and to ensure appropriate representation of racial and ethnic groups in all phases of the industry. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop the advanced manufacturing training program to be taught as part of the curriculum of the public school system from grades K-12 and made readily available to all school districts. Provides that school districts may include programs in education in advanced manufacturing as a part of the curriculum of that district. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as are necessary to implement the program. Provides that the rules shall not create any new State mandates on school districts as a condition of receiving federal, State, and local funds by those entities. Provides that the State Board of Education shall assume responsibility for the administration of the program throughout all public school districts as well as developing the advanced manufacturing program to match the requirements and mandates of federal programming. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3307 | SCH-FOREIGN LANG ALTERNATIVE (REP. AMY ELIK) Amends the Course of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade beginning with the 2028-2029 school year must successfully complete either 2 years of foreign language courses or at least 2 years of career-focused coursework that has been authorized by the State Board of Education as meeting the requirements for a College and Career Pathway Endorsement under the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act (rather than requiring the successful completion of 2 years of foreign language courses). Amends the University of Illinois Act, the Southern Illinois University Management Act, the Chicago State University Law, the Eastern Illinois University Law, the Governors State University Law, the Illinois State University Law, the Northeastern State University Law, the Northern Illinois University Law, and the Western Illinois University Law. Provides that a university may not require State public high school graduates, as a condition of acceptance, to have completed any years of foreign language courses unless the university permits, as an alternative to completion of a foreign language course, attainment of a College and Career Pathway Endorsement under the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3419 | HOLIDAY-1ST DAY OF RAMADAN (REP. JUSTIN SLAUGHTER) Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act to designate the first day following the beginning of Ramadan as a State holiday. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3443 | SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCH COURSES (REP. DAVE VELLA) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding required high school courses, provides that a school board may determine which career and technical education courses that the school district offers fulfill the high school course requirements. Provides that the State Board may override the school district's determination if the State Board has a legitimate reason for overriding. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3711 | SCH CD-REQ COURSES-GEOMETRY (REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that a mathematics course that includes geometry content may be offered as an integrated, applied, interdisciplinary, or career and technical education course that prepares a student for a career readiness path. Effective June 30, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3712 | SCH CD-COLLEGE AND CAREER (REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the School Board Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district that elects to implement College and Career Pathway Endorsements by July 1, 2025 is encouraged to provide job coaching to students enrolled in Career and Technical Education programs. Provides that duties of the job coaches may include teaching skills, such as resume preparation, career counseling and exploration, and acting as a liaison to the business community. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4186 | HIGH SCH FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQ (REP. AMY ELIK) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In the provisions concerning required high school courses, allows a pupil to take one year of a foreign language course (rather than 2 years), if, upon completing one year of foreign language coursework, the pupil, the pupil's parent or guardian, and the school counselor meet to discuss the pupil's postsecondary education or career goals, and, at that meeting, it is determined (i) that the pupil will take one year of career and technical education coursework, (ii) that a second year of foreign language coursework will limit the pupil's access to career and technical education coursework, and (iii) that the pupil does not need a second year of foreign language coursework to meet the pupil's postsecondary education and career goals. Provides that, following this meeting, the pupil's parent or guardian may opt the pupil out of a second year of foreign language coursework in a form and manner that is prescribed by the State Board of Education. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in this State. Provides that a university may not require a public high school student to have completed 2 years of foreign language coursework while in high school if it was determined in high school that the student was not required to and the student's parent or guardian opted the student out. Provides that if the student completed only one year of foreign language coursework in high school, the university may require the student to take no less than one year of foreign language coursework while enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at the university. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4219 | SCH CD-FENTANYL EDUCATION (REP. JANET YANG ROHR; SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Removes provisions concerning fentanyl education from the School Code. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include disaster preparedness (instead of survival) and the use and abuse of fentanyl. Makes a change concerning the instruction on mental health and illness. Provides that the curricula on alcohol and drug use and abuse shall be age and developmentally appropriate and may include the information contained in the Substance Use Prevention and Recovery Instruction Resource Guide, as applicable, and makes a change concerning the development and availability of instructional materials and guidelines. Provides that the Program shall include instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of fentanyl in grades 6 through 12. Sets forth requirements concerning the instruction, study, and discussion, including requiring that students in grades 9 through 12 be assessed. Provides that the instruction, study, and discussion may be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, or school counselor. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that a school social worker or law enforcement officer may teach the instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0810
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| HB4319 | SCH CODE-CLIMATE CHANGE (REP. KIMBERLY DU BUCLET) Amends the School Code. Provides that every public school shall provide instruction, study, and discussion of current problems and needs in the conservation of natural resources, including climate change. Provides that the content of climate change curriculum must be supported by the weight of research conducted in compliance with accepted scientific methods and published in peer-reviewed journals or comprises of information recognized as accurate and objective. Provides that the State Board of Education may devise or approve the climate change education curriculum. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4616 | SCH CD-ANTI-LITTER EDUCATION (REP. AMY ELIK) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that each school board may provide instruction in anti-litter education in all grades and include that instruction in the courses of study regularly taught in those grades. Provides that by January 1, 2025, the State Board of Education shall post on its Internet website instructional materials relating to teaching anti-litter education. Creates the Anti-Litter Education Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Superintendent of Education may provide a grant to a school district to support the school district's anti-litter programming, including implementation of litterbug programs within the schools of the district. Provides that grants may be awarded from the Anti-Litter Education Fund. Provides for rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4658 | SCH CD-PERSONAL FINANCE EDUC (REP. CURTIS TARVER, II) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Instead of requiring consumer education to be taught and studied, provides that, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 school year, pupils in the public schools in grade 11 or 12 shall be taught and be required to complete a stand-alone, one-semester or equivalent course covering personal finance. Sets forth what topics must be included. Provides that the State Board of Education shall devise or approve the personal finance education standards for the course. Provides that the school board shall oversee implementation of the course for each high school student prior to graduation. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a Financial Literacy Implementation Committee no later than June 30, 2024 to make recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education concerning the implementation of the course for each high school student prior to graduation. Sets forth provisions concerning Committee members, meetings, and support. Provides that the State Board of Education shall present regular and timely reports to the Committee regarding the implementation of the course. Requires a pupil to successfully complete a course on personal finance education as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma (rather than allowing a financial literacy course to be included as part of the social studies requirement). Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4826 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH INSTRUCT (REP. KEVIN OLICKAL) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education, in consultation with licensed clinical social workers and licensed social workers, shall develop a unit of instruction on mental health that teaches students in grades 9 through 12 essential skills for recognizing and managing mental health issues effectively. Provides that the unit of instruction shall include a list of resources available to a student. Provides that the unit of instruction shall be made available to each school district that maintains grades 9 through 12 by July 1, 2025. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4895 | SCH CD-CLIMATE CHANGE EDUC (REP. JANET YANG ROHR; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) House FLoor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, every public school shall provide instruction on climate change, which shall include, but not be limited to, identifying the environmental and ecological impacts of climate change on individuals and communities and evaluating solutions for addressing and mitigating the impact of climate change and shall be in alignment with State learning standards, as appropriate. Provides that the State Board of Education shall, subject to appropriation, prepare and make available multi-disciplinary instructional resources and professional learning opportunities for educators that may be used to meet the requirements of the instruction. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0837
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| HB5020 | EDUC-DUAL CREDIT QUALITY ACT (REP. DIANE BLAIR-SHERLOCK; SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, the Dual Credit Committee, instructor and other standards for dual credit courses, and the data in reports made by institutions of higher learning. Provides that a Dual Credit Instructor Endorsement Framework shall be developed through a committee involving collaboration between the Illinois Community College Board and the State Board of Education by December 31, 2024. Sets forth the membership of the committee. Provides that the Framework shall establish criteria for evaluating instructors on the basis of academic credentials, progress toward academic credentials, equivalent experience, or some combination of these. Sets forth what the criteria shall include and what the Framework may do. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Provides that a Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework (instead of a Dual Credit Instructor Endorsement Framework) shall be developed through a committee involving collaboration between the Illinois Community College Board and the State Board of Education by December 31, 2024. Changes the membership of the committee and what the Framework shall include. Makes related changes concerning school district and community college partnership agreements, the Dual Credit Committee, and instructor and other standards for dual credit courses. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, out-of-state dual credit contracts, and standards concerning dual credit courses. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall conduct a study to examine dual credit students and their short-term and long-term outcomes, including determining how differing types and levels of credit-hour achievement influence college enrollment, persistence, advancement, and completion, either at a public community college or public university. Sets forth requirements concerning the study. Changes the membership of the Dual Credit Committee and requirements concerning the Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework. Makes grammatical and stylistic changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5043 | IDPH-MENINGITIS EDUCATION (REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a requirement for the Department of Public Health to provide to school districts educational materials on meningococcal disease and meningococcal vaccines. Amends the School Code to make conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5361 | SCH CD-PARENTING EDUCATION (REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning parenting education, provides that school districts shall (instead of may) provide instruction in parenting education for grades 9 through 12. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5400 | SCH CD-ARAB AMERICAN HISTORY (REP. ABDELNASSER RASHID) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Arab American history, including the history of Arab Americans in the State and the Midwest, as well as the contributions of Arab Americans from the 19th century onward. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials, including those established by the Public Broadcasting Service, that may be used as guidelines for the development of the unit of instruction. Provides that each school board shall determine the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction. Provides that the regional superintendent of schools shall monitor a school district's compliance with the curricular requirements during the regional superintendent's annual compliance visit. Provides that a school may meet the requirements through an online program or course. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5489 | SCH CD-LABOR HISTORY (REP. GREGG JOHNSON) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the school board of a school district that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 may provide to its students in grades 9 through 12 a unit of instruction studying the events of labor history. Provides that the instruction may also include information on the rights of workers and employment opportunities. Sets forth the events and information that may be included in the instruction. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of the instruction. Provides that the instruction may be provided through an online program or course. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5499 | COMP HEALTH EDUCATION-GAMBLING (REP. KEVIN OLICKAL) Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that gambling and gambling addiction shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB156 | SCHCD-LEARNING MATERIAL REPORT (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires school boards to report, on their school district's website, a list of the learning materials and activities to be used for student instruction during the school year. Requires that the report also include any procedures that are in effect at each school for the documentation, review, or approval of the learning materials and activities used for student instruction. Specifies the minimum information that must be included in the report. Allows a school district to update the report on an ongoing basis, but requires the report to be updated by January 1 and August 1 of each year. Allows a school district to utilize collaborative online document or spreadsheet software to update or make additions to the report. Sets forth other requirements. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB343 | SCH CD-DYSLEXIA (SEN. CHRISTOPHER BELT) Amends the School Code. Provides that the dyslexia handbook developed by the State Board of Education shall include guidelines on the administration of a universal screener and dyslexia screening, the interpretation of data from these screeners, and the resulting appropriate instruction within a multi-tiered system of support framework. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary to ensure that a student will be screened for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener. Sets forth guidelines for developing a universal screening. Sets forth which students are required to be screened. Provides that no later than January 1, 2025, the State Board of Education shall employ at least 5 dyslexia specialists or dyslexia therapists with a minimum of 5 years of field experience in screening, identifying, and treating dyslexia and related disorders. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, each school district must screen students in grades kindergarten through 2 for the risk factors of dyslexia using a universal screener approved by the State Board of Education. Provides that if a student is determined to be either at risk or at some risk for dyslexia after the universal screener has been administered, the school district must administer a dyslexia screening of the student. Provides that if a student's dyslexia screening indicates that the student has characteristics of dyslexia, the dyslexia intervention services provided to the student must utilize a structured literacy approach as outlined in the State Board of Education's handbook. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1266 | SCH CD-FINANCIAL EDUCATION (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Instead of requiring consumer education to be taught and studied, provides that beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2024-2025 school year, pupils in the public schools in grade 11 or 12 shall be taught and be required to complete a stand-alone, one-semester or equivalent course covering personal finance, which shall include, but is not limited to, instruction covering behavioral economics; banking and bill payment; investing; types of credit; managing credit; including credit scores; paying for college; insurance; taxes; budgeting; consumer skills; retirement planning, including tax-advantaged retirement plans; home ownership and financing; and personal transportation, including car ownership and leasing. Provides that the State Board of Education shall devise or approve the personal finance education standards for the course. Provides that the school board shall oversee implementation of the personal finance course for each high school student prior to graduation. Specifies the oversight duties of the school board. In provisions regarding required high school courses, provides that the personal finance education course may be counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation requirements. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1579 | SCH CD-NATIVE AM/WEST AFRICAN (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of pre-Columbian Native American societies and the contemporary life of Native American societies. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the history of Native Americans during and after the American Revolution, including studying their relationships with settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as the contributions of Native Americans to the economic, cultural, social, and political development of the United States. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the geography and culture of West African societies, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and manners in which cultural traditions persevered despite societal oppression. Requires schools to have guidance counselors available during this instruction. Sets forth requirements for these units of instruction regarding instructional material, instructional time, and compliance. Provides that a school may provide these units of instruction through an online program or course. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1729 | SCH CD-FIREARM SAFETY COURSE (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may offer a firearm safety training course to students in grades 9 through 12, which may include instruction on hunting safety. Provides that if a school district offers the course, a student may not be required to take the course. Provides that if a school board intends to offer a firearm safety training course, it must develop a policy to implement the course and must publish that policy on the district's website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1822 | SCH CD-FINANCIAL LITERACY REQ (SEN. WILLIE PRESTON) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. With respect to the requirement that a pupil successfully complete 2 years of social studies as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, provides that students must take a course in financial literacy (instead of may take a course in financial literacy). Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1833 | SCH CD-DIVERSITY IN LITERATURE (SEN. ELGIE SIMS) Amends the Instructional Materials Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district (including a charter school) shall require that books that are included as a part of any course, material, instruction, reading assignment, or other school curricula related to literature during the school year or that appear on summer reading lists must include books that are written by diverse authors, including, but not limited to, authors who are African American, women, Native American, LatinX, and Asian. Provides that reading material may not perpetuate bias against persons based on specified categories. Provides that for any school district utilizing federal funds under Title I, Part A of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the selection of each book to be included in a reading assignment, course material and instruction, or other school curricula related to literature must first receive prior approval from the school board before the book may be included. Provides that the criteria for the approval or denial of a book shall be determined by school board policy, but the minimum requirement is that the book may not be approved by the school board if the book contains language or material that is derogatory or racist or incites hate against any persons. Provides for rulemaking and guidelines. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2245 | SCHOOLS-READING AND LITERACY (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Creates the Literary and Justice for All Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt and make available to school districts a rubric by which districts may evaluate curricula and select and implement evidence-based, culturally inclusive core reading instruction programs, a template to develop literacy plans, and guidance on evidence-based practices. Requires the State Board to develop training opportunities in teaching reading and a comprehensive literacy plan for this State. Amends the School Code. Makes changes concerning the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, the requirements to receive a Professional Educator License, taking a test in reading foundations for certain licensure, and the requirements for educators trained in other states or counties. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2348 | SCH CD-YOGA/RELAX INSTRUCT (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the School Code. Provides that all school districts shall provide instruction on relaxation activities such as yoga or meditation for at least one half-period of the school day to enhance both mental and physical health of students. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2354 | SCIENCE IN ELE SCH TASK FORCE (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA; REP. HOAN HUYNH) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to create the Science in Elementary Schools Working Group. Provides for the membership of the Working Group. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative support to the Working Group. Provides that by June 1, 2024, the Working Group shall create a crosswalk and alignment of the current Illinois Learning Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards adopted by the State Board of Education and the Illinois Learning Standards for Science, with links to available resources so elementary teachers have access to high quality, age-appropriate, and free educational materials that are centered on anatomy, physiology and nutrition to empower students with the knowledge of their own bodies and to care for their own health and well-being throughout their lives. Provides that the Working Group shall focus its recommendations on how to empower students with the knowledge to adequately understand their own bodies and care for their own health and well-being throughout their lives, with the idea that science education is more human-centered. Provides that the Working Group shall additionally focus on connecting this human-centered science education with other sciences as students advance to other areas of their science education, such as chemistry, biology, and physics, taught at later grade levels. Provides that the Working Group shall make recommendations to the State Board of Education on updating its science standards by December 31, 2025. By December 31, 2030, the State Board of Education shall review and provide updates as appropriate to the crosswalk and alignment documents and elementary storylines. The State Board of Education shall conduct these reviews and provide these updates, at a minimum, of every 5 years thereafter. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill but changes the name of the Science in Elementary Schools Working Group to the Science in Elementary Schools Task Force. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2755 | SCH CD-ADV MANUFACTURING EDUC (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall create and maintain a comprehensive training program in advanced manufacturing to ensure an adequate supply of trained and skilled individuals to work in advanced manufacturing and to ensure appropriate representation of racial and ethnic groups in all phases of the industry. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop the program to be taught as part of the curriculum of the public school system from grades kindergarten through 12 and made readily available to all school districts. Provides that school districts may include programs in education in advanced manufacturing as a part of the curriculum of those districts. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to implement these provisions. Provides that the rules may not create any new State mandates on school districts as a condition of districts receiving federal, State, or local funds. Provides that the State Board of Education shall assume responsibility for the administration of the program throughout all school districts, as well as developing the program to match the requirements and mandates of federal programming. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2810 | SCH CD-SELF-DEFENSE PETITION (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop and post on its Internet website a document that provides information to students and residents of a school district on how to petition a school board to require that self-defense instruction be included in physical education courses. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2872 | SCH CD-RELAXATION ACTIVITIES (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA; REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that each school district shall provide to students, in addition to and not substituting recess, at least once a week, relaxation activities to enhance the mental and physical health of students as part of the school day. Specifies which activities may be considered relaxation activities. Provides that a school district may partner with local community-based organizations to provide relaxation activities. Provides that these activities may take place in a physical education class, social-emotional learning class, or student-support or advisory class or as a part of another similar class, including a new class.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the relaxation activities may (instead of shall) be provided for at least 20 minutes a week (instead of at least once a week). Provides that a school district may partner with public and private community organizations (instead of local community-based organizations) to provide relaxation activities. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB3151 | SCH CD-DRIVER ED-WORKER SAFETY (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN; REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning safety education and driver education courses, provides that the course instruction on special hazards existing at and required safety and driving precautions that must be observed at highway construction and maintenance zones shall include worker safety in highway construction and maintenance zones. Effective August 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB3195 | SCH CD-FIREARM SAFETY COURSE (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may offer a firearm safety training course to students in grades 9 through 12, which may include instruction on hunting safety. Provides that if a school district offers the course, a student may not be required to take the course. Provides that if a school board intends to offer a firearm safety training course, then the school board must develop a policy to implement the course and must publish that policy on the district's website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3461 | SCH CD-STUDY OF RECENT HISTORY (SEN. CRAIG WILCOX) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, every public elementary school and high school social studies course pertaining to American history shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of the previous 30 years and the causes that led up to those events. Provides for what the unit of instruction shall and may include. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials and professional development opportunities that may be used as guidelines for development of the unit of instruction. Provides that each school board shall itself determine the minimum amount of instructional time that qualifies as a unit of instruction. Provides that the regional superintendent of schools shall monitor a school district's compliance with the curricular requirements during the regional superintendent's annual compliance visit and make recommendations for improvement, including professional development. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3511 | SCHOOL-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS (SEN. MIKE SIMMONS) Creates the Let America Read Act. Provides that an entity or an entity's staff with oversight over the books, instructional materials, or curriculum used in a public school may not refuse to approve or prohibit the use of books, instructional materials, or a curriculum, including, but not limited to, memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies, based upon the depiction of matters of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender identity, religion, or human rights activism. Provides that these provisions do not restrict an entity with oversight over the books, instructional materials, or curriculum used in a public school from imposing limitations on the access to books, instructional materials, or a curriculum based upon the age and developmental level of the students who will have access. Amends the School Code to set forth a penalty for a school district that violates the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3644 | SCH CD-CLIMATE CHANGE EDUC (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, every public high school shall include instruction on climate change and the impacts and causes of climate change in grades 9 through 12 in specified courses. Provides that the State Board of Education shall convene a working group of students, educators, and experts in the area of climate change. Sets forth tasks for the working group concerning State learning standards. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and make available to school boards instructional materials and professional development training for educators that may be used as guidelines for development of the instruction. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2822 | SCH CD-NEW ARRIVAL GRANT (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall implement and administer a program to make New Arrival Student Grants available to school districts to support the needs of students who are newly arriving immigrant students, regardless of immigration status. Provides that to receive a grant under this program, a school district shall submit an application to the State Board of Education at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the State Board of Education may reasonably require. Provides that in awarding funds under this program, the State Board of Education may consider (i) the number of new arrival students enrolled in preschool, elementary school, and secondary school within the school district, (ii) the needs of new arrival students in the school district, and (iii) the ability of the school district to meet the needs of new arrival students. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3991 | $ISBE-NEW ARRIVAL GRANT (REP. FRED CRESPO) Appropriates $35,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the New Arrival Student Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4653 | SCH CD-EMPLOYE TRAUMA TRAINING (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Makes stylistic changes in provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops. In provisions concerning inservice training programs, removes the requirement that the training regarding health conditions of students include the chronic health conditions of students and provides that school district employees who are trained to respond to trauma under the provisions shall be immune from civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed practices under the provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops satisfies the requirements under the provisions concerning inservice training programs. Removes certain provisions that require a school board to conduct inservice training for all school district employees on the methods to respond to trauma. Makes technical changes having a revisory function. Effective January 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| HB4709 | ELEC CD-SCHOOL POLLING PLACE (REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of election commissioners may use public school buildings as polling places only if a school board or a local school council approves the use of that school. Provides that, if the county board or board of election commissioners uses all convenient and available public buildings and determines that a public school building is needed as a polling place, it shall send a written request to use the public school building to the school board or local school council. Sets forth provisions concerning the contents of the request and the response to the request. Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board or local school council shall have the power to approve or deny, in accordance with the school board or local school council's rules and policies, any request of a county board or board of election commissioners to use a school building as a polling place. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5398 | SCH CD-STATE ASSESSMENTS (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning State goals and assessments, provides that students who have been enrolled in schools in the United States for less than 12 months may not be required to participate in the State assessments. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3092 | SCH CD-EMPLOYE TRAUMA TRAINING (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Makes stylistic changes in provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops. In provisions concerning inservice training programs, removes the requirement that the training regarding health conditions of students include the chronic health conditions of students and provides that school district employees who are trained to respond to trauma under the provisions shall be immune from civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed practices under the provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops satisfies the requirements under the provisions concerning inservice training programs. Removes certain provisions that require a school board to conduct inservice training for all school district employees on the methods to respond to trauma. Makes technical changes having a revisory function. Effective January 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3383 | ELEC CD-SCHOOL POLLING PLACE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of election commissioners may use public school buildings as polling places only if a school board or a local school council approves the use of that school. Provides that, if the county board or board of election commissioners uses all convenient and available public buildings and determines that a public school building is needed as a polling place, it shall send a written request to use the public school building to the school board or local school council. Sets forth provisions concerning the contents of the request and the response to the request. Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board or local school council shall have the power to approve or deny, in accordance with the school board or local school council's rules and policies, any request of a county board or board of election commissioners to use a school building as a polling place. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3606 | SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-SEPARATE SCH (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL; REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the term "special educational facilities and services" includes private special schools (instead of special schools) and separate public special education day schools. Provides that if a child has been placed in a separate public special education day school, a school district making tuition payments in excess of $4,500 shall be responsible for an amount in excess of $4,500 equal to 2 times the district's per capita tuition charge and shall be eligible for reimbursement from the State for the amount of such payments actually made in excess of 2 times the district's per capita tuition charge for students not receiving special education services. Requires a certification and finding to be made for reimbursement of a school district of the amount paid for tuition of a child attending a public special education facility.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board shall include additional, non-voting members. Provides that the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board shall establish rules and regulations for its determination of allowable costs and payments made by school districts for services provided by separate public special education day schools. Provides that the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board shall review the costs for special education and related services provided by separate public special education day schools. Provides that provisions concerning tuition payments and reimbursement apply to a private special education school, separate public special education day school, or private special education facility (instead of a separate public special education day school). Provides for State Board of Education rulemaking. Adds a July 1, 2024 effective date. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date July 1, 2024
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| HB341 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LANCE YEDNOCK; SEN. DON HARMON) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. In the statement of affairs provisions, provides that instead of completing, submitting, and making available a statement of affairs pursuant to these provisions, any other summary, statement, or report required by these provisions, and the salary and benefit survey, a school district may annually post on the district's Internet website a copy of the annual district audit, a report of compensation for all district staff, and a list of payments to a person, firm, or corporation in specified ranges. Makes a conforming change.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. In the statement of affairs provisions, provides that, instead of completing, submitting, and making available a statement of affairs or any other summary, statement, or report required under the amended provision, a school district shall annually post on its Internet website a copy of its annual financial report, a report of all compensation paid to non-certified district staff during the year, and a report of all payments made to vendors during the year.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. In the statement of affairs provisions, provides that, instead of completing, submitting, and making available a statement of affairs or any other summary, statement, or report required under the amended provision, a school district shall annually post on its Internet website a copy of its annual financial report, a report of all compensation paid to non-certified district staff during the year, and a report of all payments made to vendors during the year. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1056 | STUDENT RECORDS-TRANSFER (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that when a student transfers to a new school, the school or school district last attended may not refuse the new school's request to provide a copy of the student's school student record on the grounds that the student owes a debt. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1071 | SCH/HIGHER ED-SEX SEGREGATION (REP. CHRIS MILLER) Creates the Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no receipt of State funding may be contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated spaces by the educational institution, including bathrooms and locker rooms. Provides that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no receipt of State funding may be contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated athletic or academic programs by the educational institution. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1081 | SCH CD-MINORITY CANDIDATES (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. Requires school districts with a population of 3,000 or more students to interview a minimum percentage of minority candidates for teaching positions. Exempts teaching positions within an English as a Second Language program from the requirement. Sets forth the formula for the school district to use to calculate the minimum percentage required. Provides that if the school district is unable to interview the required minimum percentage of minority candidates for 2 consecutive years, the school district must implement a program for school district employees interested in obtaining a Professional Educator License. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1100 | SCH CD-TECHNICAL SKILLS PROGRM (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a program aimed at facilitating education in advanced manufacturing technical skills. Provides that the program shall be implemented in no less than 12 public high schools, over the span of 3 years, where the youth unemployment rate is at least twice the national average. Specifies program requirements. Provides that the State Board shall ensure that each high school participating in the program has adequate funding for at least one industry coordinator, tutoring, pre-employment and on-the-job mentoring, professional and leadership development, and life and financial management instruction. Provides that the State Board shall use a program provider to help design, build, and accredit the training program. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1107 | SCH CD-STUDENT TRAUMA-PLAN (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to develop and implement a plan to provide additional instructional services, support, or special accommodations to students who suffer from trauma related to experiencing the death of a sibling, parent, guardian, or household member by suicide or homicide or suffer from trauma caused by domestic violence or abuse and whom the school has determined require additional instructional services, support, or special accommodations but do not qualify for an individualized education program or for services under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Sets forth what the plan may include. Provides that the plan shall remain in place until the student (i) is no longer enrolled in the district or (ii) has made such significant and sustained academic progress that the student no longer requires the plan. In provisions relating to children with disabilities, provides that beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the notice that a school board provides concerning who qualifies for services under Section 504 shall include that a child may qualify for those services if the child is a student who is at least 3 years old or older and under 22 years and who (i) has experienced the death of a sibling, parent, guardian, or household member by suicide or homicide or (ii) suffers from trauma caused by domestic violence or abuse. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1115 | TIF-REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT COST (REP. LANCE YEDNOCK) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. For redevelopment project areas designated after November 1, 1999, in municipalities with less than 1,000,000 population, modifies the formula for elementary, secondary, or unit school district's increased costs attributable to assisted housing units located within the redevelopment project area for which the developer or redeveloper receives financial assistance through an agreement with the municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of the assisted housing sites necessary for the completion of that housing. Removes differences in formulation for alternate method districts, flat grant districts, and foundation districts. For school districts in a municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000, changes the last date upon which a school district may submit a claim for reimbursement to the municipality to October 31 of each year (currently, September 30) and provides that municipalities shall reimburse school districts that have met specified criteria no later than January 31 of the school year in which the claim is made. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1200 | SCH DIST-HOLIDAY DESIGNATION (REP. ANTHONY DELUCA) Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the name of each federal holiday and State holiday designated on a unit of local government's calendar must match the name of the federal holiday and State holiday as designated by the State. Defines "federal holiday" and "State holiday". Limits home rule powers. Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning legal holidays, requires the name of each federal and State holiday as specified in that provision to be the name of the holiday that is designated on a school district's calendar for the school term. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1201 | SCH CD-MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS (REP. BARBARA HERNANDEZ) Amends the School Code. Specifies that menstrual hygiene products shall be made available in all bathrooms (rather than in bathrooms) of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Provides that the school employee or third-party contractor who is responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of toilet tissue and paper towels in school bathrooms shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene products in the bathrooms. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1204 | SCH CD-STUDENT ABSENCE-PARENT (REP. CURTIS TARVER, II; SEN. DON HARMON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the school guidance counselor gift ban, changes references from "guidance counselor" to "school counselor". Provides that the gift ban does not apply to travel, lodging, food, and beverage costs incurred by the school counselor and paid by a institution of higher education for attendance by the school counselor of an educational or military program at the institution of higher education. Provides that any costs paid for by a institution of higher education may not exceed the per diem rates for travel, gift, and car expenses set by the federal Internal Revenue Service and referenced in the Internal Revenue Service's Publication 463 or a successor publication. Defines "institution of higher education". Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1211 | SCH CD-EVIDENCE-BASED FUNDING (REP. KAM BUCKNER) Amends the evidence-based funding provisions of the School Code. Provides that funds received by the Chicago school district for low-income, English learner, and special education resources must be distributed to every school of the district in the appropriate amount specified under the Essential Elements component of the funding formula. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1213 | HIGHER ED-DUAL CREDIT COURSES (REP. DAN CAULKINS; SEN. SALLY TURNER) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that scholarships awarded under the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program may be granted to individuals employed as teachers who agree to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses at a secondary school. Provides that for any individual receiving a scholarship to teach dual credit courses, following the completion of the program of study, the individual must teach at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary school in this State for a period of at least 5 years. Provides that individuals who fail to comply shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, whether payments were made directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by the scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded. Provides that no individual may be required to refund tuition payments if his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary school is the result of financial conditions within school districts. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Changes the effective date to July 1, 2024 (instead of July 1, 2023). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1234 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES (REP. JONATHAN CARROLL) Amends the School Code. Provides that any school receiving public funds shall post in a space accessible to all students information detailing the mental health resources provided by the school and the State that are available to students. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1273 | SCH CD-CONSTITUTION DAY (REP. AMY ELIK; SEN. ERICA HARRISS) Amends the School Code. Provides that Constitution Day (September 17) shall also be a commemorative holiday. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 6/9/2023 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0015
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| HB1355 | BOND AUTH-NO ROLLOVER (REP. DAN UGASTE) Amends the Bond Authorization Act. Provides that the authority of a public corporation to levy taxes in connection with the payment of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness ceases upon the maturity date of the bond or other evidence of indebtedness or upon the discharge of the debt, whichever comes first. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1357 | SCH CD-STUDENT ARREST DATA (REP. TERRA COSTA HOWARD) Amends the School Code. Each school year, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires a school board and charter school to collect data on student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students and on the reason for referring students to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students and submit that data annually to the State Board of Education. Requires the State Board to prepare a report (to be posted on the State Board's website) on student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students in all school districts and charter schools in this State for each school year, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Sets forth what the report must include. Provides that, before July 1 following the posting of a report, the State Board of Education shall identify those public schools and charter schools that are within the top 20% of schools with respect to the number of student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students and require each of the identified schools to submit a referral and arrest improvement plan identifying the strategies the school will implement to reduce the use of student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students. Provides for a progress report to be submitted. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1371 | SCH CD-JUNIOR COLOR GUARD (REP. MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Provides that subject to the availability of local resources, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, each public middle school, junior high school, and high school shall establish a junior color guard program to promote the value of and honor military personnel. Provides that the junior color guard shall be used at school events, including interscholastic athletic events and other events in which the presenting of the colors is requested. Provides that each school shall allow the junior color guard to participate in community events in which the presenting of the colors may be requested. Provides that each school may work with a civic organization or association to provide adequate training to the members of the junior color guard on the execution of their duties. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1385 | $ST BD ED-ELECTRIC BUS GRANTS (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for grants of $50,000 each to school districts for the purchase of electric school buses. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1479 | SCH CD-ACADEMIC SUPPORT (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, each school district must provide a parent or guardian of an at-risk student information about appropriate and available community-based or in-school academic support services; defines "at-risk student" and specifies what those services may include. Provides that a school district shall not be responsible for any costs or transportation associated with a student's participation in community-based academic support services. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1562 | INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS-GENDER (REP. DAVID FRIESS) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that any athletic team or sport that is under the jurisdiction of an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and student must be expressly designated as (i) a male athletic team or sport, (ii) a female athletic team or sport, or (iii) a coeducational athletic team or sport. Provides that an athletic team or sport designated as being female is available only to participants who are female, based on their biological sex. Requires a school district or nonpublic school to obtain a written statement signed by a student's parent or guardian or the student verifying the student's age, biological sex, and that the student has not taken performance enhancing drugs; provides for a penalty for false or misleading statements. Prohibits a governmental entity or an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and students from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation, or taking any other adverse action against a school district or nonpublic school for maintaining athletic teams or sports in accordance with these provisions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1588 | SCH CD-NO FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQ (REP. DAVID FRIESS) Amends the School Code. Removes the requirement that beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign language courses, which may include American Sign Language. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1631 | SCH CD-COMPUTER SCIENCE (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education, subject to appropriation, shall establish a program that awards grants to eligible school districts to support computer science education professional development. Provides for how grant funds may be used. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall annually disseminate a request for applications to receive a grant under this program and funds shall be distributed annually. Sets forth criteria for applying for and awarding grants. Provides for rulemaking. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1640 | EFFICIENT SCH DISTRICT COMM (REP. BLAINE WILHOUR) Creates the Efficient School District Commission. Provides for the membership and support of the Commission. Requires the Commission to make recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the electorate on the number of school districts in this State and where reorganization and realignment of school districts into unit districts would be beneficial. Sets forth what areas the recommendations must focus on, including drafting recommendations to reduce the statewide total number of school districts through the reorganization of school districts into unit districts. Provides that, on or before May 1, 2025, the Commission must vote on its recommendations and file a report with the Governor and the General Assembly. Provides that if the Commission adopts the recommendations by an affirmative vote of at least 13 of its members, then the Commission's specific recommendations for reorganization of school districts into unit districts shall be filed with the appropriate regional superintendent of schools. Sets forth the regional superintendent's and State Superintendent of Education's duties with respect to the recommendations. Repeals these provisions on January 31, 2026. Effective immediately. |
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| HB1646 | MUNI CD-TIF REVENUE (REP. BLAINE WILHOUR) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that moneys in the special tax allocation fund may be used to make distributions to certain taxing districts. Provides that moneys received from the additional distributions may be used by the affected taxing district to pay debt service on obligations incurred by the taxing district and to provide property tax relief. Effective immediately. |
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| HB2049 | EDUCATION-HARASSMENT (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. Provides that each school district must create, implement, and maintain an age-appropriate policy on race-related harassment and discrimination. In provisions concerning bullying prevention, provides that the required policy on bullying shall also include age-appropriate information about the definitions of harassment and sexual harassment, the procedures for reporting harassment, and the protections and relief available under Illinois Human Rights Act. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that harassment by an elementary, secondary, or higher education representative or the failure of an institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education to take remedial action or appropriate disciplinary action against a student or an elementary, secondary, or higher education representative employed by the institution (if the institution knows that the student or representative committed or engaged in harassment) is a civil rights violation. Provides that each institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education shall establish, implement, and maintain a continuing race-related discrimination and harassment program. Sets forth requirements concerning policies and procedures, a model training program, and reporting. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2106 | SCH CD-CONTRCT AWARD-INFLATION (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the awarding of contracts by school boards, provides that on January 1 of each year, the State Board of Education shall adjust the amount for which a contract must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder for inflation, as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items and rounded to the nearest $100. Provides that the State Board of Education shall publish this information on its official website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2108 | SCH CD-THIRD PARTY SERVICES (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the School Code. Allows a board of education to enter into a contract, of no longer than 3 months in duration, with a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit member in an emergency situation that threatens the safety or health of the school district's students or staff or in the event of a disaster as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act (instead of for the purpose of augmenting the current workforce in an emergency situation that threatens the safety or health of the school district's students). Provides that if, at the end of the contract, the Governor or the Director of Public Health has declared a disaster and all or part of the territory of the school district is covered by such a declaration, then the school board may renew the contract for a term of no longer than 3 months. Provides that changes made by Public Act 95-241 do not apply to a school board if the school district's most recent final percent of adequacy under the evidence-based funding formula provisions is less than 85%. Allows a school board whose most recent final percent of adequacy is less than 85% to enter into a third-party contract for non-instructional services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit member or lay off an educational support personnel employee, provided that the affected employee receives written notice of the removal or dismissal at least 30 days before the employee is removed or dismissed. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2119 | SCH CD-ENERGY CONSERVATION (REP. JOYCE MASON) Amends the School Code. Provides that a duty of the regional superintendent of schools is to inspect and approve school building plans and specifications for energy conservation measures. In the Article concerning school energy conservation and saving measures, makes changes concerning definitions, the evaluation and submission of guaranteed energy savings contract proposals, performance reviews, the award of a contract, the written guarantee, installment payment contracts and lease purchase agreements, cost savings, available funds, an energy savings template, qualified providers, and the Smart Energy Design Assistance Center. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2155 | SCH CD-CENTRAL COMM BOND ISSUE (REP. JEFF KEICHER) Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the debt limitations of school districts, provides that, in addition to all other authority to issue bonds, Central Community Unit School District 301 may issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $195,000,000 if specified conditions are met. Provides that the debt incurred on the bonds shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory debt limitation and must mature within not to exceed 25 years from their date. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2168 | SCH CD-SELECTIVE ADMISSIONS (REP. CURTIS TARVER, II) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board of a school district with 275,000 students or more shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2184 | FREEDOM OF EDUCATION ACT (REP. ADAM NIEMERG) Creates the Freedom of Education Act. Makes findings. Provides that no public school district or public institution of higher education shall direct, require, or otherwise compel a student to personally affirm, adopt, or adhere to specified tenets. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or administrative rule to the contrary, a school board, parent, legal guardian, or student has the right to object to and refuse any unit of instruction or required course of study that directs, requires, or otherwise compels a student to personally affirm, adopt, or adhere to any of the specified tenets. Provides that school boards have to review and resolve objections to the school curriculum. Provides a list of ways to remedy objections. Provides that a school board may submit a certified question to the applicable board of elections to approve or disapprove of funding the curriculum. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no distinction or classification of students may be made on account of race or color; however, nothing in this provision may be construed to prohibit the required collection or reporting of demographic data by public school districts or public institutions of higher education. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2235 | SCH CD-TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT (REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Provides that school boards may enter into contracts for any period of time deemed appropriate by those school boards (rather than for up to 3 years) for transportation of pupils to and from school, except that no contract, inclusive of any proposed renewals, may exceed 10 years (rather than allowing such contracts to be extended for up to 2 additional years by mutual agreement of the parties and thereafter extended on a year-to-year basis by mutual agreement of the parties, unless a school board receives a timely request from another interested contractor that a contract be let by bid). Requires all contracts for a period of time greater than 5 years that do not include the use of electric vehicles for pupil transportation to include a termination option after 5 years. Allows contract opener clauses for any purpose to be included in the contract. Provides that a contract for pupil transportation that utilizes a significant percentage of electric vehicles may be entered into by a school board for up to 15 years if the contract relies on capital or infrastructure purchases or improvements that cannot reasonably be justified in a shorter-term contract. |
| | Current Status: 8/4/2023 - Effective Date January 1, 2024
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| HB2287 | VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES (REP. MARTIN MOYLAN) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all school buses that are newly purchased, leased, or contracted after January 1, 2028, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students operating primarily within an equity investment eligible community or primarily serving students living in an equity investment eligible community after January 1, 2030, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students in the State after January 1, 2035, shall be an electric vehicle. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2353 | EDUC-REPORT CYBER ATTACK (REP. LAMONT ROBINSON) Amends the School Code to require a school district to report a cyber security attack to the State Board of Education as soon as school personnel determine that a breach of the school district's computer system or network has occurred. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois to require a public university or community college district to report a cyber security attack to the Department of Innovation and Technology as soon as school personnel determine that a breach of the computer system or network has occurred. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2384 | SCH CD-SCHOOL COUNSELORS (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall (rather than may) employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain a (rather than the national and State recommended) student-counselor ratio of 250 to one. Provides that school districts shall require school counselors to meet with their assigned students at least once each month. Makes related changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2433 | SCH-EDUCATION PRIORITIZATION (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Creates the Education Prioritization Act. Beginning with fiscal year 2024, requires the General Assembly to appropriate for the evidence-based funding formula under the School Code an amount that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (i) the total amount appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; and (ii) 51% of total new general funds available for spending from estimated growth in revenues and funds available because of budgeted program growth and decline in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; but in no event shall the sum be less than a certain percentage required under the Act. Requires a continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations to fund the evidence-based funding formula. Amends the School Code to make changes concerning a system for accounting for revenues and expenditures and evidence-based funding. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2454 | SCH CD&JUV CT&CD CORR-REHABIL (REP. LAKESIA COLLINS) Amends the School Code. Deletes provision that beginning in 1972, the Board of Education shall, by November 15, adopt an annual budget for the use of education moneys for the next school year which it deems necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of the district, and in such annual budget shall specify the objects and purposes of each item and the amount needed for each object or purpose. Deletes that the budget shall contain a statement of cash on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year, an estimate of the cash expected to be received during such fiscal year from all sources, an estimate of the expenditure contemplated for such fiscal year, and a statement of the estimated cash expected to be on hand at the end of such year. Deletes that prior to the adoption of the annual educational budget, this budget shall be submitted to the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Education for incorporation. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Deletes a provision that permits a guilty minor to be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice for an offense that is a Class 3 or Class 4 felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act if the commitment occurs upon a third or subsequent judicial finding of a violation of probation for substantial noncompliance with court-ordered treatment or programming. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, upon the discharge of a youth, the Department of Juvenile Justice may continue to provide services to the youth for up to 12 months to allow the youth to participate in vocational, rehabilitative, or supportive programs. Provides that the continuance of services may be requested by the youth, the youth's parent or guardian, or the Director of Juvenile Justice. Effective immediately. |
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| HB2460 | SCH CD-STUDENT ABSENCE-FAFSA (REP. MARTIN MOYLAN) Amends the Pupils and Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. Provides that a child in any of grades 9 through 12 may be absent from public school on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day for the purpose of filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or other higher education scholarship, grant, or financial aid application. Provides that a school board may require the parent or guardian of the child to give notice, not exceeding 5 days, of the child's absence to the school principal or other school personnel. Provides that the child may be absent from public school for a maximum of 2 school days per school year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2469 | SCH CD-DRESS CODE POLICY (REP. AARÓN ORTÍZ; SEN. KARINA VILLA) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school uniform or dress code policy adopted by a school board or local school council shall not prohibit the right of a student to wear or accessorize graduation attire with items associated with the student's cultural or ethnic identity or any protected characteristic or category identified in the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the items used to accessorize graduation attire may include, but are not limited to, flags, pins, or any other relevant item. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2471 | SCH BREAKFAST/LUNCH-SUPP AID (REP. MAURICE WEST, II; SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. In provisions concerning reimbursement of sponsors, provides that the State Board of Education shall reimburse not less than $0.15 or the actual cost, whichever is less, to non-profit welfare centers for each free breakfast and lunch. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish the Healthy School Meals for All Program to begin on July 1, 2023. Provides that each school board of a school district or governing body of a nonpublic school that chooses to participate in the Healthy School Meals for All Program shall offer eligible meals, without charge, to all students enrolled in schools that participate in the National School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program. Sets forth provisions regarding eligibility for the Healthy School Meals for All Program, program requirements, reimbursement (subject to appropriation), federal and other funding, State Board support and technical assistance, and the federal Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program. Provides that if the United States Department of Agriculture creates the option for the State, as a whole, to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision, then the State Board of Education shall evaluate whether that option is anticipated to require less State funding than the Healthy School Meals for All Program and provide at least as many free meals to students. Sets forth requirements concerning that option. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the requirement that the State Board of Education establish the Healthy School Meals for All Program is subject to appropriation (instead of the requirement that a participating school board receive reimbursement is subject to appropriation). |
| | Current Status: 8/11/2023 - Effective Date August 11, 2023
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| HB2492 | SCH CD-ENERGY SAVE CONTRACTS (REP. ANN WILLIAMS; SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, provides that "aggregate extension" excludes special purpose extensions made for the repayment of bonds or certificates issued to finance guaranteed energy savings contracts under the School Code. Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may issue bonds or certificates to finance guaranteed energy savings contracts and any bonds or certificates so issued shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory limitation and may be issued in an amount or amounts, including existing indebtedness, in excess of any heretofore or hereafter imposed statutory limitation as to indebtedness. In the Article concerning school energy conservation and saving measures, removes the requirement that the Section of the School Code concerning a school board's power to build or purchase a building for school classroom or instructional purposes upon the approval of a majority of the voters upon the proposition at a referendum applies to the Article. Allows the school board of any school district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants to incur indebtedness and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding the aggregate cost of all expenditures reasonably expected to be incurred pursuant to a guaranteed energy savings contract.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes the provisions amending the Property Tax Code. Removes the tax levy provision in the School Energy Conservation and Saving Measures Article of the School Code.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - In the provisions concerning indebtedness and bonds under the School Energy Conservation and Saving Measures Article of the School Code, provides that all contracts paid by bonds shall include a requirement that the qualified provider (i) enter into a project labor agreement with the applicable building and construction trades council and (ii) provide a plan to comply with the utilization goals for business enterprises established in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2534 | SCH CD-EMPLOYEE MINIMUM SALARY (REP. LAMONT ROBINSON) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing salaries of employees, school boards shall pay to employees an hourly rate not less than the following: (i) $20 for the 2023-2024 school year; (ii) $21 for the 2024-2025 school year; and (iii) $22 for the 2025-2026 school year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each school year thereafter shall equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. Provides that "employee" means any employee of the school district who provides educational support services to the district, including, but not limited to, custodial employees, transportation employees, food service providers, classroom assistants, administrative staff, or paraprofessional educators. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2724 | SCH CD-STUDENT DISCIPLINE (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that, when expelling a student, the board shall notify the parents of the nature of the hearing and the option of retaining legal counsel. Provides that, when the suspension period is over, the pupil may return to school. Provides that for a pupil suspended due to gross disobedience or misconduct on a school bus, a written decision about whether the student can use a school bus shall be made within 15 days of the incident. Provides that a school shall offer written demonstration of remediation efforts excluding out of school suspensions. Provides that schools shall use data to track whether significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity is occurring both in the State and in the district with respect to the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary removals from placement, including suspensions and expulsions. Provides that, if it is determined that significant disproportionality is occurring, the school shall provide that determination for annual review and, if appropriate, revision of the policies, practices, and procedures used in disciplinary removals to ensure that the policies, practices, and procedures comply with the district's equity requirements. Provides that notice of suspension shall also include other evidence-based alternatives to suspension. Provides that when a student is suspended for more than 4 days, "appropriate and available support services" must include an option for automatically placing the student in an e-learning program or distance learning program through written materials if (1) the removal is for more than 5 consecutive school days; or (2) the child has been subjected to a series of removals that constitute a pattern, because the series of removals total more than 10 school days in a school year, because the child's behavior is substantially similar to the child's behavior in previous incidents that resulted in the series of removals, and because of the effects of additional factors such as the length of each removal, the total amount of time the child has been removed, and the proximity of the removals to one another. |
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| HB2768 | SCH BREAKFAST/LUNCH-REIMBURSE (REP. LAKESIA COLLINS) Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall reimburse not less than the actual cost to school boards for each free lunch or breakfast supplied by them (instead of reimbursing school boards $0.15 or the actual cost, whichever is less, for each free lunch or breakfast), taking into consideration (rather than being in addition to) any federal contributions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2784 | SCH CD-MINIMUM EMPLOYEE SALARY (REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing the salaries of employees, a school board or the governing board of a joint agreement shall pay to employees an hourly rate of not less than (i) $20 for the 2024-2025 school year, (ii) $21 for the 2025-2026 school year, and (iii) $22 for the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each school year thereafter shall equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. Provides that "employee" means any employee of a school district or joint agreement who provides educational support services to the district or joint agreement, including, but not limited to, custodial employees, transportation employees, food service providers, classroom assistants, administrative staff, or paraprofessional educators. Provides that an employee's salary shall include any amount paid by the school district or joint agreement on behalf of the employee, as employee contributions, to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Effective immediately. |
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| HB2792 | SCH CD-MINIMUM FUNDING LEVEL (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the evidence-based funding provisions of the School Code. Provides that the Minimum Funding Level is equal to $550,000,000 (instead of $350,000,000). Provides for a continuing appropriation. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2809 | SCH CD-NEW ARRIVAL GRANT (REP. MARTIN MOYLAN) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall implement and administer a program to make New Arrival Student Grants available to school districts, municipalities, townships, and not-for-profit organizations to support the needs of students who are undocumented immigrants, have entered the United States in refugee status, or have applied for asylum in the United States. Provides that to receive a grant under this program, a school district, municipality, township, or not-for-profit organization shall submit an application to the State Board of Education at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the State Board of Education may reasonably require. Provides that in awarding funds under this program, the State Board of Education may consider (i) the number of new arrival students enrolled in preschool, elementary school, and secondary school within a school district, (ii) the needs of new arrival students in a school district, and (iii) the ability of the school district, municipality, township, or not-for-profit organization to meet the needs of a arrival students. to meet the needs of new arrival students. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2822 | SCH CD-NEW ARRIVAL GRANT (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall implement and administer a program to make New Arrival Student Grants available to school districts to support the needs of students who are newly arriving immigrant students, regardless of immigration status. Provides that to receive a grant under this program, a school district shall submit an application to the State Board of Education at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the State Board of Education may reasonably require. Provides that in awarding funds under this program, the State Board of Education may consider (i) the number of new arrival students enrolled in preschool, elementary school, and secondary school within the school district, (ii) the needs of new arrival students in the school district, and (iii) the ability of the school district to meet the needs of new arrival students. Effective July 1, 2023. |
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| HB2865 | SCH CD-READ BLOCK GRANT PROGRM (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the School Code. With respect to the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, removes language that provides that the State Board of Education may distribute an amount not to exceed 2% of the moneys appropriated for the Program for the purpose of providing teacher training and re-training in the teaching of reading. Provides that if the appropriation for the Program for a given fiscal year is less than $15,000,000, then the State Board shall limit eligibility to certain school districts and shall impose additional eligibility criteria to limit the number of approved applicants to a cohort sufficient for each selected district to provide adequate training and ongoing coaching support to each teacher of students in grades K through 2 and special education teachers and evidence-based curriculum investments. Removes language that provides that programs provided with grant funds shall not replace quality classroom reading instruction. Provides that Program funds may be used for grades K through 6 to provide both evidence-based, high-quality core literacy curriculum materials that consider the unique needs of English learners for concurrent oral language practice and high-quality screening assessments designed to inform instruction in English language arts and literacy for students (instead of classroom reading materials for students). Sets forth other provisions concerning if the appropriation is less than $15,000,000 or is at least $15,000,000. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2872 | SCH CD-STATE LITERACY PLAN (REP. RITA MAYFIELD; SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the School Code. Provides that, in consultation with education stakeholders, the State Board of Education shall develop and adopt a comprehensive literacy plan for the State on or before October 1, 2023. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the content of the bill, but changes the date for the State Board of Education to develop and adopt a comprehensive literacy plan from on or before October 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3000 | EDUC-NO COVID VACCINE MANDATE (REP. PATRICK WINDHORST) Creates the COVID-19 Vaccine Freedom of Choice in Education Act. Provides that no employee or student of a public school or institution of higher education in this State may be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or a subsequent booster dose as a term of new or continued employment or enrollment in the school or institution. Amends the School Code, College Student Immunization Act, and Communicable Disease Prevention Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
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| HB3034 | GENERAL ELECTION DAY (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the Election Code. Provides that the date of the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even years (rather than November 8, 2022) shall be a State holiday known as General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the State. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code, School Code, and State Universities Civil Service Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3052 | CHILD HUNGER-BREAKFAST GRANT (REP. JAWAHARIAL WILLIAMS; SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that for all schools operating a school breakfast program, the State Board of Education shall collect information about whether the school is operating a breakfast after the bell program and, if so, what breakfast after the bell model the school operates, including breakfast in the classroom, second chance breakfast, and grab and go breakfast. Provides that the State Board of Education shall make this data publicly available annually. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award grants of up to $7,000 per school site on a competitive basis to eligible schools, school districts, or entities approved by the State Board of Education for nonrecurring expenses incurred in initiating a school breakfast after the bell program. Sets forth what the grants may be used for and who gets preference for a grant. |
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| HB3143 | SCH CD-COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE (REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the School Code. Lowers the compulsory school age from 6 to 5 years of age beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Requires all school districts to establish kindergarten for the instruction of children who are 5 years of age or older. Effective immediately. |
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| HB3177 | TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT (REP. TOM WEBER) Creates the Taxpayer Protection Act. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the Act, for bonds or incurred debt issued through a referendum by a unit of local government or school district, the bonds or incurred debt shall not be extended or reissued unless authorized by a referendum. Provides that a unit of local government or school district shall not submit the question concerning the extension or reissuance of a bond or incurring debt to voters in a referendum until at least one year has passed since the retirement of the bond or debt approved by a referendum. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the Act, a unit of local government or school district shall not submit a question concerning the issuance of a bond or incurring debt to the voters in a referendum until at least one year has passed since that unit or district last proposed a question or proposition concerning the issuance of bonds or incurring debt in a referendum. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that there shall not be a service extension base annual increase unless increased by referendum. Amends the School Code. Provides that no later than 30 days before a school district submits to the voters of that district a question on whether to issue bonds or increase the school district's property tax rate, the school district must send informational material to each resident of voting age in the school district; defines "informational material". Specifies what must be included in the informational material Effective immediately. |
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| HB3187 | SCH CHILDREN-COVID-19 VACCINE (REP. TOM WEBER) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the health examinations and immunizations that school children are required to receive, provides that a child may not be required to submit proof of having received an immunization against COVID-19 upon enrolling in school nor may a child already enrolled in school be required to receive an immunization against COVID-19. Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Pursuant to the School Code provisions, prohibits the Department of Public Health from adopting any rules that require children to receive an immunization against COVID-19. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3188 | SCH CD-TAX-INFO MATERIAL (REP. TOM WEBER) Amends the School Code. Provides that no later than 30 days before a school district submits to the voters of that district a question on whether to issue bonds or increase the school district's property tax rate, the school district must send informational material to each resident of voting age in the school district; defines "informational material". Specifies what must be included in the informational material. Effective immediately. |
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| HB3212 | SCH CD-REPEAL PLAYTIME MANDATE (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Repeals provisions requiring play time in elementary school. |
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| HB3250 | SCH CD-ADV MANUFACTURE PROGRAM (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall create and maintain a comprehensive training program in advanced manufacturing to ensure an adequate supply of trained and skilled individuals to work in advanced manufacturing and to ensure appropriate representation of racial and ethnic groups in all phases of the industry. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop the advanced manufacturing training program to be taught as part of the curriculum of the public school system from grades K-12 and made readily available to all school districts. Provides that school districts may include programs in education in advanced manufacturing as a part of the curriculum of that district. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as are necessary to implement the program. Provides that the rules shall not create any new State mandates on school districts as a condition of receiving federal, State, and local funds by those entities. Provides that the State Board of Education shall assume responsibility for the administration of the program throughout all public school districts as well as developing the advanced manufacturing program to match the requirements and mandates of federal programming. |
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| HB3286 | SCH-STIPEND FOR TEACH EXTERN (REP. SUZANNE NESS; SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a grant program to reimburse school districts for providing stipends for classroom Career and Technical Education teachers who participate in externships with a manufacturing company in the State. Provides for rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3287 | SCH CD-MANUFACT EMP-TEACH (REP. SUZANNE NESS) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriations, the State Board of Education shall pay one-half of the salary of an employee that is employed by a manufacturing company and working within a school district at a high school as a licensed career and technical education teacher. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3312 | TIF REEXTENSION LIMITATION (REP. JEFF KEICHER) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the General Assembly shall not approve the extension of a redevelopment project and the retirement of its obligations to a date that is beyond the 35th calendar year after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project areas was adopted. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3346 | SCH CD PARAPROFESSIONAL GRANT (REP. SHARON CHUNG) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop a grant program to support the educator licensure of paraprofessionals with bachelor's degrees. Provides that the State Board shall distribute grants to qualified school districts. Provides that the school districts shall distribute funds to paraprofessionals. Sets forth requirements for school districts to qualify. Sets forth requirements for paraprofessionals to qualify. Sets forth requirements for the grant application, selection of paraprofessionals, restrictions of funds, priority to award grant assistance, program evaluation, and rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3361 | SCH CD-SUPP MENTAL HLTH GRANT (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program to award grants to schools for the purpose of providing supplemental mental health services to students, in addition to services provided by the employees of a school. Sets forth provisions concerning Program requirements, grant applications, awards, requirements, funding, and reporting. Provides for guidelines and rulemaking. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3411 | SCH CD-STUDENT SOCIAL ASSESS (REP. JACKIE HAAS) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that school boards shall require that each student is assessed by a teacher or school staff member no less than 3 times per year on social emotional learning utilizing a comprehensive, evidence-based, social emotional learning system. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3412 | SCH CD-REFER STUDENT FOR FINE (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that school personnel may not refer a student to any other local public entity, school public resource officer, or peace officer for the purpose of a local public entity issuing the child a fine or a fee for an incident or behavior that has been or can be pursued through the school district's available disciplinary interventions and consequences. Amends the School Board and Compulsory Attendance Articles of the School Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Changes certain references from "school public resource officer" to "school resource officer". Provides that the provisions of the School Code prohibiting fines or fees as a disciplinary consequence and referral of a student does not modify school disciplinary responses provided under specified provisions of the School Code that exist before the effective date of the amendatory Act nor responses to alleged delinquent or criminal conduct as set forth in the School Code, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, or the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes grammatical and typographical corrections. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3419 | HOLIDAY-1ST DAY OF RAMADAN (REP. JUSTIN SLAUGHTER) Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act to designate the first day following the beginning of Ramadan as a State holiday. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3445 | IL POWER AG-PUBLIC SCHOOL (REP. LAWRENCE WALSH, JR.; SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. In provisions concerning distributed renewable generation devices or photovoltaic community renewable generation projects installed at public schools, adds public institutions of higher education to the definition of "public schools".
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the Adjustable Block program shall include at least 15% from distributed renewable generation devices or photovoltaic community renewable generation projects installed on public school land (rather than at public schools). Provides that qualifying projects must be located on property owned, leased, or subleased by the school or school district and the school or school district must benefit from the project.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Further amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Power Agency shall commission and publish a policy study to evaluate the potential impacts of specified proposals on the environment, grid reliability, carbon and other pollutant emissions, resource adequacy, long-term and short-term electric rates, environmental justice communities, jobs, and the economy. Provides that the Agency shall retain the services of technical and policy experts with energy market and other relevant fields of expertise, solicit technical and policy analysis from the public, and provide for a 20-day open public comment period after publication of a draft study, which shall be published no later than 20 days after the comment period ends. Provides that the final policy study shall be published by January 1, 2024 with suitable copies delivered to the Governor and members of the General Assembly. Provides that the policy study shall include policy recommendations to the General Assembly. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide support to and consult with the Agency and the Agency may consult with other State agencies, commissions, or task forces as needed. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code to exempt the procurement of technical and policy experts for the policy study. Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning regulation of commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities, provides that a public hearing shall be held not more than 60 days (rather than 45 days) after the filing of the application for the facility. Provides that the amount of any decommissioning payment shall be in accordance with financial assurance required by the agricultural impact mitigation agreements (rather than limited to the cost identified in the decommissioning or deconstruction plan, as required by the agricultural impact mitigation agreements, minus the salvage value of the project). Provides that a facility shall file a farmland drainage plan with the county and impacted drainage districts outlining how surface and subsurface drainage of farmland will be restored during and following construction or deconstruction of the facility, and specifies requirements of the plan. Requires vegetation management plans to comply with the agricultural impact mitigation agreement and underlying agreements with landowners where the facility will be constructed. Adds language requiring a facility owner to compensate landowners for crop losses or other agricultural damages resulting from damage to the drainage system caused by the construction of the facility, repair or pay for damage to the subsurface drainage system, and repair or pay for the restoration of surface drainage caused by the construction or deconstruction of the facility. Provides that a facility owner with siting approval from a county to construct a commercial wind energy facility or a commercial solar energy facility is authorized to cross or impact a drainage system, including, but not limited to, drainage tiles, open drainage ditches (rather than open drainage districts), culverts, and water gathering vaults, owned or under the control of a drainage district under the Illinois Drainage Code without obtaining prior agreement or approval from the drainage district in accordance with the farmland drainage plan (removing an exception requiring the facility owner to repair or pay for the repair of all damage to the drainage system caused by the construction of the commercial wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility within a reasonable time after construction of the commercial wind energy facility or the commercial solar energy facility is complete). Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, in order to develop a regulatory structure for utility thermal energy networks that scale affordable and accessible building electrification, protect utility customers, and promote the successful planning and delivery of thermal energy networks, shall convene a workshop process for the purpose of establishing an open, inclusive, and cooperative forum regarding such thermal energy networks. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 - Further amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Transmission Efficiency and Cooperation Law as a new Article in the Act. Provides that an incumbent electric transmission owner has the right to construct, own, and maintain an electric transmission line that has been approved for construction in a transmission plan and that will connect to facilities that are owned by that incumbent electric transmission owner and are or will be under the functional control of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). Provides that the provisions do not limit the right of any incumbent electric transmission owner to construct, own, and maintain any transmission equipment or facilities that have a capacity of less than 100 kilovolts or of any entity otherwise qualified to own, operate, and maintain electric transmission facilities that are not approved for construction in a transmission plan or that will not connect to facilities under the functional control of a regional transmission operator. Provides that the provisions shall not be construed to impair, abridge, or diminish in any way the powers, rights, and privileges of municipal corporations that are not incumbent electric transmission owners to partner with an incumbent electric transmission owner on the development and ownership of an electric transmission line included in a transmission plan. Provides that within 90 days after the later of the effective date of the amendatory Act or approval of the construction of an electric transmission line by a regional transmission operator, an incumbent electric transmission owner otherwise authorized to engage in the construction may provide notice to the Commission and the applicable regional transmission operator indicating it will not construct any or all of the electric transmission line so approved, or it will assign any or all of the construction to a transmission affiliate. Provides that if the notice is given and indicates the notifying incumbent electric transmission owner or its transmission affiliate will not construct any or all of the electric transmission line so approved, the incumbent electric transmission owner shall indicate the reason for that election, and the commission may grant permission and approval for such construction to another entity otherwise qualified to own and operate the electric transmission line. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: 11/8/2023 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| HB3446 | SCH CD-EVID BASED FUND-SPEND (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS; SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the school report card, provides that a school district's expenditure of Base Funding Minimum and Evidence-Based Funding received from the State in the level of specificity required by the annual spending plans required by the Evidence-Based Funding provisions. In provisions concerning Evidence-Based funding, provides that Organizational Units shall also indicate in their submission of annual spending plans which stakeholder groups the Organizational Unit engaged with to inform annual spending plans. Provides that annual spending plans shall be integrated in annual school district budgets completed pursuant to specified provisions.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes the provisions concerning school report cards. In the provisions concerning the evidence-based funding formula, provides that organizational units that do not submit a budget to the State Board of Education shall be provided with a separate planning template developed by the State Board of Education. Provides that the State Board of Education shall create an evidence-based funding spending plan tool to make annual evidence-based funding spending plan data for each organizational unit available on the State Board's website no later than December 31, 2025, with annual updates thereafter. Provides that the tool shall allow for the selection and review of each organizational unit's planned use of evidence-based funding. Corrects grammatical errors. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0802
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| HB3449 | MENTAL HLTH-SCHOOL STANDARDS (REP. MATT HANSON) Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. In a provision requiring the Illinois State Board of Education to develop and implement a plan to incorporate social and emotional development standards for the purpose of enhancing and measuring children's school readiness and ability to achieve academic success, provides that the plan shall be reviewed and revised periodically by the Board of Education at least once every 3 years. Requires the plan to include the teaching of grade-appropriate mental health topics, including, but not limited to, types of mental illness, how to find help for mental illness for peers and yourself, suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, coping strategies, appropriate language to use surrounding mental health, and how to incorporate technology in a mental health crisis. In a provision requiring every Illinois school district to develop a policy for incorporating social and emotional development into the district's educational program, provides that the policy shall be reviewed and revised periodically by the school district to incorporate revised provisions of the Board of Education's social and emotional development standards. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3467 | SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and administer an annual program to award property tax relief grants to school districts in the State. Provides that, in exchange for receiving a grant, the school district's maximum aggregate property tax extension for the taxable year that begins on January 1 of the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded may not exceed a specified maximum aggregate property tax extension. Creates the Education Property Tax Relief Fund for the purpose of making appropriations for the grant program. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3486 | SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (REP. MARK WALKER) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and administer an annual program to award property tax relief grants to school districts in the State. Provides that, in exchange for receiving a grant, the school district's maximum aggregate property tax extension for the taxable year that begins on January 1 of the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded may not exceed a specified maximum aggregate property tax extension. Creates the Education Property Tax Relief Fund for the purpose of making appropriations for the grant program. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3497 | SCH CD-EBF DIRECT TO SCHOOL (REP. KEVIN OLICKAL) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that if a school district is classified as a Tier 1 school under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, then school board shall direct the majority of the funds provided under Section 18-8.15 of this Code to the schools in the district. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3524 | SCH CD-AIR QUAL TASK FORCE (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall form an Air Quality in Schools Working Group to compile resources for elementary and secondary schools relating to indoor air quality in schools, including best practices for assessing and maintaining ventilation systems and information on any potential State or federal funding sources that may assist a school in identifying ventilation needs. Provides that the working group shall include representatives from the Department of Public Health, local public health professionals, ventilation professionals affiliated with a Department of Labor apprenticeship program, licensed design professionals, representatives from regional offices of education, school district administrators, teachers, and any other relevant professionals, stakeholders, or representatives of State agencies. Provides that the State Board shall implement an outreach plan to make the compiled resources available to elementary and secondary schools, including publication of the compiled resources on the State Board's website on or before August 1, 2024. Provides that the working group shall be dissolved upon the publication of the compiled resources. Provides that the State Board may, in consultation with the Department of Public Health or any other relevant stakeholders, update the compiled resources as necessary. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3555 | SCH CD-INTERNATIONAL TRIP GRNT (REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall administer the School International Trips Program from the funds appropriated from the School International Trips Program Fund for the purpose of making international school trips available to low-income students in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Sets forth who will be able to receive grants and provisions concerning rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3565 | REVENUE-MEGA PROJECTS (REP. MARK WALKER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a mega project. Provides that a "mega project" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the mega project property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that mega project property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a mega project shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a mega project is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3600 | SCH CD-IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN; SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Requires a non-public school to perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database (in addition to the Statewide Sex Offender Database) for each applicant for employment to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated of a sex offense or of a murder or other violent crime against youth. Provides that the checks must be conducted once for every 5 years that an applicant remains employed. Extends the teacher qualification provisions for preschool educational program grants to the 2028-2029 school year (rather than the 2023-2024 school year). Provides that a school district may adopt a policy to waive tuition costs for a non-resident pupil if the pupil is a child of a district employee. Provides that, until June 30, 2028 (rather than June 30, 2023), applicants may apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a 5-year, Short-Term Substitute Teaching License; makes other changes. Makes changes concerning the Alternative Educator Licensure Program. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3636 | KOSHER & HALAL FOODS (REP. ABDELNASSER RASHID) Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to provide for a program by which both halal and kosher food options are offered in public school cafeterias by request. Provides further requirements concerning the provision of halal and kosher food in public schools. Amends the Halal Food Act. Defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any State-owned or State-operated facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale also shall offer, upon request provided with reasonable notice, halal food options at the State-owned or State-operated facility. Provides that any halal food product offered shall be certified as halal by a State-approved organization or purchased from a State-approved halal-certified vendor. Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor shall be subject to penalties under the Act. Provides for the adoption of rules. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not infringe upon or affect any obligation in a contract entered into and in effect on or before the amendatory Act's effective date. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food options at State facilities, defines "kosher", and provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food services is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Effective June 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3640 | SCH CD-STUDENT TEACH FUNDS-FED (REP. JOYCE MASON) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board shall use the State and federal programs, grants, and subsidies that are available to assist in paying for student teachers as appropriate funds are made available. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3712 | SCH CD-COLLEGE AND CAREER (REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the School Board Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district that elects to implement College and Career Pathway Endorsements by July 1, 2025 is encouraged to provide job coaching to students enrolled in Career and Technical Education programs. Provides that duties of the job coaches may include teaching skills, such as resume preparation, career counseling and exploration, and acting as a liaison to the business community. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3713 | SCH CD-VENTILATION (REP. CAMILLE LILLY; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to supply all active classroom instructors, all school staff and administration, and district leadership with an educational document, in a PDF and a physical format, explaining at a minimum the values of good indoor air quality, including peer-reviewed research demonstrating effects of poor and good indoor air quality, an explanation of airborne transmission of pathogens and other airborne substances, a basic explanation of air changes per hour and relation to outdoor air and filtered air, best practice recommendations for the portable air cleaner and the air quality monitor, including guidance on theory, function, placement, and operation of the monitor. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms that are not mechanically ventilated have at least 2 properly functioning windows, or one window in situations where only one is present, that can open and can safely stay open. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with an air quality monitor that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to ensure that all active classrooms are equipped with a portable air cleaner that meets specified requirements. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to supply each school with 5 additional portable air cleaners and 5 additional air quality monitors to be used in school health offices, libraries, cafeterias, and other similar spaces. Provides that the State Board shall require all school districts to undertake a ventilation verification assessment of all mechanical ventilation systems in the school district performed by a certified assessor or a mechanical engineer. Makes other changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that the window, air quality monitor, portable air cleaner, and ventilation verification assessment requirements are subject to appropriation.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Provides that "certified technician means" a person who is certified as a Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Bureau Technician by the International Certification Board and accredited to comply with ISO/IEC 17024, which is the conformity assessment regarding general requirements for bodies operating certification of persons, by the American National Standards Institute in Testing Adjusting and Balancing or another nationally recognized certifying body accredited to ISO/IEC 17024 in testing adjusting and balancing (instead of meaning a person who is certified as a testing and balancing technician by an accredited organization). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3752 | ROBOTICS DAY (REP. BARBARA HERNANDEZ; SEN. SETH LEWIS) Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the Governor shall annually designate, by official proclamation, the third Friday in March as Robotics Day to encourage students and school districts to engage in robotics-based activities and to engage students with the study of mathematics and science. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3776 | SCH CD-ELIGIBLE LEARN PARTNER (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the Regional Superintendent of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that the duty of the regional superintendent to elevate the standard of teaching shall also include the designation as an eligible learning partner in any iteration of the Statewide System of Support in order to provide services to local and other schools designated to receive such services by the State Board of Education. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3798 | EDUC-SCH SOCIAL WORKER GRANT (REP. ANNE STAVA-MURRAY; SEN. LAURA FINE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, all internships for school social workers must be paid internships. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to school districts to assist in the funding of these paid internships. Provides that the State Board of Education shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that higher priority shall be given to schools that demonstrate a shortage of school social workers, which is determined by the average ratio of school social workers to students in the target school district over the preceding 3 school years. Provides that the State Board of Education shall produce an annual report on the program. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to colleges and universities in this State to fund field placements for social workers. Provides that, subject to appropriation, colleges and universities shall annually disseminate a request for applications from students under the grant program. Provides that colleges and universities, upon receiving funding, shall provide applications to students eligible for this funding. Provides that a college or university shall give priority to applicants who are members of a racial minority. Provides that each college or university that receives funds shall provide an annual report to the Board of Higher Education, and the Board of Higher Education shall post those reports on the Board's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3825 | SCH CD-NON RESIDENT TUITION (REP. BRAD HALBROOK) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In the provision concerning tuition for non-resident pupils, provides that, for any school district other than the Chicago school district, if the parent or guardian of a non-resident pupil requests to enroll the pupil in the district and both the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian reside within one-quarter mile of the district's boundaries, then the district may not charge the pupil tuition. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3844 | SCH CD-SCREEN CARDIAC DEATH (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Creates the Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention Screening Act. Defines "sport" and "student athlete". Provides that a student athlete over the age of 12 must undergo sudden cardiac death screening before the student athlete may participate in sports. Provides that a student athlete must undergo sudden cardiac death screening once in middle school or high school and then once before postsecondary-education-level sports. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3911 | SCH CD-MINIMUM SALARY (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the minimum salary of teachers, provides that the minimum salary shall be fixed at $42,500 for the 2029-2030 school year, $45,000 for the 2034-2035 school year, $47,500 for the 2039-2040 school year, and $50,000 for the 2044-2045 school year. Removes provisions that adjusts the minimum salary rate by a increase in percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3925 | SCH CD-SCH REPORT CARD (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the school report card, provides that an indicator regarding class characteristics and student demographics of a given class shall be collected. Details what specific information regarding the class characteristics and student demographics of a given class shall be collected. Provides that student outcomes, including, where applicable, the percentage of students who earn a C or higher in the class, the percentage of students who take the advanced placement test in an advanced placement class broken down by race, the passing rate of the advanced placement test broken down by race shall be collected. Provides that any indicators collected shall be aggregated at the class level, department level, and school level, and the indicators shall be collected from each course. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3926 | SCH CD-OPIOID ANTAGONIST (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the General Provisions Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning administration of an opioid antagonist, provides that a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school shall maintain a supply of an opioid antagonist in any secure location where an individual may have an opioid overdose (instead of may maintain a supply of an opioid antagonist in any secure location where an individual may have an opioid overdose). Makes a conforming change. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4140 | SCH CD-PRESCHOOL-SCH READINESS (REP. MICHAEL MARRON) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning grants for preschool educational programs, provides that school districts and other eligible entities shall (instead of may) use the State Board of Education's evaluation tools for school readiness for children prior to age 5. Provides that following an evaluation, if a school district or other eligible entity determines that a child does not meet school readiness requirements but is 5 or will turn 5 on or before September 1 of a school year and would otherwise be eligible to attend kindergarten, the child may continue to attend a preschool educational program for no more than one additional school year following the child meeting the kindergarten age requirement. Provides that upon completion of that school year, the child is no longer eligible to attend a preschool educational program. Requires the State Board of Education to establish guidelines and procedures for determining whether or not a child meets school readiness requirements. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4146 | SCH CD-NON PRESCRIPTION MEDS (REP. JONATHAN CARROLL) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must allow a student to self-administer any over-the-counter lactose intolerant relief medication without requiring written permission from the student's parent or guardian or written authorization from the student's physician, physician's assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4236 | SCH CONSTRUCT-EARLY CHLD GRANT (REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning early childhood construction grants, removes a provision that specifies that grants made in fiscal year 2024 may be made only to public school districts. Provides that a not-for-profit early childhood entity that rents or leases from another not-for-profit entity shall be considered an eligible entity. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4265 | SCH CD-ACCEL PLACE-AUTO ENROLL (REP. LANCE YEDNOCK) Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that, by no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy may (instead of shall) allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student exceeds (instead of meets or exceeds) State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered under the School Code. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4273 | SCH CD-SCH TIME-CHANGE GRANT (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and implement a school time-change grant program to provide grants to school districts to assist with additional costs incurred to change when the school day starts at a school containing any of grades 6 through 12 to on or after 8 a.m. Provides that to be eligible to receive a grant under this program, a school district must change when the school day starts before the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary to implement these provisions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4274 | SCH CD-TICK REMOVAL IN SCHOOLS (REP. DANIEL SWANSON) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to do all of the following no later than July 1, 2025: (1) issue guidelines on how to remove and safely store a tick; (2) publish the guidelines issued and a model form on the Department's website; (3) provide public testing lab information to schools; (4) issue a model form that schools shall send to the parents or guardians of students who have been identified as having been bitten by a tick; and (5) make available to schools, upon request and free of charge, tick removal kits consisting of tweezers, bandages, a sealable plastic bag, an alcohol wipe, repellent wipes, an information card, and a tick identification card. Specifies requirements for the form. Amends the School Code. Requires, before the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, a school board to establish procedures on tick removal consistent with the guidelines developed by the Department of Public Health. Includes provisions relating to preserving the tick for possible testing by the parent or guardian and school district immunity for tick removal. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4294 | PHARMACY-STANDING ORDER-SCHOOL (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that, in accordance with a standing order by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches or a standing order by the Department of Public Health, a pharmacist may provide a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school with undesignated epinephrine injectors, asthma medication, glucagon, and opioid antagonists for the use by the school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school under the School Code. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue a standing order to provide a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school with undesignated epinephrine injectors, asthma medication, glucagon, and opioid antagonists for use under the School Code. Provides that the standing order must be consistent with the current version of the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, guidelines of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, or generally recognized evidence-based clinical guidelines. Sets forth provisions concerning liability and rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4407 | CHILD ABUSE REPORTS TO SCHOOL (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter (rather than a copy of the Unit's final finding report) to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Provides that if an indicated finding is overturned in an appeal or hearing, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request that the notification letter (rather than final finding report) be purged from the student's record, and the school shall purge the notification letter (rather than final finding report) from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. Requires the notification letter to provide the date of expungement from the central register. Removes a provision requiring all reports made by mandated reporters to be confirmed in writing to the appropriate Child Protective Service Unit within 48 hours of any initial report.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes all amendatory changes requiring the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Instead provides that the Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy of its final finding report to the school that the child, who is the indicated victim of child abuse (rather than the indicated victim of the report), attends. Requires the report to be sent during the summer to the last school that the child attended. Provides that the final finding report shall provide the date of expungement from the central register and the school shall purge the final finding report from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4417 | SCH-CD WORKPLACE READINESS WK (REP. GREGG JOHNSON; SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN) Amends the Course of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that all public high schools, including charter schools, shall designate and annually observe a week known as "Workplace Readiness Week". Provides that students shall be provided information on their rights as workers during that week, and sets forth what information must be included. Provides that for students in grades 11 and 12, the information shall be integrated into the regular school program but may also be provided during special events after regular school hours. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that all public high schools, including charter schools, may (rather than shall) designate and annually observe a week known as "Workplace Readiness Week". Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date July 1, 2024
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| HB4441 | LOCAL&SCHOOL CONTRACTING GOALS (REP. DANIEL DIDECH; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the Counties Code, the Township Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act, the Park District Code, the Illinois Local Library Act, the Public Library District Act of 1991, the School Code, and the Public Community College Act. Provides that the board of trustees and corporate authorities of the various local governmental entities referenced in the named Acts and Codes may establish aspirational goals for the awarding of contracts to minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities. Defines "minority-owned business", "women-owned business", and "business owned by a person with a disability".
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Removes changes to the Public Community College Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4454 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH-NOTIFY (REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require each school to notify students and the students' parents or guardians twice each year on how to access any mental health services offered in school or in the community where the school is located. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4473 | SCH CD-ST BD ED-CTE TASK FORCE (REP. MARY GILL) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the Career and Technical Education Task Force is created within the State Board of Education to examine how to involve more students in technical education. Specifies the members of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall meet once every 3 months at the call of the State Board of Education and shall receive administrative and other support from the State Board of Education. Provides that the Task Force shall prepare and deliver to the State Board of Education a report each year covering the Task Force's findings. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved and the provisions are repealed on January 1, 2026. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4520 | SCH CD-JUNIOR COLOR GUARD (REP. MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN) Amends the School Code. Provides that subject to the availability of local resources, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each public middle school, junior high school, and high school may establish a junior color guard program to promote the value of and honor military personnel. Provides that the junior color guard may be used at school events, including interscholastic athletic events and other events in which the presenting of the colors is requested. Provides that each school may allow the junior color guard to participate in community events in which the presenting of the colors may be requested. Provides that each school may work with a civic organization or association to provide adequate training to the members of the junior color guard on the execution of their duties. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4543 | MUNI-TIF DISTRICTS-START DATE (REP. JACKIE HAAS) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if an ordinance is adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act creating a redevelopment project area, the redevelopment project area will expire the 23rd year after the year in which the first project started using the moneys from the special tax allocation fund (rather than expire the 23rd year after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project area was adopted if the ordinance). Provides that the start of the 23 years for ordinances adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act commences no later than 10 years after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project area was adopted even if no projects have been started using the moneys from the special tax allocation fund. Makes a conforming change in provisions extending the expiration of a redevelopment project area to the 35th calendar year. Provides that no more extensions of redevelopment project areas to the 47th calendar year may occur after January 8, 2025 unless added by a Public Act of the 103rd General Assembly. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4577 | SCH CD-STUDENT ACCOUNT-UNPAID (REP. JOYCE MASON) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that no public high school of a school district may punish or penalize a student because of an unpaid balance on the student's school account. Removes a provision making the prohibition on withholding a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma because of an unpaid balance inoperative beginning 3 years from May 5, 2022. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4584 | SCH CD-REPORT POLICE INVOLVE (REP. ANNE STAVA-MURRAY) Amends the School Code. Provides that any involvement by a law enforcement agency in an incident at a school or on school owned or leased property, including any conveyance owned, leased, or used by the school for the transport of students or school personnel, shall be reported monthly to the Illinois State Police by the school district superintendent or his or her designee or other appropriate administrative officer if the school is a nonpublic school. Provides that the State Board of Education shall receive an annual statistical compilation and related data associated with the reporting from the Illinois State Police. Provides that the State Board of Education shall compile this information by school and make it available to the public. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4586 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH-NOTIFY (REP. ANNE STAVA-MURRAY; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each school district shall: (1) notify the parents or guardians of each student enrolled in the school district about any mental health services available in the school in which the student is enrolled, in the school district, or in the community where the school is located; and (2) notify each student enrolled in the school district who is 12 years of age or older of specified information in an age and developmentally appropriate manner. Sets forth provisions concerning when and how the required notifications are provided. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4618 | SCH CD-DIST BOUNDARY CHANGE (REP. HARRY BENTON) Amends the Boundary Changes Article of the School Code. With respect to a petition to change school district boundaries, provides that the length of time for signatures to be valid, before the filing of the petition, shall not exceed one year (rather than 6 months). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4622 | SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPACT NOTE (REP. DANIEL DIDECH; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the School District Mandate Task Force Act. Provides that the School District Mandate Task Force is created for the purpose of conducting a Statewide study to determine the information and data sets needed to establish a system that provides a timely and reliable estimate of the anticipated fiscal, operational, and other impacts that a bill filed in the General Assembly imposes or may impose through mandates on a local school district. Sets forth provisions concerning membership, compensation, administrative support, and meetings. Provides that the Task Force shall submit its final report, including model language that may be used as legislation, to the General Assembly and the State Board of Education on or before November 15, 2024 and, upon the filing of its final report, the Task Force is dissolved. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2025. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4625 | SCH CD-DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that all school districts shall, with guidance and standards provided by the State Board of Education and a group of educators convened by the State Board of Education, ensure that students receive developmentally appropriate opportunities to gain digital literacy skills beginning in elementary school. Provides that digital literacy instruction shall include developmentally appropriate instruction in digital citizenship skills, media literacy, and AI literacy. Provides that digital literacy skills may, based on the recommendation of the State Board of Education, incorporate existing computer literacy standards. Sets forth what the digital citizenship skills instruction, media literacy instruction, and AI literacy instruction shall include. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4626 | SCH CD-STUDENTS AND OFFICIALS (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the School Code. Provides that a public school student may communicate and work with federally elected, State-elected, or locally elected officials or other stakeholders or officials as part of the student's education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4633 | INS-SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER (REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in this State on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide coverage for health care services provided at a school-based health center at the same rate that would apply if those health care services were provided in a different health care setting. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4647 | INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ORG (REP. JOE SOSNOWSKI) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall adopt a policy that allows for a student to participate in interscholastic athletics immediately upon completing a transfer from one school to another school and enrolling in that other school. Provides that the policy may prohibit the student from participating in interscholastic athletics at that other school before the school transfer process is complete and the transfer has been accepted by the principal of the school from which the student is transferring and the principal of the school to which the student is transferring. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4652 | HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND (REP. BARBARA HERNANDEZ; SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to alleviate the financial burden of student teaching and to encourage students to pursue teaching careers to alleviate this State's teacher shortage. Provides that to participate in the stipend program, an eligible student must be placed as a student teacher no later than June 1, 2025 or no later than June 1 each year thereafter. Provides that an educator preparation program shall notify the Board of all eligible students who qualify for the stipend program by July 1, 2025 and no later than July 1 each year thereafter and all eligible students shall be participants in the stipend program. Provides that no later than August 1, 2025 and no later than August 1 each year thereafter, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that the educator preparation program shall distribute stipend funds using the standard methods for allocating State-based financial aid or as wages for employment to each eligible student in monthly installments. Sets forth additional provisions concerning the distribution of funds. Provides for rulemaking.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes provisions specifying notification deadlines. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible cooperating teacher a stipend of up to $2,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters per academic year, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning the distribution of funds to eligible cooperating teachers. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible cooperating teacher from participating in the stipend program or receiving a stipend from the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning cooperating teacher training.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "salary" includes stipends paid to an eligible cooperating teacher under the Board of Higher Education Act. Authorizes a person to establish optional credit for periods of service as a student teacher under a specified provision of the Board of Higher Education Act. In provisions requiring an additional employer contribution for certain salary increases greater than 6%, provides that the System shall exclude any stipends paid to an eligible cooperating teacher under the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes changes concerning how funds are to be distributed under the student teaching stipend program. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall disburse funds to the State Board of Education, who shall disburse funds to each school district or early childhood education provider employing an eligible cooperating teacher (instead of having the Board of Higher Education disburse funds to educator preparation programs employing an eligible cooperating teacher). Makes related changes. Makes changes concerning when the report shall be completed. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall provide guidance and technical assistance to educator preparation programs on the administration of the stipend program. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4678 | ELEC CD-HIGH SCHOOL REGISTER (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the Election Code. Provides that, to encourage youth voter participation, each high school in the State shall hold at least 2 nonpartisan voter registration days per year: (i) one nonpartisan voter registration day shall be held on the second Tuesday in October or the first day thereafter that school is in session; and (ii) the other shall be held on the second Tuesday in February or the first day thereafter that school is in session. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4690 | COMMUNICATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOL (REP. TIM OZINGA) Creates the Communication and Actions in Public Schools Act. Provides that no communication by a public school entity, official representative thereof, professional employee, or guest school speaker may compel a person to adopt, affirm, adhere to, or profess an idea that violates Title IV or Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 or adopt, affirm, adhere to, or profess specified concepts. Provides that nothing in those provisions may be construed to prohibit the discussion of ideas and history of the described concepts or may be construed to prohibit the discussion of public policy issues of the day or ideas that individuals may find unwelcome, disagreeable, or offensive. Sets forth provisions concerning a refusal to engage in any of the specified concepts. Provides that no public school entity may use funds from any source to engage in any of the specified concepts. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop and make available to professional employees technical assistance, guidance, and professional development in accordance with specified provisions. Sets forth requirements for contractors with a public school entity. Provides that a parent, student, professional employee, or other person interacting with a public school entity may file a complaint with the school board of the school district alleging a violation of the Act by a professional employee or contractor. Sets forth other enforcement provisions. Provides that the State Board shall develop a policy on how a complaint may be filed. Provides that the policy shall be made available on the State Board's Internet website. Provides that the State Board may adopt rules to implement the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4709 | ELEC CD-SCHOOL POLLING PLACE (REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of election commissioners may use public school buildings as polling places only if a school board or a local school council approves the use of that school. Provides that, if the county board or board of election commissioners uses all convenient and available public buildings and determines that a public school building is needed as a polling place, it shall send a written request to use the public school building to the school board or local school council. Sets forth provisions concerning the contents of the request and the response to the request. Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board or local school council shall have the power to approve or deny, in accordance with the school board or local school council's rules and policies, any request of a county board or board of election commissioners to use a school building as a polling place. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4751 | UTIL-CARBON-FREE SCHOOL REPORT (REP. LAWRENCE WALSH, JR.; SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that "confidential information" means, for purposes of a provision requiring the results of each public school's Carbon-Free Assessment to be memorialized in a non-confidential report that redacts confidential information, information or facts exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that "confidential information" does not include program offerings, solar opportunities, health and safety certifications, energy efficiency recommendations, information about transportation and other funding offerings. Provides that a copy of the Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment report shall be provided to the applicable public school by the utility or the third party acting on behalf of the utility. |
| | Current Status: 7/19/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| HB4850 | SCHOOL MANDATE TRANSPARENCY (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Creates the School District Impact Note Act. Requires every bill that could have a negative impact on the finances of a school district in the State or that could cause a school district to expend additional staffing resources to have prepared for it by the Illinois State Board of Education a brief explanatory statement or note describing the bill's anticipated impact on education in the State. Specifies the contents of the note and the circumstances under which the note is to be prepared. Clarifies that the preparation of such a note does not preclude a State official or employee from participating in legislative hearings concerning the bill. Provides that the subject matter of bills submitted to the Illinois State Board of Education shall be kept in strict confidence, and no information relating to the bill or its anticipated impact on education in the State shall be divulged, before the bill's introduction in the General Assembly, by any State official or employee of the State Board, except to the bill's sponsor or his or her designee. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4902 | SCH CD-SCH IMPROVE PLAN-READNG (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS; SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning State interventions, provides that the support provided by a vendor or learning partner approved to support a school's continuous improvement plan related to English language arts must be based on the comprehensive literacy plan for the State developed by the State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0735
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| HB4903 | SCH CD-AIR QUALITY TASK FORCE (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, compile resources for elementary and secondary schools relating to indoor air quality in schools, including best practices for assessing and maintaining ventilation systems and information on any potential State or federal funding sources that may assist a school in identifying ventilation needs. Provides that the State Board of Education shall compile these resources in consultation with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the Department of Public Health, local public health professionals, ventilation professionals affiliated with a Department of Labor apprenticeship program, licensed design professionals, representatives from regional offices of education, school district administrators, teachers, or any other relevant professionals, stakeholders, or representatives of State agencies. Provides that, no later than 30 days after resources are compiled, the State Board of Education shall implement outreach strategies to make the compiled resources available to elementary and secondary schools, including publication of the compiled resources on the State Board of Education's website. Provides that the State Board of Education may, in consultation with the Department of Public Health or any other relevant stakeholders, update the compiled resources as necessary. Effective January 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0736
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| HB4932 | PESTICIDE-NOTICE-SCHOOLS (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Requires certified pesticide applicators to give written or email notice 72 hours prior to application of pesticide to schools and parks within half of a mile from the site of application. Provides other notice requirements. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4955 | SCH CD-STATE ASSESSMENTS (REP. SUE SCHERER; SEN. DORIS TURNER) House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the State Board of Education may not provide funding for any standardized assessment or test any students in grades kindergarten through 6 beyond the requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. Provides that nothing in these provisions may be construed to limit the ability of a classroom teacher or school district to develop, purchase, administer, or score an assessment for an individual classroom, grade level, or group of grade levels in any subject area in grades kindergarten through 6. Provides that the State Board of Education shall explore any assessment flexibility afforded to states through waivers under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 2 with the following changes. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the State Board of Education may not mandate or require the use of funding for any additional standardized assessments in the content areas of English language arts, mathematics, or science in grades kindergarten through 6 beyond the requirements of federal law (instead of providing that the State Board of Education may not provide funding for any standardized assessment or test any students in grades kindergarten through 6 beyond the requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act). Makes a conforming change. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5009 | SCH CD-HOLIDAYS-EMPLOYEE (REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning holidays, provides that no deduction shall be made from the time or compensation of a school employee, including an educational support personnel employee, on account of any legal or special holiday during which time the employee is contractually employed (instead of on account of any legal or special holiday in which that employee would have otherwise been scheduled to work but for the legal or special holiday). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5020 | EDUC-DUAL CREDIT QUALITY ACT (REP. DIANE BLAIR-SHERLOCK; SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, the Dual Credit Committee, instructor and other standards for dual credit courses, and the data in reports made by institutions of higher learning. Provides that a Dual Credit Instructor Endorsement Framework shall be developed through a committee involving collaboration between the Illinois Community College Board and the State Board of Education by December 31, 2024. Sets forth the membership of the committee. Provides that the Framework shall establish criteria for evaluating instructors on the basis of academic credentials, progress toward academic credentials, equivalent experience, or some combination of these. Sets forth what the criteria shall include and what the Framework may do. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Provides that a Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework (instead of a Dual Credit Instructor Endorsement Framework) shall be developed through a committee involving collaboration between the Illinois Community College Board and the State Board of Education by December 31, 2024. Changes the membership of the committee and what the Framework shall include. Makes related changes concerning school district and community college partnership agreements, the Dual Credit Committee, and instructor and other standards for dual credit courses. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, out-of-state dual credit contracts, and standards concerning dual credit courses. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall conduct a study to examine dual credit students and their short-term and long-term outcomes, including determining how differing types and levels of credit-hour achievement influence college enrollment, persistence, advancement, and completion, either at a public community college or public university. Sets forth requirements concerning the study. Changes the membership of the Dual Credit Committee and requirements concerning the Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework. Makes grammatical and stylistic changes. Effective immediately. |
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| HB5113 | ELEC/SCH CD-HIGH SCH VOTE REG (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the fourth Tuesday in September shall be known as High School Voter Registration Day. Amends the Elections Code. In provisions concerning high school voter registration, provides that the one page document explaining the process to register to vote that every high school must provide to students shall be disseminated each year prior to the fourth Tuesday in September. Provides that the one page document prepared by the State Board of Elections must include a direct link to the State's online voter registration portal. Provides that the one page document shall also include sample ballot instructions and instructions for voting in the next election. Provides that a high school may adopt reasonable regulations restricting nonpartisan voter registration activities only if nonpartisan voter registration activities present a disruption to the school day or normal school operations. Provides that the board of each school district operating a high school shall allow each student who is at least 18 years of age, or 17 years of age on or before the date of the next primary election and turns 18 on or before the date of the general or consolidated election, and meets all other requirements of voter registration to register to vote during school hours on the fourth Tuesday in September of each year, or on the next school day if school is not in session on that the fourth Tuesday in September. Amends the School Code to make a conforming change. |
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| HB5184 | SCH CD-BULLYING PREVENTION-AGE (REP. CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSMEYER; SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning bullying prevention, provides that "policy on bullying" means a bullying prevention policy that is age and developmentally appropriate. Effective July 1, 2024. |
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| HB5226 | SCH CD-RADON TESTING (REP. ANN WILLIAMS) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning radon testing, provides that every school building of a school district that is occupied or will be occupied shall be tested by January 1, 2028 and shall be tested every 5 years thereafter for radon (instead of recommending that every occupied school building of a school district be tested every 5 years for radon). Provides that all new schools of a school district shall be built using radon resistant new construction techniques in accordance with the American National Standards Institute/American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists CC-1000, Soil Gas Control Systems in New Construction of Multifamily, School, Commercial and Mixed-Use Buildings standard or a successor standard (instead of recommending that new schools of a school district be built using radon resistant new construction techniques, as shown in the United States Environmental Protection Agency document, Radon Prevention in the Design and Construction of Schools and Other Large Buildings). Removes a provision allowing a person to perform radon screening tests without a license. Makes changes concerning the exemption. Provides that if radon is found to exceed specified levels, then the school district shall (instead of may) hire a licensed radon professional to perform confirmatory measurements (instead of to perform measurements before any mitigation decisions are made). Sets forth provisions concerning mitigation. Provides that a school district may use life safety funds, if available, for radon testing and mitigation. Preempts home rule powers. |
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| HB5250 | SCH CD-ACCELERATED PLACEMENT (REP. CAROL AMMONS; SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit of instruction is required by the Code or rules adopted by the State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in the content of the course or unit of instruction. Provides that the school district shall maintain documentation of this determination of mastery or competency for each student, which must include identification of the learning standards or competencies reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student performance, the date of the determination, and identification of the district personnel involved in the determination process. Provides that a school district must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian that the student will receive a waiver. Makes a corresponding change in the Courses of Study Article of the Code. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. In provisions concerning accelerated placement, provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy shall cover a student who exceeds State standards in specified coursework (instead of meets or exceeds State standards in specified coursework). Provides that by no later than the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy shall provide the option, in the following school term, for a student to enroll in the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student meets State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered following specified requirements for specified coursework. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that by no later than the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy shall allow for automatic eligibility (instead of provide the option), in the following school term, for a student to enroll in the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student meets State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or science on a State assessment. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy must include a process through which the parent or guardian of each student who meets State standards is provided notification in writing of the student's eligibility for enrollment in accelerated courses. Sets forth what the notification must provide. Provides that nothing in the provisions concerning accelerated placement shall prohibit the implementation of policies that allow for automatic enrollment of students who meet standards on State assessments into the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by a high school. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0743
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| HB5275 | SCHOOL STUDENT RECORDS-MISC (REP. SUZANNE NESS) Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that the term "Student Permanent Record" may include reports of psychological evaluations, including information on intelligence and personality, academic information obtained through test administration, observation, or interviews, elementary and secondary achievement-level test results, special education records, and records associated with a plan developed under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. With respect to the term "Student Permanent Record", removes intelligence test scores, aptitude test scores, psychological and personality test results, teacher evaluations, and other information of clear relevance to the education of a student from the information allowed to be included. Provides that if consent is provided by a student or the student's parent or guardian, then a copy of the student's school student records shall be provided at no cost to the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, an independent service coordination agency, or Equip for Equality to establish access to adult disability services and related benefits. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5324 | LABOR RELATION-SCHEDULE-REPORT (REP. JAY HOFFMAN; SEN. OMAR AQUINO) Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Specifies the annual reporting requirements of the Illinois Labor Relations Board and Illinois Educational and Labor Relations Board. Provides that the Board shall maintain the following schedule upon the filing of unfair labor practice charges filed under this Act: (i) complete the investigation and issue a complaint, dismissal or deferral within 30 days of the charges being filed; (ii) if a complaint is issued, a hearing shall be scheduled to begin within 30 days of its issuance; (iii) post-hearing briefs shall be issued within 30 days of the close of the hearing; and (iv) recommended decisions and orders shall be issued within 45 days of the submission of post-hearing briefs.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Illinois Labor Relations Board, at the end of every State fiscal year, shall make a report that includes the number of unfair labor practice charge cases at the end of the fiscal year that have been pending before the Board between 1 and 100 days, 101 and 150 days, 151 and 200 days, 201 and 250 days, 251 and 300 days, 301 and 350 days, 351 and 400 days, 401 and 450 days, 451 and 500 days, 501 and 550 days, 551 and 600 days, 601 and 650 days, 651 and 700 days, and over 701 days, and other data. Provides that the report shall include the Board's progress in meeting timeliness goals, including specified data. Provides that the Board shall adopt goals (i) to ensure effective enforcement through timely and quality consideration and resolution of unfair labor practices with appropriate remedies and (ii) to protect employee free choice with timely and effective mechanisms to resolve questions concerning representation. Provides that the Board shall adopt timeliness goals for the processing of unfair labor practice charges (rather than maintain a certain schedule upon the filing of unfair labor practice charges), including (i) to complete the investigation and issue a complaint, dismissal, or deferral within 100 days (rather than 30 days) of the charges being filed, and, in the case of an appeal, to issue decisions within 90 days of the completion of the Board's process for filing appeals, and (ii) to schedule hearings, upon the issuance of complaints, to begin within 60 days of a complaint's issuance, to issue recommended decisions and orders within 120 days of the close of record, and, if exceptions to recommended decisions and orders are filed, issue Board decisions within 90 days of the completion of the Board's process for filing exceptions (rather than post hearing briefs to be issued within 30 days of the close of hearing and recommended decisions and orders to be issued within 45 days of the submission of post-hearing briefs, no longer than 150 days after the filing of charges, with certain permitted extensions). |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0856
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| HB5364 | SCH CD-MILITARY DEPENDENTS (REP. HARRY BENTON) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district shall allow a dependent of United States military personnel who is housed in temporary housing located outside of a school district, but will be living within the district within 6 months after the time of initial enrollment, to be educated through an electronic learning program or remote learning program for the time period that the dependent is housed in temporary housing. Provides that if a dependent of United States military personnel is moving out of the State because the United States military personnel received a permanent change of station order, then the student shall be allowed to remain enrolled in the school district and be educated through an electronic learning program or remote learning program until a student enrolls in another school district. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5394 | SCH SAFETY DRILL-CARDIAC PLAN (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS; SEN. ERICA HARRISS) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that no later than 30 days after the first day of each school year, the school board of each public elementary and secondary school in the State shall provide all teachers, administrators, and other school personnel, as determined by school officials, with information regarding emergency procedures and techniques, including, without limitation, the Heimlich maneuver, hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and use of the school district's automatic external defibrillator, and identify the cardiac emergency response team (instead of providing that the school board of each public elementary and secondary school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing). Makes related changes. Provides that the annual review shall include reviewing procedures regarding the school district's cardiac emergency response plan. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that school districts and private schools shall develop a cardiac emergency response plan in place in accordance with guidelines set forth by either the American Heart Association or other nationally recognized, evidence-based standards that addresses the appropriate response to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while at a school or at a school-sponsored activity or event. Requires the plan to be distributed to all teachers, administrators, school support personnel, coaches, and other school staff identified by school administrators at each school. Sets forth what shall be included in the cardiac emergency response plan.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Changes references from "automatic external defibrillator" to "automated external defibrillator". Removes the requirement that a school board identify the cardiac emergency response team. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| HB5398 | SCH CD-STATE ASSESSMENTS (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning State goals and assessments, provides that students who have been enrolled in schools in the United States for less than 12 months may not be required to participate in the State assessments. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5406 | HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS-PRACTICE (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that, for the benefit of the physical and mental health of athletes, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all practices, games, or contests by a State high school athletic program or team that is a part of an association or other entity that has, as one of its purposes, promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among high schools and high school students within this State shall meet all specified requirements. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall enforce a penalty for a State high school athletic program or team exceeding practice maximums, which may include, but are not limited to, a loss of a practice day or other sanctions determined by the Illinois High School Association for each violation and shall be imposed as appropriate to the level, extent, and duration of the penalty. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Removes provisions requiring that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State enforce a penalty for a State high school athletic program or team exceeding practice maximums. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5407 | EDU-HOMELESS CHILD-REPORT/GRNT (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. In provisions concerning the Education of Homeless Children and Youth State Grant Program, provides that grants shall be awarded to applicant school districts based on the percentage of students experiencing homelessness in an applicant school district (instead of to applicant school districts). Makes other changes concerning the award of grants. Specifies activities eligible for assistance. Provides that the State Board of Education may use up to 25% (instead 5%) of appropriated funds for administrative costs. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0744
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| HB5414 | HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to reduce financial barriers into the teaching profession and increase the quality of the student teaching experience in order to better prepare teaching candidates for the classroom and increase teacher retention. Provides that to participate in the stipend program, an eligible student must be placed as a student teacher. Provides that an educator preparation program shall notify the Board of all eligible students who qualify for the stipend program by July 1. Provides that all eligible students shall be enrolled in the stipend program. Provides that subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 for one academic semester, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning funding if the amount appropriated for the program is insufficient to fund all eligible students. Provides that subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $1,500 per academic semester, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that a cooperating teacher may receive professional development hours for completing cooperating teacher training that counts towards the cooperating teacher's license renewal or Gateways credential. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible teacher from participating in the program or receiving a stipend from the program. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the State Board of Educations shall report and evaluate about the program to the Governor and General Assembly on or before June 30, 2028 and each June 30 thereafter. Provides for rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5416 | SCH CD-ATTENDANCE-MEDICAL NOTE (REP. CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSMEYER) Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. Provides that a school, school board, or school district shall require a medical note for an absence to be excused only after 9 unexcused absences. Provides that if a student's medical note states that the student should be excused for a specific period of time or if the illness stated in the medical note has a recommended isolation period issued by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, then a school, school board, or school district shall excuse all days listed in the note or for the amount of days of the recommended isolation period set by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5418 | SCH CONST-MAINTENANCE GRANTS (REP. BARBARA HERNANDEZ; SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN) Amends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning school maintenance project grants, provides that the State Board of Education is authorized to make grants to school districts, regional offices of education, intermediate service centers, and special education cooperatives established by school districts (instead of school districts and special education cooperatives established by school districts). Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, but provides that the grants are to be used for school maintenance projects on publicly owned property (rather than providing that the grants are for school maintenance projects). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 7/19/2024 - Effective Date July 19, 2024
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| HB5434 | SCH CD-ENROLLMENT-CONFIRMATION (REP. JED DAVIS) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that a student shall remain on the attendance rolls of a school district until a cause for disenrollment is given and confirmed with specified documentation. Amends the School Board Article of the Code. Requires the school district report card to contain data concerning the number of students who remained on the school district's attendance rolls, and the length of time in which each student remained on the school district's attendance rolls but was not attending school. Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the Code to make a corresponding change regarding a chronic or habitual truant.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Makes changes concerning the specified documentation that may be provided to confirm a cause for disenrollment. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5464 | SCH CD-E-LEARNING-MIGRANT (REP. CHRIS MILLER) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning e-learning days, provides that a school or school district that offers e-learning days may not use any real property owned or leased by a school or school district to house migrants while students are not present at a school. Provides that a school or school district may not utilize a e-learning day to house migrants on any real property owned or leased by the school or school district due to a mandate by a unit of local government that the school or school district house migrants on any real property owned or leased by the school or school district. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5478 | REPORT STUDENTS TO LAW ENFORCE (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall require, in a manner and method determined by the State Board, that each school district report the number of student referrals to law enforcement. Provides that the disaggregated data shall include data on referrals to law enforcement required to be submitted by a school district and charter school under the Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall post the disaggregated data on the State Board's Internet website for the previous school year by October 31, starting with the 2023-2024 school year. Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that school personnel may not issue a monetary fine, fee, or municipal ticket for school-based behavior as a disciplinary consequence, (instead of providing that a student may not be issued a monetary fine or fee as a disciplinary consequence). Sets forth provisions concerning disciplinary responses of schools. Provides that school personnel (instead of a school district) may not refer a truant, chronic truant, or truant minor to any other local public entity, school resource officer, or peace officer (instead of any other local public entity). Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5497 | SCH STUDENT RECORD-LAW ENFORCE (REP. PATRICK WINDHORST) Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. In provisions concerning exceptions allowing the release of student records, provides that school student records or information contained may be released, transferred, disclosed or otherwise disseminated to law enforcement officers for purposes of review, recording, or contemporaneous access to security or surveillance video, audio, or footage, to the extent that the release, transfer, disclosure, or dissemination is consistent with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5501 | SCH CD-ABSENCE-APPRENTICESHIP (REP. KEVIN OLICKAL) Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. Provides that any child who is (i) 17 years of age or older or (ii) projected to graduate from a high school at the completion of the current school year shall be excused from attendance for no more than one-half of each school day in order to participate in an unpaid apprenticeship program. Provides that the student shall be excused from any mandatory school events during the school day. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5617 | SCH CD-PROHIBIT NATIVE AM NAME (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit a school from using a native name, logo, or mascot; defines "native name, logo, or mascot". However, provides that a school may continue to use uniforms or other materials bearing a native name, logo, or mascot that were purchased on or before the effective date of the amendatory Act until September 1, 2027 if specified requirements are met. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5632 | SCH CD-STATE MANDATES (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the School Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other State law to the contrary, from July 1, 2024 until July 1, 2028, any State mandate under the State Mandates Act enacted after July 1, 2024 does not apply to a school district if the State mandate is non-academic. Provides that the State Board of Education shall determine if a State mandate is non-academic. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB45 | PROCUREMENT-EXEMPTION (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code does not apply to contracts for public education programming, noncommercial sustaining announcements, public service announcements, and public awareness and education messaging with the nonprofit trade associations of the providers of those services that inform the public on immediate and ongoing health and safety risks and hazards. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB97 | SCH CD-CONSOLIDATE DISTRICTS (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Conversion and Formation of School Districts Article of the School Code. Within 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, requires elementary school districts to form new school districts but only with other elementary school districts and high school districts to form new school districts but only with other high school districts, notwithstanding any referendum requirements or any other laws to the contrary. Provides that the State Board of Education shall facilitate the creation of the new school districts by providing recommendations on which districts must consolidate. Sets forth the factors that the State Board must take into consideration. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB155 | SCH CD-NONPUBLIC STUDENT-SPORT (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires a school board to allow a student who resides in the school district but attends a nonpublic school to participate in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored by the district without being required to enroll or complete coursework at a public school within the district if certain conditions are met. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB167 | KOSHER & HALAL FOODS (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to provide for a program by which both halal and kosher food options are offered in public school cafeterias by request. Provides further requirements concerning the provision of halal and kosher food in public schools. Amends the Halal Food Act. Defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any State-owned or State-operated facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale also shall offer, upon request provided with reasonable notice, halal food options at the State-owned or State-operated facility. Provides that any halal food product offered shall be certified as halal by a State-approved organization or purchased from a State-approved halal-certified vendor. Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor shall be subject to penalties under the Act. Provides for the adoption of rules. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not infringe upon or affect any obligation in a contract entered into and in effect on or before the amendatory Act's effective date. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food options at State facilities, defines "kosher", and provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food services is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Effective June 1, 2024.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning the School Code, provides that halal and kosher lunch options shall be available as lunch options as part of the school boards lunch program to student who submit a request at the time of registration (instead of having a halal or kosher food service program). Provides that the school board shall make accommodations to provide a halal or kosher lunch option upon finding a vendor or the school district itself is able to provide the lunch option. Removes provisions regarding certification of a vendor. Sets forth requirements for selecting a vendor, reimbursement, and compliance. In provisions concerning the Halal Food Act, provides that after an individual submits a request for a halal or kosher option, the state-owned or state-operated facility shall make accommodations for the request as soon as the state-owned or state-operated facility is able to provide the meals. Removes provisions regarding State-certification. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food options at State facilities. Moves the definition of "kosher". |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB240 | SCH CD-HEALTH EXAM (SEN. TERRI BRYANT) Amends the School Code. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring informational material about testicular cancer to be provided as part of the health examination of any male child entering the ninth grade. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop the content of the informational material to be provided. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB289 | $ST BD ED/DHS-CHILDREN (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Makes an appropriation of $717,765,720 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for early childhood education. Makes various appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for early intervention, for grants and administration expenses associated with the Maternal and Child Home Visiting Program, for grants and administrative expenses associated with the Healthy Families Program, and for grants and administrative expenses associated with child care services, including prior year costs. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB345 | SCH CONSTRUCTION-GRANT INDEX (SEN. CHRISTOPHER BELT) Amends the School Construction Law. Provides that for school districts that have consolidated or approved a cooperative high school within a prior fiscal year, the grant index shall be calculated for each of those school districts that form the new school district or cooperative high school. Provides that whichever grant index is the highest shall be used as the grant index for the newly consolidated school district or approved cooperative high school. Amends the priority of school construction projects by adding 2 additional categories of capital needs and reordering the priority of the remaining categories of capital needs. Makes a related change. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB457 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM; REP. KEVIN OLICKAL) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, including funding for any administrative costs reasonably incurred by the State Board of Education, upon the execution of one or more required statewide master contracts entered by the State Board of Education and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education shall notify school districts of any prepackaged meal options, including, but not limited to, halal and kosher food options, available for purchase under a statewide master contract for the upcoming school year. Requires the State Board to enter into one or more statewide master contracts to purchase religious dietary food options, and sets forth provisions concerning the contracts. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that the University of Illinois Hospital shall offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Amends the Halal Food Act. Provides that any halal food product offered by a State-owned or State-operated facility shall be purchased from a halal-certified vendor; defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor is subject to penalties under the Act. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Defines "kosher". Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food products at State facilities. Provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food products is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Amends the Facilities Article of the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any Department of Corrections facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale shall also offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Provides that nothing in providing religious dietary food options is intended to expand any Department of Corrections facility's obligations beyond that required under federal law. Contains a severability clause. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 3/21/2025 - Effective Date March 21, 2025
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| SB990 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN; REP. KELLY BURKE) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. In the provisions concerning the sale of school sites, buildings, or other real estate, provides that if a school board decides to sell property under these provisions or direct the property to be sold in the manner provided in the Local Government Property Transfer Act or in the manner provided under the provisions or engage a broker, the school board shall obtain a minimum of 3 appraisals of the property at the property's current zoning. Provides that the appraisals shall be conducted by a appraiser certified by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that if a school board decides to sell property under the provisions or direct the property to be sold in the manner provided in the Local Government Property Transfer Act or in the manner provided under the provisions or engage a broker, the school board shall offer the municipality, township, and park district in which the property is located the option to purchase the property being sold at the property's median appraised value from the required 3 appraisals before the property is otherwise offered for sale. Provides that a municipality, township, or park district that purchases property may do so with other units of local government. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1233 | SCH CD-RETIREMENT PLANS (SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN; REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the School Code. Provides that a financial institution or investment provider, by entering into a written agreement, may offer or provide services to a plan established or maintained by a school district with an enrollment of at least 1,000 students under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if the written agreement is not combined with any other written agreement for the administration of a school district's 457 plan. Provides that each school district that provides a 457 plan shall make available to participants at least 4 financial institutions or investment providers that have not entered into a written agreement and that provide services to the school district's 457 plan. Sets forth requirements for a financial institution or investment provider providing services for a 457 plan.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the provisions apply to school districts with a full-time, licensed teacher population of 525 teachers or more (instead of with an enrollment of at least 1,000 students). Provides that each school district that provides a 457 plan shall make available to participants a minimum of one financial institution or investment provider (instead of at least 4 financial institutions or investment providers). Provides that a school district shall have one year from the effective date of the amendatory Act to find a 457 plan provider. Makes conforming changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the amendatory provisions do not apply to the Chicago school district. Provides that the amendatory provisions apply to a school district with a population of 575 or more teachers that maintain a 457 plan, including a plan established under provisions of the Illinois Pension Code concerning an optional defined contribution benefit. Provides that every applicable school district shall make available to participants more than one financial institution or investment provider to provide services to the school district's 457 plan. Provides that a financial institution or investment provider, by entering into a written agreement, may offer or provide services to a plan offered, established, or maintained by a school district (instead of established or maintained by a school district). Provides that each school district that offers (instead of provides) a 457 plan shall make available to participants more than one financial institution or investment provider that has not entered into a written agreement to provide administration services and that provides services to a 457 plan offered to school districts (instead of that has not entered into a written agreement and that provides services to the school district's 457 plan). Provides that a financial institution or investment provider shall cover all plan administration costs relating to the administration of the 457 plan (instead of relating to the 457 plan). Provides that nothing in the amendatory provisions shall apply to or impact the optional defined contribution benefit established by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois under the Illinois Pension Code. Sets forth provisions regarding sharing data. Makes grammatical and typographical corrections.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the amendatory provisions do not apply to the Chicago school district. Provides that the amendatory provisions apply to a school district with a population of 575 or more teachers that maintain a 457 plan, including a plan established under provisions of the Illinois Pension Code concerning an optional defined contribution benefit. Provides that every applicable school district shall make available to participants more than one financial institution or investment provider to provide services to the school district's 457 plan. Provides that a financial institution or investment provider, by entering into a written agreement, may offer or provide services to a plan offered, established, or maintained by a school district (instead of established or maintained by a school district). Provides that each school district that offers (instead of provides) a 457 plan shall make available to participants more than one financial institution or investment provider that has not entered into a written agreement to provide administration services and that provides services to a 457 plan offered to school districts (instead of that has not entered into a written agreement and that provides services to the school district's 457 plan). Provides that a financial institution or investment provider shall cover all plan administration costs relating to the administration of the 457 plan (instead of relating to the 457 plan). Provides that nothing in the amendatory provisions shall apply to or impact the optional defined contribution benefit established by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois under the Illinois Pension Code. Sets forth provisions regarding sharing plan data. Makes grammatical and typographical corrections. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1285 | PEN CD-TRS-SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions that limit the number of days and hours an annuitant may accept employment for without impairing retirement status, provides that the limitation does not apply to an annuitant who returns to teaching as a substitute teacher in a school district that has been granted a waiver by the System. Provides that a school district may apply for a waiver by providing to the System sufficient evidence that there is a substitute teacher shortage in the school district and an estimate of the number of paid hours in the school year that the annuitant will work. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1286 | EDUC-MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCT (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (instead of shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1304 | MUNI CD-TIF SURPLUS FUNDS (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that all surplus funds in the special tax allocation fund shall be distributed as soon as possible after they are calculated (rather than distributed annually within 180 days after the close of the municipality's fiscal year). |
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| SB1350 | REVENUE-MEGA PROJECTS (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a mega project. Provides that a "mega project" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the mega project property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that mega project property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a mega project shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a mega project is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2023. |
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| SB1391 | TIF/REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Modifies factors used by a municipality to determine if an area is a blighted area or a conservation area to be included in the area of a redevelopment project area when establishing the area. Provides that a new redevelopment project area shall have a completion date no later than December 31st of the 20th year after the ordinance was adopted (rather than the 23rd year), and provides that the redevelopment project area may be extended, with the approval of each member of the joint review board, only 2 additional years (rather than extended to the 35th year and extended again to the 47th year). Provides that a municipality may not approve redevelopment project areas or expansions of redevelopment project areas that overlap with an existing redevelopment project area. Provides that 10% of moneys deposited into the special tax allocation fund shall be transferred to the local chamber of commerce or chambers of commerce representing the redevelopment project area for the chamber or chambers of commerce to use for grants to businesses that employee fewer than 50 full-time employees if the business moves within the redevelopment project area. Provides that moneys transferred to a chamber of commerce not used or pledged within one year of transfer of the moneys shall be returned to the municipality and are designated surplus funds of the redevelopment project area. Adds nonvoting members to joint review boards. Provides that, if a school district or community college district does not approve of the creation of a redevelopment project area, then the portion of the taxes attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation which would be payable to the nonconsenting district shall be paid to that district. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1400 | SCH CD-STUDENT DISCIPLINE (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD; REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning student discipline policies, provides that the State Board of Education shall draft and publish model policy guidelines for the development of reciprocal reporting systems and school bus safety protocols and for evidence-based early intervention procedures. In provisions concerning the suspension or expulsion of students, makes changes concerning a student's gross disobedience or misconduct posing an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or school personnel, when school exclusions should be used, the number and duration of expulsions and suspensions, the implementation of proactive evidence-based interventions that improve behavioral outcomes for all students, non-exclusionary discipline, out-of-school suspensions of 3 days or less, model policy guidelines for the re-engagement of students, professional development, and the removal of children with disabilities who violate the student discipline policies from their current placement. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Restores current law with respect to annually reviewing discipline policies. Requires the State Board of Education to consult with stakeholders in its drafted and published guidance, and requires the guidance to be drafted and published on or before July 1, 2025. Changes certain references from "early intervention" to "intervention". Makes changes concerning suspensions, school exclusions, and disciplinary removals to alternative schools. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1409 | HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES-SCHOOLS (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Provides that local emergency response planning officials, in consultation with the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), shall partner with school districts in their regions to disseminate information pertaining to safety threats related to the storage and transport of hazardous substances, including petroleum oil and high-hazard flammable trains (HHFTs), to the parents of attending students, faculty and staff, and schools at risk of being negatively impacted by storage facilities of such hazardous substances or the transport of such hazardous substances. Requires the SERC to perform specified tasks. Provides that the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall have joint rulemaking authority to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Contains other provisions. |
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| SB1439 | INC TX-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS (SEN. PAUL FARACI) Amends the Illinois income Tax Act. Provides that, for purposes of the tax credit for instructional materials and supplies, the term "qualified school" also includes public institutions of higher education. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1470 | SCH CD-REMOTE LEARNING DAY (SEN. THOMAS BENNETT; REP. MICHAEL MARRON) Amends the School Code. Allows a school district to utilize a remote learning day in lieu of an emergency day provided for in the school calendar or because a school was selected as a polling place. Provides that the number of remote learning days used in a school year may not exceed 5 days and the district superintendent must approve a remote learning plan for the district before the district may utilize a remote learning day. Sets forth what the plan must address, the term of approval, and how the plan must be posted. Sets forth district requirements. Allows statutory and regulatory curricular mandates and offerings to be administered via remote learning, allows for electronic communication for instruction and interaction between educators and students, and provides for rulemaking. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that before the district superintendent adopts a remote learning plan, the school board must hold a public hearing on the school district's initial proposal for a remote learning plan or for renewal of the remote learning plan at a regular or special meeting of the school board, at which meeting the terms of the proposal or renewal must be substantially presented and an opportunity for allowing public comments must be provided. Makes typographical and grammatical changes regarding provisions concerning payment to contractors providing educational support services. Effective July 1, 2023. |
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| SB1473 | SCH CD-STATE ADMINISTRATION (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the School Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the State Board of Education shall administer all public schools in this State instead of school districts, and each school district shall remit to the State Board an amount of money sufficient to administer the district's schools. Provides that any amount in taxes levied by the school district in excess of the amount required to be remitted to the State Board shall be returned to the district's taxpayers. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, all public school teachers in this State are State employees instead of school district employees. Provides that, for the 2024-2025 school year, the starting salary for public school teachers serving on a full-time basis shall be $45,000, and, for each school year thereafter, the starting salary shall equal the starting salary for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to one-half of the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. |
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| SB1528 | PEN CD-TRS-RE-EMPLOYMENT (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that during the period between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2024 (instead of June 30, 2022) an additional 20 paid days or 100 paid hours shall be added to a provision that authorizes an annuitant to accept employment for a certain number of paid days or paid hours as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status. Removes a reference to the substitute teacher shortage being exacerbated by the ongoing global pandemic. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1628 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH ABSENCE (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding the compulsory school age, provides that a child whose absence is excused for up to 5 days for a mental or behavioral health reason shall be designated as taking a mental health day, which shall be equivalent to a day of compulsory attendance for purposes of reporting and calculating the child's absenteeism rate for the school year. In provisions concerning chronic absenteeism reporting and support, provides that the definition of "student" does not mean a student who is not present at school for up to 5 days for mental or behavioral health reasons. |
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| SB1647 | PENCD-TRS-DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision that requires the System to automatically enroll certain employees in the System's defined contribution benefit, provides an exception for employees whose school district provides an alternative qualifying plan. Provides that the alternative qualifying plan shall abide by the automatic enrollment procedures and automatic increase in contribution provisions applicable to the System's defined contribution benefit. Sets forth additional requirements for alternative qualifying plans. Requires a school district that has an alternative qualifying to file a letter of compliance, passed by resolution of the school board, with the System. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1659 | SCH CD-BIO-RESTROOM ACCESS (SEN. ANDREW CHESNEY) Amends the School Code. Provides that school districts may regulate and restrict access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places on the basis of biological sex and may also adopt a policy that provides for gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, staff, and members of the public, as the school district deems appropriate. Provides that school districts are not required to: (1) adopt a policy that restricts or regulates access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places on the basis of biological sex; (2) adopt a policy that includes the facilitation of gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, staff, and members of the public; (3) limit access by a minor accompanied by an adult guardian of the opposite sex into a specified facility appropriate for the adult guardian; (4) prohibit a person with disabilities from using a specified facility appropriate to the biological sex of either the person with disabilities or of an adult caretaker providing assistance; (5) prohibit access to these facilities by custodial staff, school staff, or other persons in an emergency situation; or (6) alter their current policies on access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places. |
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| SB1680 | TIF-DEVELOPER LOT INITIAL EAV (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if (1) 3 or more improved lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of real property within a single redevelopment project area are purchased by a developer or a developer's parent company or wholly-owned subsidiary, or any combination thereof, within the 3 years prior to the date that the ordinance providing for the tax increment allocation was adopted by the municipality, and (2) an improvement on any of the lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of real property is demolished or otherwise rendered uninhabitable, then the initial equalized assessed value for the lot, block, tract or parcel of real property shall be the equalized assessed value of the lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property on the date it was purchased by the developer, the developer's parent company, or the developer's wholly-owned subsidiary or purchased by any combination thereof. Limits the provisions to ordinances adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1681 | TIF-INITIAL & TOTAL EAV (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if a county clerk determines that any lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within a redevelopment project area is not taxable or has an initial equalized assessed value of $0, then the fair market value of the lot, block, tract, or parcel shall be instead determined by a written MAI-certified appraisal or by a written certified appraisal of a State-certified or State-licensed real estate appraiser. Provides that this reappraisal shall be the initial equalized assessed value of the lot, block, tract, or parcel and shall be added to the total initial equalized assessed value of the taxable real property within the redevelopment project area. Limits the provisions to tax increment allocation financing ordinances adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act. |
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| SB1685 | SCH CD-COMPLETION RATES (SEN. LAURA MURPHY; REP. TERRA COSTA HOWARD) Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Supporting Special Needs Students Law. Amends the School Code. When computing certain completion rates, requires the State Superintendent of Education to exclude students who: are at least 18 years of age as of September 1 of the school year as reported for the fall semester and have satisfied the credit requirements for high school graduation; have not completed their individualized education program; and are enrolled and receiving individualized education program services. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, in high school districts in counties with populations greater than 800,000 but less than 4,000,000 where there are 2 high schools individually serving grades 9 through 12 and where enrollment is less than 2,500 at any school, enrollment shall be balanced across high schools within the district equally, not to exceed a 15% enrollment difference when averaged over the previous 3 consecutive years.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Removes the provisions amending the Section of the School Code concerning standards for schools. |
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| SB1686 | INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLET-SPEC ED (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Requires an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State to allow a student for whom it is determined that special education services are needed under the School Code to participate in interscholastic athletics and other forms of athletic competition for as long as the student is eligible for such special education services, which, for purposes of the School Code, means through the day before the student's 22nd birthday. |
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| SB1727 | SCH CD-TECHNICAL SKILLS PROGRM (SEN. JAVIER CERVANTES) Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a program aimed at facilitating education in advanced manufacturing technical skills. Provides that the program shall be implemented in no less than 12 public high schools, over the span of 3 years, where the youth unemployment rate is at least twice the national average. Specifies program requirements. Provides that the State Board shall ensure that each high school participating in the program has adequate funding for at least one industry coordinator, tutoring, pre-employment and on-the-job mentoring, professional and leadership development, and life and financial management instruction. Provides that the State Board shall use a program provider to help design, build, and accredit the training program. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1786 | SCH CD-ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER; REP. AMY ELIK) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that any task force, study committee, blue ribbon panel, commission, or organization created or appointed by the State Board of Education or the State Superintendent of Education after the effective date of the amendatory Act, including one created by the State Board of Education or one mandated by the Governor or General Assembly, shall include representatives that reflect the racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State, including representatives of rural, suburban, and urban areas. |
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| SB1798 | SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION GRANTS (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Construction Law. Provides that the eligibility standards for school construction project grants shall not include minimum enrollment requirements (instead of including minimum enrollment requirements for eligibility for school construction project grants of 200 students for elementary districts, 200 students for high school districts, and 400 students for unit districts). Removes provisions concerning the total enrollment of member districts forming a cooperative high school. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1799 | STUDENT TRANSPORT-ACTIVITIES (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Allows the use of a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) that is manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including the driver, or a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including the driver, for the transportation of students in any of grades 9 through 12 or who attends an alternative education program operated by a regional office of education for any curriculum-related activity (other than for transportation to and from home on regular bus routes) if the driver (i) holds a minimum of a valid driver's license and (ii) is an employee or contractual employee of the school district or alternative education program or of a third-party contractor (rather than allowing the use of an MFSAB for transporting students in grades 9 through 12 only if the driver holds a valid school bus driver permit). Makes a conforming change to the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1905 | MUNI-TIF-BLIGHTED HOMES (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that "redevelopment project costs" include the costs of demolishing buildings, site preparation, or site improvements of a dilapidated or vacant parcel zoned for residential use or costs of reconstruction, repair, remodeling, or new construction of a single-family residence on a dilapidated or vacant parcel zoned for residential use. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a municipality, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by majority vote of its corporate authorities, may order the county clerk to abate, for 20 years, the portion of the taxes levied upon an improved parcel of real property that is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of the parcel over and above the equalized assessed valuation of the parcel immediately before the demolition of the dilapidated structure on the parcel. Provides that "improved parcel of real property" means a parcel where redevelopment project costs have been used by the municipality for the construction of a new single-family residence on a parcel zoned for residential use after demolition or removal of a dilapidated structure from that parcel. Provides that an abatement approved under the provisions shall be extended to all subsequent owners of the improved parcel of real property during the abatement period. |
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| SB1931 | SCH BREAKFAST/LUNCH-REIMBURSE (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall reimburse not less than the actual cost to school boards for each free lunch or breakfast supplied by them (instead of reimbursing school boards $0.15 or the actual cost, whichever is less, for each free lunch or breakfast), taking into consideration (rather than being in addition to) any federal contributions. |
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| SB1995 | SCH CD-SCH SHARE TABLE PROGRAM (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement a School Share Table Program, including guidelines for the use of share tables in schools for kindergarten through grade 12; defines "share tables". Provides that the Program shall be implemented as a part of any school-based child nutrition program administered by the State Board. Requires the guidelines for the use of share tables to be made available on the website of the State Board on or before January 1, 2024. Requires the use of share tables to comply with any applicable local and State health and food safety requirements. Provides for the adoption of rules. Effective immediately. |
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| SB2006 | SCH CD-MINIMUM FUNDING LEVEL (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the evidence-based funding provisions of the School Code. Provides that the Minimum Funding Level is equal to $550,000,000 (instead of $350,000,000). Effective July 1, 2023. |
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| SB2022 | SCHOOLS-FOOD-SCOVILLE SCALE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no person shall bring a food product with a Scoville rating of 100,000 SHUs or higher onto school property. Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a food is misbranded if it contains a food product with a Scoville rating of 100,000 SHUs or higher without its labeling stating that the food product has a Scoville rating of at least 100,000 SHUs. |
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| SB2040 | HIGHER ED-MINORITY TEACHERS (SEN. NATALIE TORO) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Provides that any money appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for scholarship awards for a particular academic year that remains unused at the end of that academic year shall be deposited into the Student Teaching Fund. Requires the Commission to establish and administer a student teaching stipend program in which the Commission receives and considers applications for a stipend from scholarship recipients who are student teaching. Subject to appropriation from the Student Teaching Fund, provides that the Commission shall select stipend recipients from among applicants who are in financial need. Provides that the amount and payment of any stipend shall be determined by the Commission, and provides for rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Student Teaching Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. |
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| SB2052 | SCH CD-MINIMUM EMPLOYEE SALARY (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing the salaries of employees, a school board or the governing board of a joint agreement shall pay to employees an hourly rate of not less than (i) $20 for the 2024-2025 school year, (ii) $21 for the 2025-2026 school year, and (iii) $22 for the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each school year thereafter shall equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. Provides that "employee" means any employee of a school district or joint agreement who provides educational support services to the district or joint agreement, including, but not limited to, custodial employees, transportation employees, food service providers, classroom assistants, administrative staff, or paraprofessional educators. Provides that an employee's salary shall include any amount paid by the school district or joint agreement on behalf of the employee, as employee contributions, to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Effective immediately. |
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| SB2132 | SCH CD-FFH/4H ABSENCES (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the Pupils Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding compulsory school age, provides that a student absent from a school in which the student is regularly enrolled shall be considered as being in attendance if the reason for such absence is to participate in scheduled Future Farmers of America Organization and 4-H programs as part of organized competitions or exhibitions. Provides that the student and parent or legal guardian shall be responsible for obtaining assignments missed while the student was participating in such an activity from the student's teacher. |
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| SB2154 | VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all school buses that are newly purchased, leased, or contracted after January 1, 2028, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students operating primarily within an equity investment eligible community or primarily serving students living in an equity investment eligible community after January 1, 2030, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students in the State after January 1, 2035, shall be an electric vehicle. Effective immediately. |
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| SB2198 | SCH CD-CONSTITUTION DAY (SEN. ERICA HARRISS) Amends the School Code. Provides that Constitution Day (September 17) shall also be a commemorative holiday. Effective July 1, 2023. |
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| SB2203 | REVENUE-VARIOUS (SEN. CRAIG WILCOX) Amends the State Mandates Act. Provides that any State mandate regarding any subject matter enacted on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act that necessitates additional expenditures from local government revenues shall be void and unenforceable unless the General Assembly makes necessary appropriations and reimbursements to implement that mandate. Provides that the failure of the General Assembly to make necessary appropriations and reimbursements shall relieve the local government of the obligation to implement any State mandate. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Provides that the extension limitation shall be: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the immediately preceding 10 years; or (b) the rate of increase approved by the voters. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases distributions into the Local Government Distributive Fund on and after August 1, 2022. Effective immediately. |
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| SB2209 | CHILD HUNGER-BREAKFAST GRANT (SEN. CHRISTOPHER BELT) Amends the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award grants of up to $5,000 per school site on a competitive basis to eligible school districts, regional superintendents of schools, or entities approved by the State Board of Education for nonrecurring expenses incurred in initiating a school breakfast after the bell program. Sets forth what the grants may be used for and who gets preference for a grant. |
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| SB2222 | EDUC-SCH SOCIAL WORKER GRANT (SEN. LAURA FINE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, all internships for school social workers must be paid internships. Provides that subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to school districts to assist in the funding of these paid internships. Provides that the State Board of Education shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that higher priority shall be given to schools that demonstrate a shortage of school social workers, which is determined by the average ratio of school social workers to students in the target school district over the preceding 3 school years. Provides that the State Board of Education shall produce an annual report on the program. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education, shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to colleges or universities in the State to fund field placements for social workers. Provides that Subject to appropriation, colleges and universities shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that colleges and universities, upon receiving funding, shall provide applications to students eligible for this funding. Provides that the college or university shall give priority to applicants who are a member of a racial minority. Provides that each college or university that receives funds shall provide an annual report to the State Board of Higher Education, and the Board of Higher Education shall publish those reports on the State Board's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2225 | CLASSROOMS FIRST COMMISSION (SEN. SUZANNE GLOWIAK HILTON) Creates the Classrooms First Commission. Provides for the membership and support of the Commission. Requires the Commission to make recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the electorate on the number of school districts in this State and where reorganization and realignment of school districts into unit districts would be beneficial. Sets forth what areas the recommendations must focus on, including drafting recommendations to reduce the statewide total number of school districts through the reorganization of school districts into unit districts. Provides that, on or before May 1, 2024, the Commission must vote on its recommendations and file a report with the Governor and the General Assembly. Provides that if the Commission adopts the recommendations by an affirmative vote of at least 13 of its members, then the Commission's specific recommendations for reorganization of school districts into unit districts shall be filed with the appropriate regional superintendent of schools. Sets forth the regional superintendent's and State Superintendent of Education's duties with respect to the recommendations. Repeals these provisions on January 31, 2026. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2235 | STU DIABETES-GLUCAGON SUPPLY (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Care of Students with Diabetes Act. Provides that a school shall maintain a supply of glucagon in any secure location that is immediately accessible to a school nurse or a delegated care aide if a student diagnosed with diabetes attends the school. Provides that schools shall obtain a prescription for glucagon, even if the school is not required to maintain the glucagon. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2236 | SCH CD-SHORT-TERM SUB TEACHER (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL; REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Removes the repeal date for the short-term substitute teacher training program. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning short-term substitute teacher licenses, removes the June 30, 2023 expiration date for issuing short-term substitute teacher licenses. Removes the licensing fees for short-term substitute teacher, substitute teaching, and professional teaching licenses. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2238 | SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS & NURSES (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must employ a sufficient number of school psychologists and school nurses to address the needs of the school district's students and schools, but no less than a student-to-social worker and student-to-nurse ratio of 750 to 1. For school nurses, provides that consideration for school nurse staffing should include the complex health needs of students, needs for continuous professional nursing services, the number of free and reduced lunch students in a school building, and the average number of medical emergencies at a school per year. Effective June 30, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2239 | SCH CD-STUDENT DISCIPLINE (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that, when expelling a student, the board shall notify the parents of the nature of the hearing and the option of retaining legal counsel. Provides that, when the suspension period is over, the pupil may return to school. Provides that for a pupil suspended due to gross disobedience or misconduct on a school bus, a written decision about whether the student can use a school bus shall be made within 15 days of the incident. Provides that a school shall offer written demonstration of remediation efforts excluding out of school suspensions. Provides that schools shall use data to track whether significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity is occurring both in the State and in the district with respect to the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary removals from placement, including suspensions and expulsions. Provides that, if it is determined that significant disproportionality is occurring, the school shall provide that determination for annual review and, if appropriate, revision of the policies, practices, and procedures used in disciplinary removals to ensure that the policies, practices, and procedures comply with the district's equity requirements. Provides that notice of suspension shall also include other evidence-based alternatives to suspension. provides that when a student is suspended for more than 4 days, that options for automatically placing the student in an e-learning program or distance learning program through written materials if (1) the removal is for more than 5 consecutive school days; or (2) the child has been subjected to a series of removals that constitute a pattern, because the series of removals total more than 10 school days in a school year, because the child's behavior is substantially similar to the child's behavior in previous incidents that resulted in the series of removals, and the effects of additional factors such as the length of each removal, the total amount of time the child has been removed, and the proximity of the removals to one another shall be included. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2244 | SCH CD-READ BLOCK GRANT PROGRM (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the School Code. With respect to the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, removes language that provides that the State Board of Education may distribute an amount not to exceed 2% of the moneys appropriated for the Program for the purpose of providing teacher training and re-training in the teaching of reading. Provides that if the appropriation for the Program for a given fiscal year is less than $15,000,000, then the State Board shall limit eligibility to certain school districts and shall impose additional eligibility criteria to limit the number of approved applicants to a cohort sufficient for each selected district to provide adequate training and ongoing coaching support to each teacher of students in grades K through 2 and special education teachers and evidence-based curriculum investments. Removes language that provides that programs provided with grant funds shall not replace quality classroom reading instruction. Provides that Program funds may be used for grades K through 6 to provide both evidence-based, high-quality core literacy curriculum materials that consider the unique needs of English learners for concurrent oral language practice and high-quality screening assessments designed to inform instruction in English language arts and literacy for students (instead of classroom reading materials for students). Sets forth other provisions concerning if the appropriation is less than $15,000,000 or is at least $15,000,000. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2252 | CHILD HUNGER-BREAKFAST GRANT (SEN. CHRISTOPHER BELT) Amends the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that for all schools operating a school breakfast program, the State Board of Education shall collect information about whether the school is operating a breakfast after the bell program and, if so, what breakfast after the bell model the school operates, including breakfast in the classroom, second chance breakfast, and grab and go breakfast. Provides that the State Board of Education shall make this data publicly available annually. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award grants of up to $7,000 per school site on a competitive basis to eligible schools, school districts, or entities approved by the State Board of Education for nonrecurring expenses incurred in initiating a school breakfast after the bell program. Sets forth what the grants may be used for and who gets preference for a grant. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2256 | STUDENT ONLINE PERSONAL PROT (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Provides that "covered information" does not include de-identified or aggregate information from which all personally identifiable information of a student has been removed. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the covered information restrictions shall be included as part of the operator's terms of service agreement, privacy policy, or similar document (instead of requiring that an operator enter into a written agreement with the school, school district, or State Board before the covered information may be transferred) Removes provisions requiring that if the school maintains a website, a the operator shall provide a statement that the school must publish the written agreement on the school's website. Makes related changes. Provides that a statement that the operator will implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices that otherwise meet or exceed industry standards designed to protect covered information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure Provides that the business address of the operator and a link to the terms of service agreement, privacy policy, or similar document shall be provided. Provides that de-identified or aggregate information from which all personally identifiable information of a student has been removed are not prohibited for an operator to use. Removes restrictions prohibiting a school from sharing, transferring, disclosing, or providing access to a students covered information to an entity of individual. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2286 | SCH CD-CARDIAC ARREST EXAM (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that a screening to determine risk of cardiac arrest shall be included in the required health examination. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2300 | GENERAL ELECTION DAY (SEN. JULIE MORRISON) Amends the Election Code. Provides that the date of the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even years (rather than November 8, 2022) shall be a State holiday known as General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the State. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code, School Code, and State Universities Civil Service Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2333 | CONCEALED CARRY-SCHOOLS (SEN. TERRI BRYANT) Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the school board of a school district of a public elementary or secondary school or a non-public elementary or secondary school may develop a policy to permit the carrying of a firearm by an employee of the school, licensed under the Act, in any building or on any real property or parking area under the control of the public or non-public elementary or secondary school. Provides that the policy must contain safe storage provisions for the firearm. Those provisions must include securing the firearm in a locked box or container that cannot be accessed by students. Changes "private" elementary or secondary school references in the Act to "non-public" elementary or secondary school. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2349 | SCH CD-GRANTS-CULT/ADV (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a grant program to support cultural and language immersion programs, gifted and talented programs, and advanced placement programs. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop and administer an application program for schools to apply for grant funds. Provides that, to receive grant funds, schools must: (1) ensure that any student can apply to any school in the school district with restrictive admission procedures; and (2) provide transportation to each student in the school district to the school the student attends. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2350 | SCH CD-TEACHER PAY (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the School Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, all teachers shall be paid based on the federal General Schedule classification at the GS-9 level. Provides that if the teacher's base salary does not exceed $45,000, then the teacher shall be paid starting at $45,000. Provides that if the increase in the salary from the federal GS-9 level has not exceeded the starting salary for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to one-half of the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year, the teacher's salary shall increase by a percentage equal to one-half of the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items. Provides that public school teachers shall be paid for any time spent taking a continuing education course. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2396 | SCHCD-MANDATE REVIEW COMMITTEE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to create a Committee on Mandate Review. Provides that the purpose of the committee is to complete a statewide review of State mandates on school districts. Sets forth the membership of the committee. Contains provisions concerning meetings, administrative support, and reporting. Repeals these provisions on December 31, 2025. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2577 | SCH SAFETY-CRISIS MAPPING DATA (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, a public school may obtain crisis response mapping data and provide copies of the crisis response mapping data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. Provides that the crisis response mapping data shall be stored and provided in an electronic or digital format to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at the school. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall provide grants to public schools to cover the costs incurred in obtaining crisis response mapping data. Sets forth requirements for the crisis response mapping data. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the crisis response mapping data may be reviewed annually to update the data as necessary. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2627 | SCH CD-MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of Illinois Pension Code. Specifies that the provision that requires an employer to make an additional contribution to the System for certain salary increases greater than 6% excludes salary increases necessary to bring a school board in compliance with the changes to the minimum salary provisions of the School Code under the amendatory Act. Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the minimum salary, provides that the minimum salary shall be $50,000 for the 2024-2025 school year, $55,000 for the 2025-2026 school year, and $60,000 for the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall certify and publish the minimum salary rate to be used for the 2027-2028 school year (rather than for the 2024-2025 school year) no later than September 30, 2026 (rather than September 30, 2023); makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2675 | SCH CONSTRUCT-EARLY CHLD GRANT (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM; REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning early childhood construction grants, removes a provision that specifies that grants made in fiscal year 2024 may be made only to public school districts. Provides that a not-for-profit early childhood entity that rents or leases from another not-for-profit entity shall be considered an eligible entity. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the Capital Development Board may adopt rules to specify additional eligibility requirements for each type of applicant for early childhood construction grants. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Effective Date August 2, 2024
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| SB2689 | SCH CD-MONTESSORI EDUC LICENSE (SEN. ROBERT PETERS; REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. By June 1, 2025, requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, to establish, by rule, a Montessori education endorsement to be added to a Professional Educator License. Requires the rules adopted by the State Board of Education to outline the requirements for obtaining the endorsement. Provides that these provisions are inoperative on and after January 1, 2026. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2696 | VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS-SEAT BELTS (SEN. JULIE MORRISON) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall not operate a Type I or Type II school bus manufactured after the effective date of the bill unless the bus is equipped with a set of 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system in good operating condition for each passenger seat and a rooftop safety hatch. Provides that, on or after January 1, 2028, all newly purchased school buses shall be equipped with 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system in good operating condition for each passenger. Provides that the provision shall not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of the State. Provides that nothing in the provision shall make a school district or a school bus company liable for a passenger's failure to properly adjust or fasten a seat belt or other restraint system. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2733 | SCH CD-SCH CONSTRCT REFERENDUM (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions requiring referendum approval to build or purchase a school building, provides that for any school district: (i) that is designated as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school district under the evidence-based funding provisions of the Code, (ii) with at least one school that is located on federal property, (iii) whose overall student population is no more than 4,500 students and no less than 2,500 students, and (iv) that receives a federal Public Schools on Military Installations grant until June 30, 2030, no referendum shall be required if at least 75% of the cost of construction or building of any such building is paid or will be paid with funds received or expected to be received from the Public Schools on Military Installations grant. Provides that the school board must hold at least 2 public hearings, the sole purpose of which shall be to discuss the decision to construct a school building and to receive input from those community members in attendance. Provides that the notice of each public hearing that sets forth the time, date, place, and description of the school construction project must be provided at least 10 days prior to the hearing by publication on the school district's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2754 | SCH CD-MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEE (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall pay one-half of the salary of an employee that is employed by a manufacturing company and working within a school district at a high school as a licensed career and technical education teacher. Provides that the school board of a school district that intends to hire a manufacturing employee shall first notify any labor organization that has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the school district of the school board's intent to hire such an employee. Provides that if there are eligible employees in the applicable bargaining unit, then the school board shall offer to hire an employee who is a member of the applicable bargaining unit. Provides that if there are no eligible employees in the applicable bargaining unit, then the labor organization shall notify the school district and affirm that the position is unable to be filled by any members of the applicable bargaining unit. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2755 | SCH CD-ADV MANUFACTURING EDUC (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall create and maintain a comprehensive training program in advanced manufacturing to ensure an adequate supply of trained and skilled individuals to work in advanced manufacturing and to ensure appropriate representation of racial and ethnic groups in all phases of the industry. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop the program to be taught as part of the curriculum of the public school system from grades kindergarten through 12 and made readily available to all school districts. Provides that school districts may include programs in education in advanced manufacturing as a part of the curriculum of those districts. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to implement these provisions. Provides that the rules may not create any new State mandates on school districts as a condition of districts receiving federal, State, or local funds. Provides that the State Board of Education shall assume responsibility for the administration of the program throughout all school districts, as well as developing the program to match the requirements and mandates of federal programming. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2776 | HIGHER ED-MINORITY TEACHERS (SEN. NATALIE TORO) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish and administer a student teaching stipend program. Subject to appropriation, requires the Commission to receive and consider applications for additional funds from recipients of scholarships who are student teaching. Provides that the Commission shall select stipend recipients from among applicants who are in financial need. Provides that certain recipients may receive an additional payment for other expenses during the year in which the recipient is engaged in student teaching. Provides for rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2788 | CHILD ABUSE REPORTS TO SCHOOL (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN; REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter (rather than a copy of the Unit's final finding report) to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Provides that if an indicated finding is overturned in an appeal or hearing, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request that the notification letter (rather than final finding report) be purged from the student's record, and the school shall purge the notification letter (rather than final finding report) from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. Requires the notification letter to provide the date of expungement from the central register. Removes a provision requiring all reports made by mandated reporters to be confirmed in writing to the appropriate Child Protective Service Unit within 48 hours of any initial report. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB2824 | SCH CD-NONRESIDENT PUPIL-WAIVE (SEN. STEVE MCCLURE; REP. CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSMEYER) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning residency and the payment of tuition, provides that a child who has been removed from the child's parent or guardian by the Department of Children and Family Services as part of a safety plan shall not be charged tuition as a nonresident pupil if the foster parent, childcare facility, relative caregiver, or non-custodial parent is located in a school district other than the child's former school district and it is in the child's best interest to maintain attendance at the child's former school district.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Specifies that when placing the child in a school district other than the child's former school district, the Department of Children and Family Services may make the placement decision when it is in the child's best interest to maintain attendance at the child's former school district or at a school district the child would have attended if the child was not removed from the child's parent or guardian by the Department of Children and Family Services. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB2838 | HIGHER ED-DUAL CREDIT COURSES (SEN. SALLY TURNER) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that scholarships awarded under the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program may be granted to individuals employed as teachers who agree to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses at a secondary school. Provides that for any individual receiving a scholarship to teach dual credit courses, following the completion of the program of study, the individual must teach at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary school in this State for a period of at least 5 years. Provides that individuals who fail to comply shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, whether payments were made directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by the scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded. Provides that no individual may be required to refund tuition payments if his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary school is the result of financial conditions within school districts. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2857 | REVENUE-MEGAPROJECTS (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as containing a megaproject. Provides that a "megaproject" is a project that meets certain investment and job creation specifications. Provides that the megaproject property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that megaproject property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a megaproject shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located and other local taxing districts to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or development of a megaproject is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2861 | SCH CD-SPIRIT RULES BOOK (SEN. JULIE MORRISON; REP. BOB MORGAN) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that has, as one of its purposes, promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall adopt the Spirit Rules Book published by the National Federation of State High School Associations or a similar document as the safety standards for student cheerleaders, spirit groups, and their coaches who participate in any school activity or extracurricular student activity sponsored or sanctioned by that association or other entity. Effective January 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB2872 | SCH CD-RELAXATION ACTIVITIES (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA; REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that each school district shall provide to students, in addition to and not substituting recess, at least once a week, relaxation activities to enhance the mental and physical health of students as part of the school day. Specifies which activities may be considered relaxation activities. Provides that a school district may partner with local community-based organizations to provide relaxation activities. Provides that these activities may take place in a physical education class, social-emotional learning class, or student-support or advisory class or as a part of another similar class, including a new class.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the relaxation activities may (instead of shall) be provided for at least 20 minutes a week (instead of at least once a week). Provides that a school district may partner with public and private community organizations (instead of local community-based organizations) to provide relaxation activities. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB2874 | SCH-MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCT (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (instead of shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2968 | DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD; REP. CAROL AMMONS) Amends the Data Governance and Organization to Support Equity and Racial Justice Act. Provides that, when the State Board of Education and specified Departments report demographic data, they shall use the same classifications as the Governor's Office of Equity, or other classifications as designated by the Governor, to develop a common set of racial and ethnic classifications for use by the Board and Department. Provides that the demographic classifications established shall be reviewed and updated as necessary every 5 years. Provides for exemptions from this reporting requirement. Provides that the Governor's Office of Equity shall establish a project implementation team to oversee the implementation of the Act. Provides that the Governor's Office of Equity or other entity as the Governor may designate shall work in conjunction with the Department of Innovation and Technology to identify and provide advice on common technological processes and procedures. Makes other changes.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that reports issued under the provisions shall be issued by October 31 of each year (rather than September 30 of each year). Provides that the Department of Human Services, under the direction of the Office of the Governor, shall establish, by rule, demographic classifications for each reporting category, including race and ethnicity, age, sex, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and primary or preferred language. Provides that the project implementation team shall include a representative from the Department of Human Services. Removes a provision concerning programs administered by the State Board of Education or specified Departments that serves and collects data from individuals younger than 18 years old or adults who are receiving services due to having been victims of domestic violence. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB3156 | SCH CD-VARIOUS (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON; REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning a comprehensive strategic plan, provides that the State Board of Education shall annually review the strategic plan, update the contents of the plan if necessary, and provide updates to the Governor and General Assembly (instead of requiring the plan to be updated and issued to the Governor and General Assembly). Makes changes concerning property tax relief pool grants and tuition for non-resident pupils. In provisions concerning hazardous materials training, provides that the State Board may identify in-service training programs to be used by school boards (instead of shall approve in-service training programs). In provisions concerning e-learning days, provides that a research-based program for e-learning days shall be verified annually before the implementation of any e-learning days in a school year (instead of requiring verification on or before September 1st annually); makes other changes. In provisions concerning school counseling services, provides that school counseling services shall (instead of may) be provided by school counselors and may be delivered through a comprehensive school counseling program; makes other changes. Makes changes concerning the reporting of firearms and drug-related incidents in schools, educator licensure, reenrolled students, and career and technical education. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Makes changes concerning threat assessment team members, and fixes a typographical error. Amends the Vocational Education Act. Makes changes regarding the Gender Equity Advisory Committee.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Makes changes concerning the data on teacher experience and education for a teacher who teaches a combination of courses. Makes changes to provisions concerning school counseling services and the reporting of firearms and drug-related incidents in schools. Makes changes regarding the membership of the Gender Equity Advisory Committee. Further amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the Expanded High School Snapshot Report, changes the name of the report to the Expanded High School Coursework Snapshot Report, specifies that the Report shall cover public high schools, and makes changes concerning when the Report shall be prepared and what the Report shall include. Allows intermediate service centers to claim evidence-based funding for students enrolled in truants' alternative and optional education programs. Provides that a regional office of education or intermediate service center that operates an alternative school program or an entity that operates an alternative learning opportunities program is entitled to evidence-based funding. Makes related changes, including removing an alternative school, safe school, and alternative learning opportunities program from the definition of "Specially Funded Unit" in the provisions concerning the evidence-based funding formula and providing for a Base Funding Minimum. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as engrossed with the following changes. Removes changes concerning alternative school programs. Makes changes to the definitions of "local capacity percentage" and "low-income count". Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Provides that the Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force shall report to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly by October 31, 2024 (rather than August 1, 2024). |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Effective Date August 2, 2024
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| SB3159 | EPA-SCHOOL BUS ZERO EMISSIONS (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Creates the Zero Emissions School Bus Funding Program Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall administer a Zero Emissions School Bus Funding Program for public schools to acquire funding to transition their school bus fleets to zero-emission fleets. Provides requirements for the Program, as well as factors for the Agency to consider in awarding funds, including demonstrating the ability to deploy the largest number of electric buses feasible, leveraging local, State, and federal funding, as well as incorporating microgrid technology. Authorities the Agency to adopt rules to implement and administer the Act. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3164 | SCH CD-ASSESSMENT RESTRICTION (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN; REP. NABEELA SYED) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning restrictions on prekindergarten through grade 2 assessments, provides that the term "diagnostic and screening purposes" includes to determine eligibility for advanced academic programs, as defined in the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB3166 | SCHOOL STUDENT RECORDS-MISC (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER; REP. SUZANNE NESS) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that the term "Student Permanent Record" may include a special education summary of performance form. Provides that representatives of the Department of Human Services, for the sole purpose of assessing waiver services qualification of a student, shall have the right to inspect and copy the student's school student permanent record. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3215 | HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to alleviate the financial burden of student teaching, to encourage students to pursue teaching careers to alleviate this State's teacher shortage, and to encourage teachers to be matched with student teachers. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible cooperating teacher a stipend of up to $2,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters per academic year, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning the distribution of funds to eligible students and eligible cooperating teachers. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible cooperating teacher from participating in the stipend program or receiving a stipend from the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning cooperating teacher training. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board, in collaboration with the State Board of Education, shall submit a report evaluating the impact of the stipend program on educator preparation programs to the General Assembly and Governor on or before June 30, 2028. Provides for rulemaking. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3229 | IEMA-SCHOOL SAFETY (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Provides that Local Emergency Planning Committees and the State Emergency Response Commission partner with schools and school districts regarding safety threats posed by storage and transport of hazardous substances near schools. Provides requirements for a comprehensive emergency response plan to go into effect. Details duties of the State Emergency Response Commission, working in consultation with Local Emergency Planning Committees and schools, with respect to planning and preparedness. Provides for rulemaking by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Directs the Illinois Emergency Response Commission and Local Emergency Response Committees to create a timeline for compliance with the requirements of the amendatory Act not to exceed 2 years. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3237 | SCH CONSTRUCT LAW-GRANT AWARDS (SEN. CHRISTOPHER BELT; REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Amends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning grant award amounts and required local matches, provides that the required local match and grant award amount are calculated by multiplying the required local match percentage and the grant award percentage by the recognized project cost, provided that, for the first application in which an applicant is funded (instead of only during the first application cycle after June 30, 2022), the amounts may be adjusted. Provides that to receive an adjustment, a school district on the 2004, 2005, or 2006 School Construction Grant List must initially apply and be approved during the first 3 application cycles after June 30, 2024. Makes a conforming change. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB3295 | SCH CD-HOLIDAYS-EMPLOYEE (SEN. LINDA HOLMES) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning holidays, provides that no deduction shall be made from the time or compensation of a school employee, including an educational support personnel employee, on account of any legal or special holiday during which time the employee is contractually employed (instead of on account of any legal or special holiday in which that employee would have otherwise been scheduled to work but for the legal or special holiday). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3349 | SCH CD-GLOBAL SCHOLAR CERT (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN; REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning State Global Scholar Certification, provides that 6 units of credit shall be required to achieve State Global Scholar Certification (instead of not specifying how many units of credit are required). Provides for global collaboration or (instead of and) dialogue. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to provide students attending schools that do not currently offer State Global Scholar Certification the opportunity to earn State Global Scholar Certification remotely beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. Sets forth what those rules shall include and other requirements. Provides that a student enrolled in a school district or nonpublic school that awarded State Global Scholar Certification prior to the 2026-2027 school year and offered a course to complete the capstone project requirement prior to the 2026-2027 school year may not earn State Global Scholar Certification remotely.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Deletes references to "units of credit". Provides that the rules that the State Board of Education is required to adopt shall include a list of all school courses and course codes derived from the State Board of Education's Illinois State Course Catalog and Illinois Virtual Course Catalog (instead of just the Illinois State Course Catalog) that are designated as and qualify as globally focused coursework. Removes the requirement that the adopted rules include a mechanism to complete the capstone project requirement as part of an online course taught by a licensed teacher. Provides for the provider (instead of a provider) of the online course determining and demonstrating that a student meets all of the criteria required to earn State Global Scholar Certification. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB3383 | ELEC CD-SCHOOL POLLING PLACE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of election commissioners may use public school buildings as polling places only if a school board or a local school council approves the use of that school. Provides that, if the county board or board of election commissioners uses all convenient and available public buildings and determines that a public school building is needed as a polling place, it shall send a written request to use the public school building to the school board or local school council. Sets forth provisions concerning the contents of the request and the response to the request. Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board or local school council shall have the power to approve or deny, in accordance with the school board or local school council's rules and policies, any request of a county board or board of election commissioners to use a school building as a polling place. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3473 | SCH CD-DIABETES INFORMATION (SEN. ELGIE SIMS; REP. NICHOLAS SMITH) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education, in coordination with the Department of Public Health, shall develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for parents and guardians of students. Provides that the informational materials shall be made available to each school district and charter school on the State Board's website. Provides that the school board of a school district and the governing body of a charter school shall make the informational materials accessible to a parent or guardian when the student is first enrolled in elementary school or in a school's student handbook on and after July 1, 2024. Sets forth what the provided information may include. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Provides that each school district and charter school shall post the informational materials on the school district's or charter school's website, if any. Removes the provision requiring that the school board of a school district and the governing body of a charter school make the informational materials accessible to the parent or guardian of a student when the student is first enrolled in elementary school or in a school's student handbook on and after July 1, 2024. Makes a conforming change. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date July 1, 2024
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| SB3511 | SCHOOL-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS (SEN. MIKE SIMMONS) Creates the Let America Read Act. Provides that an entity or an entity's staff with oversight over the books, instructional materials, or curriculum used in a public school may not refuse to approve or prohibit the use of books, instructional materials, or a curriculum, including, but not limited to, memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies, based upon the depiction of matters of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender identity, religion, or human rights activism. Provides that these provisions do not restrict an entity with oversight over the books, instructional materials, or curriculum used in a public school from imposing limitations on the access to books, instructional materials, or a curriculum based upon the age and developmental level of the students who will have access. Amends the School Code to set forth a penalty for a school district that violates the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3533 | SCH CD-ENGLISH LEARNERS-CIVICS (SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the Transitional Bilingual Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a program in transitional bilingual education shall include a unit of instruction that teaches English learners about American civics and culture. Provides that the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Advisory Council on Bilingual Education, shall establish and publish learning standards for a school district to utilize for this unit of instruction. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3553 | SCH CD-ACCELERATED PLACEMENT (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the Gifted and Talented Children and Children Eligible for Accelerated Placement Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit of instruction is required by the Code or rules adopted by the State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in the content of the course or unit of instruction. Provides that the school district shall maintain documentation of this determination of mastery or competency for each student, which must include identification of the learning standards or competencies reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student performance, the date of the determination, and identification of the district personnel involved in the determination process. Provides that a school district must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian that the student will receive a waiver. Makes a corresponding change in the Courses of Study Article of the Code. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. In provisions concerning accelerated placement, provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy shall cover a student who exceeds State standards in specified coursework (instead of meets or exceeds State standards in specified coursework). Provides that by no later than the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy shall provide the option, in the following school term, for a student to enroll in the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student meets State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered following specified requirements for specified coursework. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3571 | SCH CD-AED-AFTER HOURS (SEN. ERICA HARRISS; REP. AMY ELIK) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall require a school to have present at the school during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity at least one automated external defibrillator and one or more trained AED users. Provides that an automated external defibrillator installed and maintained in accordance with the Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act may be used to satisfy this requirement.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced, but provides that a school district shall require all attendance centers to have present during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity on school grounds at least one automated external defibrillator (instead of a school district shall require a school to have present at the school during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity at least one automated external defibrillator and one or more trained AED users). |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB3619 | SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPACT NOTE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Creates the School District Impact Note Act. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare a School District Impact Note for every bill or amendment to a bill that direct appropriation, regulates, imposes a mandate upon, or otherwise affects the provision of public education. Specifies the contents of the note and the circumstances under which the note is to be prepared. Clarifies that the preparation of the note does not preclude any State officials or employees from participating in legislative hearings concerning the bill. Provides that the subject matter of bills submitted to the State Board of Education shall be kept in strict confidence, and no information relating to the bill or its anticipated impact on education in the State shall be divulged, before the bill's introduction in the General Assembly, by any State official or employee of the State Board, except to the bill's sponsor or his or her designee. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3635 | SCH CD-E-LEARNING-ATTENDANCE (SEN. ANDREW CHESNEY) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning daily pupil attendance calculation, removes provisions specifying that days of attendance by pupils through verified participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school board and verified by the regional office of education or intermediate service center for the school district shall be considered as full days of attendance. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3645 | SCH CD-RADON TESTING (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning radon testing, provides that every school building of a school district that is occupied or will be occupied shall be tested by January 1, 2028 and shall be tested every 5 years thereafter for radon (instead of recommending that every occupied school building of a school district be tested every 5 years for radon). Provides that all new schools of a school district shall be built using radon resistant new construction techniques in accordance with the American National Standards Institute/American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists CC-1000, Soil Gas Control Systems in New Construction of Multifamily, School, Commercial and Mixed-Use Buildings standard or a successor standard (instead of recommending that new schools of a school district be built using radon resistant new construction techniques, as shown in the United States Environmental Protection Agency document, Radon Prevention in the Design and Construction of Schools and Other Large Buildings). Removes a provision allowing a person to perform radon screening tests without a license. Makes changes concerning the exemption. Provides that if radon is found to exceed specified levels, then the school district shall (instead of may) hire a licensed radon professional to perform confirmatory measurements (instead of to perform measurements before any mitigation decisions are made). Sets forth provisions concerning mitigation. Provides that a school district may use life safety funds, if available, for radon testing and mitigation. Preempts home rule powers. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3761 | SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BOND ACT (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Repeals the School Construction Bond Act. Amends the Statute on Statutes, the General Obligation Bond Act, and the Prevailing Wage Act to make conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SR532 | HIGH SCHOOLS-YOUTH VOTING (SEN. JULIE MORRISON) Recognizes that public high schools in the State are uniquely positioned to reach all young people, that public schools have a civic purpose to prepare youth, regardless of college or career aspirations, to participate in our democracy, and that public schools fulfill that civic purpose when the school provides education on the registration process and the infrastructure to register qualified students to vote. Urges election authorities in the State of Illinois to conduct outreach and trainings for high school principals to encourage principals to become deputy registrars. Urges election authorities in the State of Illinois to conduct outreach and trainings for qualified students to serve as deputy registrars so that students appointed as deputy registrars may register qualified peers to vote on their school campuses. Encourages every public high school in the State of Illinois to conduct voter registration drives on its campus for all qualified students.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Removes a clause referencing principals being qualified to be appointed deputy registrars under the Election Code. Removes a clause urging election authorities to conduct outreach and training for high school principals to become deputy registrars. |
| | Current Status: 5/25/2024 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
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| HB1066 | OPEN MEETINGS-CHILDCARE (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that if a quorum of the members of the public body is physically present, a majority of the public body may allow a member of that body to attend the meeting by other means if the member is prevented from physically attending because of, among other circumstances, childcare obligations. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1408 | OPEN MTGS-AUDIO AND VIDEO MTGS (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Modifies the conditions by which an open or closed meeting may be conducted by audio or video conference without the physical presence of a quorum of the members. Provides that a meeting may be held without the physical presence of a quorum of the members if, among other requirements, the chief elected or appointed official of the public body determines that an in-person meeting would pose a risk to the health or safety of members of the public body or the public and that conducting a meeting by an audio or video conference is in the best interests of the public body or the public and public notice of that meeting states the reason or reasons for such determination. Provides that such a determination by the chief elected or appointed official of the public body shall be required for any subsidiary body of the public body to conduct an open or closed meeting by audio or video conference. Specifies further requirements concerning notice and public comment. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2444 | FOIA-RECORDS OF ATTORNEY GEN (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Deletes language providing that, to the extent that records or documents produced by a public body contain information that is claimed to be exempt from disclosure, the Public Access Counselor shall not further disclose that information. Provides instead that records or documents obtained by the Public Access Counselor from a public body for the purpose of addressing a request for review may not be disclosed to the public, including the requester, by the Public Access Counselor. Provides that such records, while in the possession of the Public Access Counselor, are exempt under the Act from disclosure by the Public Access Counselor. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2447 | OPEN MEETINGS-SCHOOL EVENTS (REP. DAGMARA AVELAR; SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold closed meetings to consider evidence or testimony presented to a school board regarding denial of admission to school events or property, provided that the school board prepares and makes available for public inspection a written decision setting forth its determinative reasoning. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts provisions of the introduced bill. Further amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that if a quorum of the members of the public body is physically present, a majority of the public body may allow a member of that body to attend the meeting by other means if the member is prevented from physically attending because of, among other circumstances, childcare obligations. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that a member of a public body can attend an open meeting by other means if the member is prevented from physically attending because of unexpected childcare obligations. |
| | Current Status: 7/28/2023 - Effective Date July 28, 2023
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| HB2620 | FOIA-DEADLINES, LICENSE PLATES (REP. TERRA COSTA HOWARD) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Changes the definition of "recurrent requester" to mean a person who, in the 12 months immediately preceding the request, has submitted to the same public body (i) a minimum of 40 (instead of 50) requests for records, (ii) a minimum of 10 (instead of 15) requests for records within a 30-day period, or (iii) a minimum of 5 (instead of 7) requests for records within a 7-day period. Requires a public body to either comply with or deny a request for public records, or to invoke its right to an extension of the deadline to produce the records, within 15 (instead of 5) business days after its receipt of the request. Extends the deadline to respond to a request made for a commercial purpose from 21 to 30 days. Exempts from disclosure records related to the location or operation of an automated license plate recognition system and records containing data generated or stored by those systems. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3302 | MHDD CD-CLEAR/PRESENT DANGER (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel, equipment, reporting to law enforcement, or legal action to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Illinois State Police, in conjunction with the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Board of Higher Education, shall prescribe the form and manner that the school administrator shall notify the Illinois State Police of the determination. Provides that when the Illinois State Police is notified by a school administrator that a person has been determined to pose a clear and present danger, within 24 hours of receiving the notification, it shall notify a local law enforcement agency where the person resides and, if applicable, a local law enforcement agency where the school administrator's school is located of that determination. The Illinois State Police shall determine whether to revoke the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card, if applicable, and in consultation with local law enforcement, whether an Illinois State Police Officer will file a petition under the Firearms Restraining Order Act with that person as the respondent. Provides that within 24 hours after a school administrator makes a notification pursuant to this provision, the Illinois State Police shall notify the school administrator in writing of its determination about whether to file an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act with that person as the respondent. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3364 | FOIA-REQUEST FORMS (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a public body may require (rather than may not require) that a request be submitted on a standard form or require the requester to specify the purpose for a request. Provides that a person making a request may not make a request for any other individual, but may make a request for an organization if the person discloses the organization for whom the request is being made. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4325 | FREEDOM OF INFORMATION-VARIOUS (REP. JUSTIN SLAUGHTER) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Specifies that, as used in the Act, "commercial purpose" includes the use of public records (or information contained in public records) for solicitation of individuals to join an organization. Authorizes a public body to extend the time for responding to a request for a public record by 7 business days (rather than 5 business days) in specified circumstances. Provides that, in the case of a request for a commercial purpose, a public body shall (rather than may) require the person to pay the estimated copy fee in full before copying the requested documents. Changes the way that a public body may respond to requests by recurrent requesters. Provides that, in the case of a voluminous request, a requester shall pay the entire fee before releasing the requested public record. Allows a public body after the first 2 hours (rather than the first 8 hours) to charge up to $10 for each hour spent by personnel in searching for and retrieving a requested record or examining the record for necessary redactions. Removes a limitation on the imposition of this $10 per hour fee. Exempts from disclosure under the Act communications that do not pertain to the transaction of public business that are sent to or received by an individual's personal electronic device, such as text messages, voice messages, and emails. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4402 | OPEN MTG-EMERGENCY DEFINED (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Defines the terms "bona fide emergency" and "exigent circumstances". Provides that, if a quorum of the members of a public body is physically present at a meeting, a majority of the public body may allow a member of that body to attend the meeting by other means if the member is prevented from physically attending because of, among other things, exigent circumstances concerning a family member (rather than because of, among other things, a family or other emergency). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4898 | REMOTE MEETINGS-SEVERE WEATHER (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that an open or closed meeting subject to the Act may be conducted by audio or video conference, without the physical presence of a quorum of the members, if the National Weather Service has determined that all or part of the jurisdiction of the public body is located within an area that is subject to a severe weather alert on the day of the meeting. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5374 | OPEN MEETING/SCH CD-LSC (REP. THERESA MAH) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides if a public body is a local school council organized under the Chicago School District Article of the School Code, then subject to certain requirements, an open or closed meeting subject to the Act may be conducted by audio or video conference, without the physical presence of a quorum of the members, so long as specified conditions are met. Amends the School Code. Provides that at the organizational meeting, the local school council shall take a vote to determine if meetings shall be held in-person or remotely; however, a declaration by the Governor or Director of Public Health limiting the size of or prohibiting an in-person meeting shall supersede a local school council's vote to meet in-person. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5624 | OPEN MEETINGS ACT-EXCEPTIONS (REP. ANN WILLIAMS) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that for a 3-member public body, "meeting" does not include a gathering of 2 members of the public body, except when gathered for a regularly scheduled meeting, or otherwise gathered to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance. Provides that for a 3-member body, 2 members of the body constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of 2 members is necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance, unless a greater number is otherwise provided. Allows a Police District Council to conduct a closed meeting if discussion of an issue of public safety concerns: (i) the privacy of individuals involved; (ii) law enforcement or official misconduct investigations involving specific individuals; or (iii) other topics that if discussed in an open meeting would pose an unreasonable risk to an ongoing criminal investigation, or an unreasonable risk to the safety of the general public. Allows a public body that has a website which is maintained by full-time staff of the public body to post public notice for a special meeting solely by posting notice on its website. Adds a provision allowing Police District Councils, created pursuant to the Municipal Code of Chicago, to hold meetings (other than the required regularly scheduled monthly meetings) by audio or video conference, without the physical presence of the members, subject to specified conditions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB103 | OPEN MTGS-AUDIO AND VIDEO MTGS (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Modifies the conditions by which an open or closed meeting may be conducted by audio or video conference without the physical presence of a quorum of the members. Provides that a meeting may be held without the physical presence of a quorum of the members if, among other requirements, the chief elected or appointed official of the public body determines that an in-person meeting would pose a risk to the health or safety of members of the public body or the public and that conducting a meeting by an audio or video conference is in the best interests of the public body or the public and public notice of that meeting states the reason or reasons for such determination. Provides that such a determination by the chief elected or appointed official of the public body shall be required for any subsidiary body of the public body to conduct an open or closed meeting by audio or video conference. Specifies further requirements concerning notice and public comment. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB146 | FOIA-PRELIMINARY DRAFT-STUDY (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from disclosure any studies, drafts, notes, recommendations, memoranda, and other records in which opinions are expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except that a specific record or relevant portion of a record is not exempt if the record has remained in draft form for more than a 12-month period and public dollars were spent by a unit of local government to conduct such a study. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1537 | OMA-REMOTE MEETINGS (SEN. CHRISTOPHER BELT) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Allows meetings to be held by audio or video conference if the head of the public body determines that an in-person meeting or a meeting is not in the best interests of the public body or its members. Makes conforming changes. Modifies the requirements for meetings held by audio or video conference. Allows news outlets to receive notice of all special, emergency, rescheduled, or reconvened meetings by email. Removes provisions concerning meetings held on a legal holiday and certain quorum requirements. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1619 | OPEN MTG DURING EMERGENCY (SEN. JULIE MORRISON) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that an open or closed meeting may be conducted by audio or video conference, without the physical presence of a quorum of the members, so long as the following additional requirements are met: (1) the public body makes available a dedicated meeting space where those individuals who do not have access to the Internet may participate in the meeting; (2) the public body ensures that a means of remote participation other than audio-only communication is made available to those individuals who are interested in participating in the meeting; (3) the public body ensures that all cameras used for remote participation are operating properly; and (4) the public body maintains a written record of those individuals who participated in the meeting and a description of whether those individuals participated in person or by remote means. Makes technical and other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1684 | OPEN MEETINGS-PUBLIC OFFICIALS (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that, under rules established and recorded by the public body, any person shall be permitted an opportunity to address public officials individually or to address the public body as a whole (now, under the rules established and recorded by the public body, a person must be permitted an opportunity to address public officials). Provides that the right to address individual public officials may not be restricted by the rules of the public body. Defines "public official". |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2046 | FOIA OFFICERS (SEN. CRAIG WILCOX) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that each public body shall designate one or more public body officials or employees (rather than officials or employees) to act as its Freedom of Information officer or officers. Provides that "public body officials" means elected or appointed office holders of the public body but does not include private attorneys or law firms appointed to represent the public body. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2087 | FOIA-LIST OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a public body shall include in its list of records available under the Act the identification and a plain-text description of each of the types or categories of information of each field of each database of the public body. Provides that the public body shall provide a sufficient description of the structures of all databases under the control of the public body to allow a requester to request the public body to perform specific database queries. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2326 | OPEN MEETINGS-SCHOOL EVENTS (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold closed meetings to consider evidence or testimony presented to a school board regarding denial of admission to school events or property, provided that the school board prepares and makes available for public inspection a written decision setting forth its determinative reasoning. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2640 | FOIA-ADMIN OR TECHNICAL INFO (SEN. BILL CUNNINGHAM) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that administrative or technical information associated with automated data operations shall be exempt from inspection and copying, but only to the extent that disclosure would jeopardize the security of the system or its data or the security of materials exempt under the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2665 | OMA-SERVICE MEMBER ATTENDANCE (SEN. MIKE PORFIRIO; REP. JEHAN GORDON-BOOTH) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3076 | FOIA-LIST OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a public body shall include in its list of records available under the Act the identification and a plain-text description of each of the types or categories of information of each field of each database of the public body. Provides that the public body shall provide a sufficient description of the structures of all databases under the control of the public body to allow a requester to request the public body to perform specific database queries. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3118 | FOIA-PUBLIC BODY OFFICIALS (SEN. CRAIG WILCOX) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Defines "public body official" as an elected or appointed officeholder of a public body. Provides that "public body official" does not include a private attorney or law firm appointed to represent the public body. Provides that a public body's Freedom of Information officer must be a public body official or employee of the public body. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3129 | FOIA OFFICERS (SEN. CRAIG WILCOX) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that each public body shall designate one or more public body officials or employees (rather than officials or employees) to act as its Freedom of Information officer or officers. Provides that "public body officials" means elected or appointed office holders of the public body but does not include private attorneys or law firms appointed to represent the public body. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3774 | OMA-MINUTES OF CLOSED MEETING (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed session to consider the minutes (instead of discussion of minutes) of meetings lawfully closed under the Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes, and, notwithstanding the requirement of the Act that no final action may be taken at a closed meeting, the final approval of minutes in closed session. In provisions concerning the semi-annual review of minutes of a closed session, provides that the public body may may approve any closed session minutes taken since the last meeting to fully satisfy the requirement to approve closed session minutes at a public meeting. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB300 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. KATIE STUART; SEN. CHRISTOPHER BELT) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Specifies that the provision that requires an employer to make an additional contribution to the System for certain salary increases greater than 6% excludes salary increases necessary to bring a school board in compliance with the changes to the minimum salary provisions of the School Code under Public Act 101-443 or the amendatory Act. Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In the provisions concerning minimum salary, removes a provision subjecting the increase in the minimum salary rate to review by the General Assembly. Provides that the minimum salary rate for a school year shall be increased by a percentage equal to the annualized percentage increase (instead of the percentage increase), if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the 12-month period ending on June 30 of the school year that ended 12 months prior to the school year in which the adjusted salary is to be in effect (instead of for the previous school year). Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall certify and publish the minimum salary rate to be used. Removes a provision regarding the Professional Review Panel submitting a report to the General Assembly on how State funds and funds distributed under the evidence-based funding formula may aid the financial effects of certain changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/11/2023 - Effective Date August 11, 2023
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| HB974 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB975 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB976 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB977 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB978 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB979 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB980 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB981 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB982 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB983 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB984 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB985 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB986 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB987 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB988 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1247 | PEN CD-TEACHERS-FORFEITURE (REP. STEVEN REICK) Amends the Downstate Teacher and Chicago Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that none of the benefits provided for in either Article shall be paid to a person if the person first becomes a member on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and a board, after an administrative hearing, determines that the person sexually abused a student. Provides that an employer must notify a board if a retiring member has been accused of sexually abusing a student. Provides that a board may, through an administrative hearing, review the claim of sexual abuse and may order that benefits be forfeited. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act shall not operate to impair any contract or vested right acquired before the effective date of the amendatory Act nor to preclude the right to a refund. Provides that all teachers entering service on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of the amendatory Act as a condition of membership. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1297 | PEN CD-TRS-OPTIONAL CREDIT (REP. AMY ELIK; SEN. ERICA HARRISS) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a member may establish optional credit for up to 2 years of service as a teacher or administrator employed by a private school recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education, provided that the teacher (i) was certified under the law governing the certification of teachers at the time the service was rendered, (ii) applies in writing on or before June 30, 2028 (instead of June 30, 2023), (iii) supplies satisfactory evidence of the employment, (iv) completes at least 10 years of contributing service as a teacher, and (v) pays the required contribution. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 6/9/2023 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0017
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| HB2147 | PEN CD-TRS & RECIPROCAL ACT (REP. JANET YANG ROHR; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Downstate Teacher Article: provides that through June 30, 2026 (instead of June 30, 2023), an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status if that employment is not within the school year during which service was terminated and does not exceed 120 paid days or 600 paid hours in each school year; deletes language concerning an additional 20 days or 100 paid hours that an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status for the period between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022; and provides that a person may receive optional credit for certain periods of service as a student teacher. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20) of the Code. In the definition of "pension credit", provides that the one-year limitation does not apply to persons who acquire credit as a substitute teacher covered under the Downstate Teacher Article and reach retirement eligibility under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Removes provisions amending the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the Illinois Pension Code) and the State Mandates Act.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Further amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Chicago Municipal Article, provides that an employee of the Board of Education of the city, regardless of his or her position, may establish up to 2 years of service credit in the Fund for part-time employment with the Board of Education of the city prior to becoming an employee by applying no later than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act and paying to the Fund a specified amount. |
| | Current Status: 8/11/2023 - Effective Date August 11, 2023
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| HB2588 | PROP TX-TAX BILLS-PENSION (REP. TRAVIS WEAVER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each property tax bill shall contain a separate statement for each of the taxing districts setting forth the dollar amount of tax due that will be used by the taxing district to pick up or otherwise pay its employees' contributions to a public pension fund. Provides that each taxing district that picks up or otherwise pays its employees' contributions to a public pension fund must certify this information to the county clerk on or before the last Tuesday in December. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2589 | PEN CD-TIER 3 PLAN (REP. TRAVIS WEAVER) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. With respect to the 5 State-funded Retirement Systems: requires each System to implement a Tier 3 plan by July 1, 2024 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts which are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a person who becomes a participant of a System on or after July 1, 2024 shall participate in the Tier 3 plan instead of the defined benefit plan. Authorizes a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant to elect to participate in the Tier 3 plan instead of the defined benefit plan and to also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2623 | PENCD-TRS-DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision that requires the System to automatically enroll certain employees in the System's defined contribution benefit, provides an exception for employees whose school district provides an alternative qualifying plan. Provides that the alternative qualifying plan shall abide by the automatic enrollment procedures and automatic increase in contribution provisions applicable to the System's defined contribution benefit. Sets forth additional requirements for alternative qualifying plans. Requires a school district that has an alternative qualifying plan to file a letter of compliance, passed by resolution of the school board, with the System. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2853 | PEN CD-TRS-AGE&SERVICE CREDIT (REP. DAVE SEVERIN) Amends the General Provisions and Downstate Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a teacher may establish one additional day of service credit for each day of service credit that was earned between March 16, 2020 and June 30, 2021 in which the teacher provided in-person instruction if he or she pays certain contributions and supplies satisfactory evidence. For a Tier 1 member, provides that the System shall waive the reduction in retirement annuity for persons who retire before age 60 if the member has attained age 59 and earned service credit in the 2020-2021 school. For a Tier 2 member, provides that the reduction in retirement annuity for persons who retire before age 67 shall be waived if the member has attained age 66 and earned service credit in the 2020-2021 school year. For a Tier 1 member who earned service credit in the 2020-2021 school year and has not attained age 59 or a Tier 2 member who earned service credit in the 2020-2021 school year and has not attained age 66, provides that the member shall be deemed to be one year older than his or her actual age for purposes of provisions concerning a reduction in retirement annuity due to a member's age. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2873 | PEN CD-TEACHERS-RE-EMPLOYMENT (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status if that employment is not within the school year during which service was terminated and does not exceed 150 (instead of 100) paid days or 750 (instead of 500) paid hours in each school year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2884 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. JUSTIN SLAUGHTER) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3136 | BUDGET-PENSIONS (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, if, in any State fiscal year, there is a budget surplus, then, in the next State fiscal year, the General Assembly shall appropriate to the retirement systems established under the General Assembly, State Employees, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Illinois Pension Code an additional 1% of the amount contributed by the State under those Articles in the immediately preceding State fiscal year. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3138 | PENCD-TRS-DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision that requires the System to automatically enroll certain employees in the System's defined contribution benefit, provides an exception for employees whose school district provides an alternative qualifying plan. Provides that the alternative qualifying plan shall abide by the automatic enrollment procedures and automatic increase in contribution provisions applicable to the System's defined contribution benefit. Sets forth additional requirements for alternative qualifying plans. Requires a school district that has an alternative qualifying to file a letter of compliance, passed by resolution of the school board, with the System. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3432 | PEN CD-TRS-SERVICE CREDIT (REP. DAVE SEVERIN) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a teacher who served as a teacher during the public health emergency declared by the Governor related to the COVID-19 pandemic shall receive one additional day of service credit for each day of service credit earned during that period, notwithstanding any limitation on the amount of service credit that may be earned in a single year. Provides that the service credit shall be granted without any additional employee or employer contribution. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3492 | PEN CD-TRS-RETURN TO TEACHING (REP. SONYA HARPER) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In the provision defining "eligible employment" for the purpose of allowing a teacher to return to teaching in subject shortage areas without impairing his or her retirement status or retirement annuity, removes a provision requiring the ending date of the employment to be no later than June 30, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3519 | PEN CD-TIER 2-VARIOUS (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a security employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Tier 2 provisions is entitled to an annuity calculated under the alternative retirement formula, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55 (instead of age 60). With regard to Tier 2 members and participants under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), Chicago Municipal, Cook County, State Employees, and State Universities Article: changes the retirement age to age 60 with 20 years of service or age 67 with 10 years of service; changes the final average salary calculation to the total salary during the 60 months (instead of 96 months) of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest; rescinds an election for certain benefits for persons under the Chicago Municipal Article; provides that the automatic annual increase in retirement annuity shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted increase in the consumer-price index-u, whichever is greater (instead of whichever is less) of the originally granted retirement annuity; and makes other changes. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act are intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 and are applicable without regard to whether a member or participant was in active service on or after the effective date. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3520 | PEN CD-TIER 2-VARIOUS (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a security employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Tier 2 provisions is entitled to an annuity calculated under the alternative retirement formula, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55 (instead of age 60). With regard to Tier 2 members and participants under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), Chicago Municipal, Cook County, State Employees, and State Universities Article: changes the retirement age to age 60 with 20 years of service or age 67 with 10 years of service; rescinds an election for certain benefits for persons under the Chicago Municipal Article; provides that any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall be subject to annual increases on January 1 in the manner and with the same eligibility requirements provided for members or participants under the applicable Article who first became members or participants in that Article before January 1, 2011; and makes other changes. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act are intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 and are applicable without regard to whether a member or participant was in active service on or after the effective date. Authorizes SLEP status under IMRF for a person who is a county correctional officer or probation officer. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4098 | PENSIONS-VARIOUS (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes to Tier 2 benefits for members or participants under the 5 State-funded retirement systems and the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund, including changes to automatic annual increases, age and service requirements for retirement, and limits on the amount of salary for annuity purposes. Establishes an accelerated pension benefit payment option for the General Assembly and Judges Articles of the Code. Makes changes to the funding formula beginning in fiscal year 2025 for the 5 State-funded retirement systems. In the 5 State-funded retirement systems, provides for a deferred retirement option plan for certain participants under which a participant may continue in active service for up to 3 years while having his or her retirement pension paid into a special account, to be distributed to the participant upon retirement. Provides that any benefit increase that results from this Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Provides that each fiscal year after certain State pension funding bonds and income tax proceed bonds are retired, the State Treasurer and the State Comptroller shall transfer $500,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension Unfunded Liability Reduction Fund each fiscal year, which shall be used for making additional contributions to the pension funds and retirement systems established under the General Assembly, State Employee, State Universities, Downstate Teacher, Chicago Teacher, and Judges Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Repeals provisions concerning optional benefits for certain Tier 2 members. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4099 | PEN CD-TIER 2 VARIOUS (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the General Provisions, Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, and State Employees Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a security employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or a security employee of the Department of Human Services subject to the Tier 2 provisions is entitled to an annuity calculated under the alternative retirement annuity provisions, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55, regardless of whether the attainment of age 55 occurs while the person is still in service. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". In the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles, in a provision that reduces the amount of the pension for a Tier 2 firefighter or Tier 2 police officer who retires with at least 10 years of creditable service before attaining age 55, provides that the pension of a Tier 2 firefighter or Tier 2 police officer who is retiring after attaining age 50 with 20 or more years of creditable service shall not be reduced. Makes a conforming change. Provides that each annual increase for Tier 2 firefighters shall be increased on the January 1 occurring either on or after the attainment of age 55 (instead of age 60) or the first anniversary of the pension start date, whichever is later. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4662 | PEN CD-TRS-RETURN TO TEACHING (REP. AMY ELIK; SEN. SETH LEWIS) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision defining "eligible employment" for the purpose of allowing a teacher to return to teaching in subject shortage areas without impairing his or her retirement status or retirement annuity, changes the ending date of the employment from no later than June 30, 2024 to no later than June 30, 2029. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4699 | PEN CD-GARS-TIER 3 PLAN (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the System to implement a Tier 3 plan by July 1, 2025 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts that are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a person who becomes a participant of a System on or after July 1, 2025 shall participate in the Tier 3 plan instead of the defined benefit plan. Authorizes a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant to elect to participate in the Tier 3 plan instead of the defined benefit plan and to also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account. Makes related changes in the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the Illinois Pension Code) and the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4870 | PENCD-SERS-ALTERNATIVE ANNUITY (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT; SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a member who is eligible to receive an alternative retirement annuity may elect to receive an estimated payment that shall commence no later than 30 days after the later of either the member's last day of employment or 30 days after the member files for the retirement benefit with the System. Provides that the estimated payment shall be the best estimate by the System of the total monthly amount due to the member based on the information that the System possesses at the time of the estimate. Provides that if the amount of the estimate is greater or less than the actual amount of the monthly annuity, the System shall pay or recover the difference within 6 months after the start of the monthly annuity. Excludes a benefit increase resulting from the amendatory Act from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately. |
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| HB4873 | PEN CD-VARIOUS (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes to Tier 2 benefits for members or participants under the 5 State-funded retirement systems and the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund, including changes to automatic annual increases, age and service requirements for retirement, and limits on the amount of salary for annuity purposes. Establishes an accelerated pension benefit payment option for the General Assembly, Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Code. Establishes a deferred retirement option plan for certain members who are otherwise eligible to retire under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), State Employees, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, or Chicago Teachers Article of the Code under which a participant may continue in active service for up to 5 years while having his or her retirement pension paid into a special account. Requires the State Treasurer to administer the deferred retirement option plan for the State Employees, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, and Chicago Teachers Articles. Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Provides that each fiscal year after certain State pension funding bonds and income tax proceed bonds are retired, the Comptroller shall order and the State Treasurer shall transfer $500,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension Unfunded Liability Reduction Fund each fiscal year, which shall be used for making additional contributions to the 5 State-funded retirement systems. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System and Judges Retirement System to persons who become participants before January 13, 2027. Provides for participation in the State Employees Retirement System by judges and members of the General Assembly. Authorizes the transfer of service credit from those Systems to the State Employees Retirement System. Authorizes investigators for the Department of the Lottery and Tier 2 security employees of the Department of Corrections and security employees of the Department of Human Services to establish eligible creditable service under the alternative annuity provisions of the State Employees Article. Provides that the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the Code) is adopted and made a part of the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2025.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions establishing a deferred retirement option plan for members under the State Employees, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, and Chicago Teachers Articles, provides that the applicable pension fund or retirement system (rather than the State Treasurer) shall administer and implement the deferred retirement option plan. Further amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Police, and Chicago Firefighter Articles, provides that, on and after January 1, 2026, each annual increase to a Tier 2 retirement pension shall be calculated at 3% of the originally granted pension. Effective July 1, 2025. |
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| HB5448 | PENSIONS-VARIOUS (REP. STEVEN REICK) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, the annual earnings, salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a Tier 2 member or participant under the General Assembly, State Employees, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, Chicago Teachers, or Judges Article shall not exceed 90.5% of the federal Social Security Wage Base then in effect or the amount otherwise calculated under the Tier 2 provisions, whichever is greater. Makes changes to the funding formula beginning in fiscal year 2025 for the 5 State-funded retirement systems. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System and Judges Retirement System to persons who first become participants before January 8, 2025. Provides for participation under the State Employees Article by members of the General Assembly and judges. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately. |
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| HB5498 | PEN CD-DEFERRED RETIRE OPTION (REP. JACKIE HAAS) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Creates the Deferred Retirement Option Article. Provides a deferred retirement option plan (DROP) for certain participants under the Downstate Teacher Article who are eligible to retire and meet other criteria. Provides that a participant in the DROP may elect to participate for up to 5 years. Provides that on the effective date of the member's election, the System shall credit the member's account on a monthly basis, for as long as the member participates in the DROP, an amount equal to the monthly amount of retirement annuity the member would otherwise be eligible to receive had the member retired on the date of the election. Provides that the DROP member shall be considered in active service for purposes of participation in a collective bargaining agreement, for health care benefits, and for other purposes. Establishes a DROP administered by the State Treasurer for pension funds or retirement systems that are required to establish a DROP and elect to transfer administrative responsibility for the DROP to the State Treasurer. Sets forth provisions concerning interest on the account; termination of the DROP; contributions; administrative costs; and a DROP advisory board. Effective immediately. |
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| SB113 | PEN CD-CONTRACTUAL SERVICE (SEN. STEVE MCCLURE) Amends the State Employee, State Universities, and Downstate Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a member may establish up to 5 years of creditable service for periods during which the participant rendered contractual services to any agency of the State, regardless of whether the services were rendered on a part-time or full-time basis if the member applies for the credit and makes a specified contribution. Provides that a member may not establish such service credit if the member has service credit in any other pension fund or retirement system under the Code during the period for which service credit is sought. |
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| SB272 | PEN CD-TRS-BOARD OF TRUSTEES (SEN. STEVE MCCLURE) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Governor shall appoint 5 (instead of 7) persons to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois who are not members of the System. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2024. |
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| SB1233 | SCH CD-RETIREMENT PLANS (SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN; REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the School Code. Provides that a financial institution or investment provider, by entering into a written agreement, may offer or provide services to a plan established or maintained by a school district with an enrollment of at least 1,000 students under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if the written agreement is not combined with any other written agreement for the administration of a school district's 457 plan. Provides that each school district that provides a 457 plan shall make available to participants at least 4 financial institutions or investment providers that have not entered into a written agreement and that provide services to the school district's 457 plan. Sets forth requirements for a financial institution or investment provider providing services for a 457 plan.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the provisions apply to school districts with a full-time, licensed teacher population of 525 teachers or more (instead of with an enrollment of at least 1,000 students). Provides that each school district that provides a 457 plan shall make available to participants a minimum of one financial institution or investment provider (instead of at least 4 financial institutions or investment providers). Provides that a school district shall have one year from the effective date of the amendatory Act to find a 457 plan provider. Makes conforming changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the amendatory provisions do not apply to the Chicago school district. Provides that the amendatory provisions apply to a school district with a population of 575 or more teachers that maintain a 457 plan, including a plan established under provisions of the Illinois Pension Code concerning an optional defined contribution benefit. Provides that every applicable school district shall make available to participants more than one financial institution or investment provider to provide services to the school district's 457 plan. Provides that a financial institution or investment provider, by entering into a written agreement, may offer or provide services to a plan offered, established, or maintained by a school district (instead of established or maintained by a school district). Provides that each school district that offers (instead of provides) a 457 plan shall make available to participants more than one financial institution or investment provider that has not entered into a written agreement to provide administration services and that provides services to a 457 plan offered to school districts (instead of that has not entered into a written agreement and that provides services to the school district's 457 plan). Provides that a financial institution or investment provider shall cover all plan administration costs relating to the administration of the 457 plan (instead of relating to the 457 plan). Provides that nothing in the amendatory provisions shall apply to or impact the optional defined contribution benefit established by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois under the Illinois Pension Code. Sets forth provisions regarding sharing data. Makes grammatical and typographical corrections.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the amendatory provisions do not apply to the Chicago school district. Provides that the amendatory provisions apply to a school district with a population of 575 or more teachers that maintain a 457 plan, including a plan established under provisions of the Illinois Pension Code concerning an optional defined contribution benefit. Provides that every applicable school district shall make available to participants more than one financial institution or investment provider to provide services to the school district's 457 plan. Provides that a financial institution or investment provider, by entering into a written agreement, may offer or provide services to a plan offered, established, or maintained by a school district (instead of established or maintained by a school district). Provides that each school district that offers (instead of provides) a 457 plan shall make available to participants more than one financial institution or investment provider that has not entered into a written agreement to provide administration services and that provides services to a 457 plan offered to school districts (instead of that has not entered into a written agreement and that provides services to the school district's 457 plan). Provides that a financial institution or investment provider shall cover all plan administration costs relating to the administration of the 457 plan (instead of relating to the 457 plan). Provides that nothing in the amendatory provisions shall apply to or impact the optional defined contribution benefit established by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois under the Illinois Pension Code. Sets forth provisions regarding sharing plan data. Makes grammatical and typographical corrections. |
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| SB1285 | PEN CD-TRS-SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions that limit the number of days and hours an annuitant may accept employment for without impairing retirement status, provides that the limitation does not apply to an annuitant who returns to teaching as a substitute teacher in a school district that has been granted a waiver by the System. Provides that a school district may apply for a waiver by providing to the System sufficient evidence that there is a substitute teacher shortage in the school district and an estimate of the number of paid hours in the school year that the annuitant will work. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1516 | PENCD-SERS-DC PLAN (SEN. DAN MCCONCHIE) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois to prepare and implement a defined contribution plan by July 1, 2025 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts that are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant may irrevocably elect to participate in the defined contribution plan instead of the defined benefit plan and may also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account under the defined contribution plan. Provides that a person who first becomes an employee after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not required to participate in the System as a condition of employment. Provides that an employee may elect not to participate in the System by notifying the System in writing in a manner specified by the System. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes conforming and other changes. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1528 | PEN CD-TRS-RE-EMPLOYMENT (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that during the period between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2024 (instead of June 30, 2022) an additional 20 paid days or 100 paid hours shall be added to a provision that authorizes an annuitant to accept employment for a certain number of paid days or paid hours as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status. Removes a reference to the substitute teacher shortage being exacerbated by the ongoing global pandemic. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1582 | PEN CD-TRANSFER-ART 3 TO IMRF (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the Downstate Police and Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, an active IMRF member may apply for transfer of credits and creditable service under the Downstate Police Article to IMRF. Provides that the credits and creditable service shall be transferred upon payment by the police pension fund of an amount equal to the amounts accumulated to the credit of the applicant for the service to be transferred, including interest; an amount representing employer contributions; and any interest paid by the applicant to reinstate such service. Provides that a person applying to transfer service under the provisions may reinstate credits and creditable service terminated upon receipt of a refund by paying to the police pension fund the amount of the refund plus interest. Provides that if the board of trustees of IMRF determines that the amount transferred is less than the true cost to IMRF of allowing that creditable service to be established, then in order to establish that creditable service, the member must pay to IMRF an additional contribution equal to the difference. Makes conforming and other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1631 | PEN CD-CHI POL-ANNUAL INCREASE (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Removes a birthdate restriction on eligibility at age 55 for a 3% automatic annual increase in retirement annuity that is not subject to a maximum increase of 30%. Makes a related change. Specifies the timing of an initial increase in retirement annuity for persons who have not received the initial increase before January 1, 2023. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1647 | PENCD-TRS-DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision that requires the System to automatically enroll certain employees in the System's defined contribution benefit, provides an exception for employees whose school district provides an alternative qualifying plan. Provides that the alternative qualifying plan shall abide by the automatic enrollment procedures and automatic increase in contribution provisions applicable to the System's defined contribution benefit. Sets forth additional requirements for alternative qualifying plans. Requires a school district that has an alternative qualifying to file a letter of compliance, passed by resolution of the school board, with the System. Effective immediately. |
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| SB1691 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
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| SB1825 | PEN CD-IMRF-ANNUITY SUSPENSION (SEN. KARINA VILLA) Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if any annuitant under the Article must be considered a participating employee because there was not a separation from service and the participating municipality or participating instrumentality that employs or re-employs that annuitant knowingly fails to notify the Board to suspend the annuity, the participating municipality or participating instrumentality may be required to reimburse the Fund for an amount up to the total (instead of one-half of the total) of any annuity payments made to the annuitant after the date the annuity should have been suspended, as determined by the Board, less any amount actually repaid by the annuitant. Removes language providing that the provisions shall not apply if the annuitant returned to work for the employer for less than 12 months. Adds similar provisions to a provision concerning separation from service and entitlement to a retirement annuity. Effective January 1, 2024. |
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| SB2255 | PENCD-TRS-EMPLOYR CONTRIBUTION (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the employer (instead of the governing body of the employer) shall submit to the System all required reports and contributions for salary paid during any month by the 10th of the following month. Provides that all required contributions for salary earned during a school term are due by the July 10 following the close of the school term. Removes provisions requiring the governing board of each school district to make 2 specified deposits each month. Provides that if an employer (instead of the governing body of an employer) that is not a State agency fails to forward certain required contributions within the time permitted, the System shall notify the employer of an amount (instead of an additional amount) due, equal to $50 per day for each day that elapses from the due date until the day such report and contributions (instead of employee contributions) are received by the System. Makes conforming changes. |
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| SB2366 | PEN CD-CTPF-RE-EMPLOYMENT (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a service retirement pensioner employed under a provision concerning subject shortage areas shall have deducted from the service retirement pensioner's salary an amount equal to 9% of that salary, which shall be contributed to the Fund as a sustainability contribution. Provides that the service retirement pensioner shall not earn service credit during that re-employment, and the service retirement pension benefit shall not be recalculated. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
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| SB2568 | SCH CD-RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN (SEN. KARINA VILLA) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that offers to the school district's employees a retirement savings plan under Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may enter into a contract with only one vendor to administer the plan. Provides that a vendor shall be selected, with the approval of the employees' exclusive bargaining representative, if any, or a committee of the employees' exclusive bargaining representatives, through a competitive bidding process. Limits contracts with vendors to no more than 7 years. Provides that school districts that, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, have a contract with a vendor shall, by no later than July 1, 2026, begin the competitive bidding process. Provides that the renewal or extension of a contract with a vendor that is in effect on the effective date of the amendatory Act is subject to the competitive bidding process. |
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| SB2607 | PEN CD-DEFERRED COMP-FEES (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Deferred Compensation Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, after January 1, 2024, the deferred compensation plan shall provide for the recovery of the expenses of its administration by charging fees equitably prorated among the participating employers (instead of by charging administrative expenses against the earnings from investments or by charging fees equitably prorated among the participating State employees or by such other appropriate and equitable method as the Illinois State Board of Investment shall determine). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
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| SB2739 | PEN CD-ADVANCE VOUCHERING (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the General Assembly, State Employees, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, beginning in State fiscal year 2025, if the Comptroller requests the Board of Trustees of one of those Systems to submit, during a State fiscal year, vouchers for multiple monthly payments for the advance payment of State contributions due to the System for that State fiscal year, then that Board of Trustees shall submit those additional vouchers as directed by the Comptroller, notwithstanding existing limits on the amounts to be vouchered each month. With regard to the General Assembly, State Employees, Downstate Teachers, and Judges Articles, specifies that, unless an act of appropriations provides otherwise, the Boards of Trustees shall not submit, in any State fiscal year, vouchers for the payment of State contributions in an amount that exceeds the rate of payroll certified by the System for that State fiscal year. For the State Universities Article, specifies that, unless an act of appropriations provides otherwise, the Boards of Trustees shall not submit, in any State fiscal year, vouchers for the payment of State contributions in an amount that exceeds the annual certified contribution to the System for that State fiscal year. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2024. |
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| SB2775 | PEN CD-IMRF-RETURN TO SERVICE (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision concerning suspensions of retirement annuities during employment with a participating employer, provides that until June 3, 2026, an annuitant shall not be considered a participating employee if the annuitant is employed as a school bus driver by a participating school district and works fewer than 750 hours annually. Effective immediately. |
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| SB2913 | PEN CD-IMRF-ANNUITY SUSPENSION (SEN. KARINA VILLA) Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if any annuitant must be considered a participating employee because there was not a separation from service and the participating municipality or participating instrumentality that employs or re-employs that annuitant knowingly fails to notify the Board to suspend the annuity, the Board may review the totality of circumstances regarding the annuitant not having a separation of service and assign proportionate responsibility for reimbursement of the total of any annuity payments made to the annuitant after the date the annuity should have been suspended, as determined by the Board, between the participating municipality or participating instrumentality and the annuitant, less any amount actually repaid by the annuitant. Provides that in no case shall the total amount repaid by the annuitant plus any amount reimbursed by the employer to the Fund be more than the total of all annuity payments made to the annuitant after the date the annuity should have been suspended. Removes language providing that the provisions shall not apply if the annuitant returned to work for the employer for less than 12 months. Adds similar provisions to a provision concerning separation from service and entitlement to a retirement annuity. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. |
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| SB2915 | PEN CD-IMRF-DEATH BENEFIT (SEN. KARINA VILLA) Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases, except for persons who first retired prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act, the amount of the death benefit from $3,000 to $8,000. Makes conforming changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective January 1, 2025. |
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| SB2920 | PEN CD-CTPF-RETURN TO SERVICE (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK; REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that for school years beginning on or after July 1, 2022 and before July 1, 2027 (instead of July 1, 2024), the service retirement pension shall not be cancelled in the case of a service retirement pensioner who is re-employed as a teacher or an administrator on a temporary and non-annual basis or on an hourly basis, so long as the person does not work as a teacher or an administrator for compensation on more than 140 days in a school year. Makes a conforming change. Provides that, until June 30, 2027 (instead of June 30, 2024), the service retirement pension of a service retirement pensioner shall not be cancelled if the service retirement pensioner is employed in a subject shortage area and meets other requirements. Effective immediately. |
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| SB3218 | PENCD-TRS-NONPUBLIC SPECIAL ED (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "teacher" includes any educational, administrative, professional, or other staff in a position requiring certification under the law governing the certification of teachers who is employed by a nonpublic special education facility located within the boundaries of the State and whose income from that employment is derived entirely from public funding through local school districts, payments from the Department of Human Services, or payments from the Department of Children and Family Services. |
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| SB3627 | PEN CD-TIER 2-VARIOUS (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a security employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Tier 2 provisions is entitled to an annuity calculated under the alternative retirement formula, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55 (instead of age 60). With regard to Tier 2 members and participants under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), Chicago Municipal, Cook County, State Employees, and State Universities Article: changes the retirement age to age 60 with 20 years of service or age 67 with 10 years of service; rescinds an election for certain benefits for persons under the Chicago Municipal Article; provides that any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall be subject to annual increases on January 1 in the manner and with the same eligibility requirements provided for members or participants under the applicable Article who first became members or participants in that Article before January 1, 2011; and makes other changes. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act are intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 and are applicable without regard to whether a member or participant was in active service on or after the effective date. Authorizes SLEP status under IMRF for a person who is a county correctional officer or probation officer. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. |
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| SB3628 | PEN CD-TIER 2-VARIOUS (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a security employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice under the Tier 2 provisions is entitled to an annuity calculated under the alternative retirement formula, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55 (instead of age 60). With regard to Tier 2 members and participants under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), Chicago Municipal, Cook County, State Employees, and State Universities Article: changes the retirement age to age 60 with 20 years of service or age 67 with 10 years of service; changes the final average salary calculation to the total salary during the 60 months (instead of 96 months) of service within the last 120 months of service in which the total salary was the highest; rescinds an election for certain benefits for persons under the Chicago Municipal Article; provides that the automatic annual increase in retirement annuity shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted increase in the consumer-price index-u, whichever is greater (instead of whichever is less) of the originally granted retirement annuity; and makes other changes. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act are intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 and are applicable without regard to whether a member or participant was in active service on or after the effective date. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. |
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| SB3789 | DEFERRED COMP-NONPLAN SERVICES (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the System shall require that the deferred compensation recordkeeper agree that, in performing services with respect to the deferred compensation plan, the recordkeeper: (i) will not use information received as a result of providing services with respect to the deferred compensation plan or the participants in the deferred compensation plan to solicit the participants in the deferred compensation plan for the purpose of cross-selling nonplan products and services, unless in response to a request by a participant in the deferred compensation plan or a request by the System (currently, a request by a participant in the deferred compensation plan); and (ii) will not promote, recommend, endorse, or solicit participants in the deferred compensation plan to purchase any financial products or services outside of the deferred compensation plan, except that links to parts of the recordkeeper's or the recordkeeper's affiliate's (currently, recordkeeper's) website that are generally available to the public, are about commercial products, and may be encountered by a participant in the regular course of navigating the recordkeeper's or the recordkeeper's affiliate's website (currently, recordkeeper's) does not constitute a violation of the prohibition. Amends the University Employees Custodial Accounts Act. Makes similar changes. In a provision prohibiting a defined contribution plan recordkeeper from promoting credit cards, life insurance, or banking products, provides an exception if a request to provide those products is made by the governing board of the public institution of higher education or its authorized delegate. Effective immediately. |
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| HB1072 | SCH CD-RIGHTS OF PARENTS (REP. CHRIS MILLER) Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to ensure parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district are free to petition the school board and provide public comment at all public and regularly scheduled meetings, have access to certain information, are well-informed on specified subject matters, and have the right to meet with a pupil's teacher at least twice per school year. Requires a school board to ensure curriculum and learning materials are posted on the school district's Internet website. Effective immediately. |
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| HB1246 | SCHCD-LEARNING MATERIAL REPORT (REP. STEVEN REICK) Amends the School Code. By July 15 of each year, requires certain school boards to report, on their school district's website, a list of the learning materials and activities used for student instruction during the previous school year. Requires that the report also include any procedures that are in effect at each school for the documentation, review, or approval of the learning materials and activities used for student instruction. Specifies the minimum information that must be included in the report. Allows a school district to update the report on an ongoing basis and to utilize collaborative online document or spreadsheet software to update or make additions to the report. Sets forth other requirements. Effective July 1, 2023. |
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| HB1357 | SCH CD-STUDENT ARREST DATA (REP. TERRA COSTA HOWARD) Amends the School Code. Each school year, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires a school board and charter school to collect data on student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students and on the reason for referring students to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students and submit that data annually to the State Board of Education. Requires the State Board to prepare a report (to be posted on the State Board's website) on student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students in all school districts and charter schools in this State for each school year, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Sets forth what the report must include. Provides that, before July 1 following the posting of a report, the State Board of Education shall identify those public schools and charter schools that are within the top 20% of schools with respect to the number of student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students and require each of the identified schools to submit a referral and arrest improvement plan identifying the strategies the school will implement to reduce the use of student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students. Provides for a progress report to be submitted. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1359 | SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RECALL (REP. MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN) Creates the School Board Member Recall Act. Establishes procedures under which school board members that were elected during a consolidated election may be recalled. Provides for petition requirements for recall elections. Provides for requirements for recall ballots, including requirements for replacement candidates wishing to be listed on the recall ballot. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1623 | SCH CD-OPT OUT/COURSE MATERIAL (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to adopt a policy to (i) allow the parent or legal guardian of a child to notify the school principal or a designee in writing that the parent or legal guardian objects to the use of specific course material and (ii) allow the child to use alternative course material. Requires the alternative course material to be provided at the expense of the parent or legal guardian. Requires the content of the alternative course material to be sufficiently equivalent to the specific course material to enable the child to meet State standards in a particular subject area. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2037 | SCH-PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (REP. AMY GRANT) Amends the School Code. By December 31, 2023, requires the State Board of Education to create a Parent Advisory Committee for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations to the State Board with respect to the State Board's process of adopting new teaching or learning standards. Requires the State Board to review and consider the recommendations made by the committee prior to adopting a proposed teaching or learning standard, but does not require the State Board to accept any of the recommendations. Sets forth the membership of the committee; requires all committee members to be the parent of a student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in this State. Provides that members shall serve without compensation. Sets forth provisions concerning vacancies on the committee and committee meetings. Requires the State Board to provide administrative support to the committee. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2184 | FREEDOM OF EDUCATION ACT (REP. ADAM NIEMERG) Creates the Freedom of Education Act. Makes findings. Provides that no public school district or public institution of higher education shall direct, require, or otherwise compel a student to personally affirm, adopt, or adhere to specified tenets. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or administrative rule to the contrary, a school board, parent, legal guardian, or student has the right to object to and refuse any unit of instruction or required course of study that directs, requires, or otherwise compels a student to personally affirm, adopt, or adhere to any of the specified tenets. Provides that school boards have to review and resolve objections to the school curriculum. Provides a list of ways to remedy objections. Provides that a school board may submit a certified question to the applicable board of elections to approve or disapprove of funding the curriculum. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no distinction or classification of students may be made on account of race or color; however, nothing in this provision may be construed to prohibit the required collection or reporting of demographic data by public school districts or public institutions of higher education. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2854 | SCH CD-STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS (REP. DAVE SEVERIN) Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to publish a notice that the district's annual statement of affairs is available on the State Board of Education's Internet website and in the district's main administrative office (instead of requiring a summary of the statement of affairs to be published). Provides that the notice published by the school board must include the text of the link to the State Board of Education's Internet website where the annual statement of affairs is available. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3443 | SCH CD-REQ HIGH SCH COURSES (REP. DAVE VELLA) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding required high school courses, provides that a school board may determine which career and technical education courses that the school district offers fulfill the high school course requirements. Provides that the State Board may override the school district's determination if the State Board has a legitimate reason for overriding. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4454 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH-NOTIFY (REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require each school to notify students and the students' parents or guardians twice each year on how to access any mental health services offered in school or in the community where the school is located. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4586 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH-NOTIFY (REP. ANNE STAVA-MURRAY; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each school district shall: (1) notify the parents or guardians of each student enrolled in the school district about any mental health services available in the school in which the student is enrolled, in the school district, or in the community where the school is located; and (2) notify each student enrolled in the school district who is 12 years of age or older of specified information in an age and developmentally appropriate manner. Sets forth provisions concerning when and how the required notifications are provided. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4905 | TWP OFFICIAL-EDUCATIONAL BOARD (REP. GREGG JOHNSON) Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a township official for a township with a population of less than 2,500 inhabitants, including, but not limited to, a trustee for the township, may serve as a member of a board of education, regional board of school trustees, board of school directors, or board of school inspectors. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4924 | SCH CD-NAME ON NOM PETITION (REP. ANN WILLIAMS) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the nominating petitions for school board candidates, provides that the name change requirements do not apply to name changes resulting from a civil union to assume a spouse's surname or dissolution of a civil union or declaration of invalidity of a civil union to assume a former surname or a name change that conforms the candidate's name to the candidate's gender identity. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB98 | SCH CD-SCH BD-LGBTQ+ TRAINING (SEN. KARINA VILLA) Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, LGBTQ+ inclusivity training shall be required as part of the professional development leadership training for school board members. Provides that the training regarding LGBTQ+ inclusivity practices must include information that is relevant to and within the scope of the duties of a school board member. Provides that such information may include, but is not limited to: (1) understanding the difference between sex, gender, and sexual orientation; (2) knowledge of family structures beyond the heteronormative structure; (3) nondiscriminatory education on the basis of gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior; (4) understanding the struggles of LGBTQ+ youth in schools; (5) the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals regarding history, social sciences, arts, and humanities; and (6) the effects and risks of outing a student's gender identity or sexual orientation to the student's parents. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB155 | SCH CD-NONPUBLIC STUDENT-SPORT (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires a school board to allow a student who resides in the school district but attends a nonpublic school to participate in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored by the district without being required to enroll or complete coursework at a public school within the district if certain conditions are met. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB156 | SCHCD-LEARNING MATERIAL REPORT (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires school boards to report, on their school district's website, a list of the learning materials and activities to be used for student instruction during the school year. Requires that the report also include any procedures that are in effect at each school for the documentation, review, or approval of the learning materials and activities used for student instruction. Specifies the minimum information that must be included in the report. Allows a school district to update the report on an ongoing basis, but requires the report to be updated by January 1 and August 1 of each year. Allows a school district to utilize collaborative online document or spreadsheet software to update or make additions to the report. Sets forth other requirements. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1345 | SCH CD-NONCITIZEN-BD ELECTION (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA) Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to create a voter registration affidavit that shall be the exclusive means by which a noncitizen of the United States may register to vote in school board elections. Provides that the elections conducted under the provisions are considered non-State elections and are not subject to the citizenship requirement in the Illinois Constitution. Provides for what the individual shall attest to in the voter registration affidavit. Provides that the voter registration affidavit shall be valid for one school board election. Provides for the notice that shall appear in the voter registration affidavit. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1469 | SCH CD-EDUC MATERIAL/REVIEW (SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to adopt a policy to ensure that the parent or guardian of a student is provided with an opportunity to review the curricula and learning material used in the student's classroom at any point during the school year if the parent or guardian requests to review the curricula and learning material. Requires the policy to be published in the student handbook and on the school district's Internet website if one is maintained. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2609 | SCH CD-SAFE GUN STORAGE INFO (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to include information on how a parent or guardian can safely store any firearms at home where other policies, rules, and standards concerning student conduct are posted and made available to parents and guardians. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2771 | SCH CD-NONPUBLIC STUDENT-SPORT (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires a school board to allow a student who resides in the school district but attends a nonpublic school to participate in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored by the district without being required to enroll or complete coursework at a public school within the district if certain conditions are met. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2772 | SCHCD-LEARNING MATERIAL REPORT (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the School Code. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires school boards to report, on their school district's website, a list of the learning materials and activities to be used for student instruction during the school year. Requires that the report also include any procedures that are in effect at each school for the documentation, review, or approval of the learning materials and activities used for student instruction. Specifies the minimum information that must be included in the report. Allows a school district to update the report on an ongoing basis, but requires the report to be updated by January 1 and August 1 of each year. Allows a school district to utilize collaborative online document or spreadsheet software to update or make additions to the report. Sets forth other requirements. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2810 | SCH CD-SELF-DEFENSE PETITION (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop and post on its Internet website a document that provides information to students and residents of a school district on how to petition a school board to require that self-defense instruction be included in physical education courses. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2987 | SCH CD-BOARD MEMBER TRAINING (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL; REP. AMY ELIK) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that a school board member's required professional development and leadership training (rather than professional development leadership training), shall cover the topic of improving student outcomes. Provides that the training regarding improving student outcomes must include information that is relevant to and within the scope of the duties of a school board member. Provides that the required training shall (instead of may) be provided by a statewide association (instead of an association) established under the Code for the purpose of training school board members or by other qualified providers approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation with an association so established. Effective June 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Effective Date June 1, 2025
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| SB3773 | SCH CD-BOARD OF SCH DIRECTORS (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the board of school directors, provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, a school district or unit school district with at least one high school shall have at least one student board member selected to be a member of the board of school directors from a high school within the district. Provides that a student board member shall serve a term of one year, beginning on July 1 or on the date of his or her selection, whichever is later, and expiring on the next succeeding June 30. Provides that a student board member shall have all of the privileges of membership, except that the student board member shall only shall have the right to cast an advisory vote, the right to make and second motions, and to attend executive sessions. Sets forth provisions concerning, conflict of interest, election, and requirements for a student board member. Effective immediately. |
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| HB1466 | SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue a certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1624 | SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the Illinois Police Training Act to provide that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer a school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer. Provides that nothing in the school resource officer course provision prohibits a school resource officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer from carrying a firearm. Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Makes a conforming change. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2353 | EDUC-REPORT CYBER ATTACK (REP. LAMONT ROBINSON) Amends the School Code to require a school district to report a cyber security attack to the State Board of Education as soon as school personnel determine that a breach of the school district's computer system or network has occurred. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois to require a public university or community college district to report a cyber security attack to the Department of Innovation and Technology as soon as school personnel determine that a breach of the computer system or network has occurred. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2556 | SCH TRAUMA PROTOCOL-AMMO TAX (REP. SONYA HARPER) Amends the State Finance Act to create the Trauma Response Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to develop a trauma response protocol that shall be implemented in response to a traumatic event at a school, including, but not limited to, a shooting at the school. Sets forth various requirements for the protocol, including response by hospitals, trauma intervention services, and community engagement. Provides that all moneys in the Trauma Response Fund shall be paid as grants to school districts to implement the trauma response protocol. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Use Tax Act, Service Use Tax Act, Service Occupation Tax Act, and Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Imposes a 1% surcharge on firearm ammunition, which shall be deposited into the Trauma Response Fund. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2931 | CONCEAL CARRY-SCHOOL EMPLOYEE (REP. DENNIS TIPSWORD) Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a concealed carry licensee who is an employee of a public or private elementary or secondary school may carry a concealed firearm into the school building, real property, and parking area under the control of the school where he or she is employed if, in addition to the training requirement to obtain a concealed carry license, he or she receives additional training from a training program established by the Illinois State Police. Provides that within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Illinois State Police shall establish a training program for licensees who are employees of a public or private elementary or secondary school to permit the employees to carry firearms into the school buildings where they are employed and their adjacent parking lots and real property. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall establish the training curriculum and the amount of training, which shall not exceed 48 hours, of which a maximum of 28 hours shall be firearm training. Provides that the training shall include the safe handling of firearms around children. Provides that the training must be completed annually. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3302 | MHDD CD-CLEAR/PRESENT DANGER (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel, equipment, reporting to law enforcement, or legal action to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Illinois State Police, in conjunction with the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Board of Higher Education, shall prescribe the form and manner that the school administrator shall notify the Illinois State Police of the determination. Provides that when the Illinois State Police is notified by a school administrator that a person has been determined to pose a clear and present danger, within 24 hours of receiving the notification, it shall notify a local law enforcement agency where the person resides and, if applicable, a local law enforcement agency where the school administrator's school is located of that determination. The Illinois State Police shall determine whether to revoke the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card, if applicable, and in consultation with local law enforcement, whether an Illinois State Police Officer will file a petition under the Firearms Restraining Order Act with that person as the respondent. Provides that within 24 hours after a school administrator makes a notification pursuant to this provision, the Illinois State Police shall notify the school administrator in writing of its determination about whether to file an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act with that person as the respondent. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
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| HB3449 | MENTAL HLTH-SCHOOL STANDARDS (REP. MATT HANSON) Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. In a provision requiring the Illinois State Board of Education to develop and implement a plan to incorporate social and emotional development standards for the purpose of enhancing and measuring children's school readiness and ability to achieve academic success, provides that the plan shall be reviewed and revised periodically by the Board of Education at least once every 3 years. Requires the plan to include the teaching of grade-appropriate mental health topics, including, but not limited to, types of mental illness, how to find help for mental illness for peers and yourself, suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, coping strategies, appropriate language to use surrounding mental health, and how to incorporate technology in a mental health crisis. In a provision requiring every Illinois school district to develop a policy for incorporating social and emotional development into the district's educational program, provides that the policy shall be reviewed and revised periodically by the school district to incorporate revised provisions of the Board of Education's social and emotional development standards. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3926 | SCH CD-OPIOID ANTAGONIST (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the General Provisions Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning administration of an opioid antagonist, provides that a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school shall maintain a supply of an opioid antagonist in any secure location where an individual may have an opioid overdose (instead of may maintain a supply of an opioid antagonist in any secure location where an individual may have an opioid overdose). Makes a conforming change. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4216 | SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall approve a course for school safety officers (a retired law enforcement officer who has been hired by a school district to perform security services). Sets forth training and certification requirements, including firearm certification. Provides that an applicant for employment as a school safety officer must authorize an investigation to determine if the applicant has been convicted of any criminal offense that disqualifies the person as a school safety officer. Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Exempts school safety officers from the Act if a school board does not require officer-worn body cameras. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a school may employ a school safety officer. Requires a school safety officer applicant to provide the school district a certificate of completion or approved waiver issued by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Provides that a school safety officer shall wear a uniform that clearly identifies the officer as a school safety officer. Provides that a school safety officer may detain a person when the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that an offense, other than an ordinance violation, is being committed. Provides that a school safety officer may carry a firearm as long as the officer is certified under specified provisions of the Illinois Police Training Act. Adds references to school safety officers throughout the Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4407 | CHILD ABUSE REPORTS TO SCHOOL (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter (rather than a copy of the Unit's final finding report) to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Provides that if an indicated finding is overturned in an appeal or hearing, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request that the notification letter (rather than final finding report) be purged from the student's record, and the school shall purge the notification letter (rather than final finding report) from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. Requires the notification letter to provide the date of expungement from the central register. Removes a provision requiring all reports made by mandated reporters to be confirmed in writing to the appropriate Child Protective Service Unit within 48 hours of any initial report.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes all amendatory changes requiring the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Instead provides that the Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy of its final finding report to the school that the child, who is the indicated victim of child abuse (rather than the indicated victim of the report), attends. Requires the report to be sent during the summer to the last school that the child attended. Provides that the final finding report shall provide the date of expungement from the central register and the school shall purge the final finding report from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4443 | SCH SAFETY-LOCKDOWN DRILLS (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that a law enforcement lockdown drill must not be conducted on the day of or within 2 days before a school-administered standardized test. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4709 | ELEC CD-SCHOOL POLLING PLACE (REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of election commissioners may use public school buildings as polling places only if a school board or a local school council approves the use of that school. Provides that, if the county board or board of election commissioners uses all convenient and available public buildings and determines that a public school building is needed as a polling place, it shall send a written request to use the public school building to the school board or local school council. Sets forth provisions concerning the contents of the request and the response to the request. Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board or local school council shall have the power to approve or deny, in accordance with the school board or local school council's rules and policies, any request of a county board or board of election commissioners to use a school building as a polling place. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4922 | CHILDREN-MENTAL HEALTH (REP. LINDSEY LAPOINTE) Amends various Acts concerning children's mental health. Amends the School Code. Provides that on or before October 1, 2024, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team, the Office of the Governor, and relevant stakeholders as needed shall release a strategy that includes a tool for measuring capacity and readiness to implement universal mental health screening of students. Provides that the State Board of Education shall issue a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on school district readiness and plan for phased approach to universal mental health screening of students on or before April 1, 2025. Repeals the Wellness Checks in Schools Program Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall implement guidance to managed care organizations and similar care coordination entities contracted with the Department, so that the managed care organizations and care coordination entities respond to lead indicators with services and interventions that are designed to help stabilize the child. Amends the Children's Mental Health Act. Provides that the Children's Mental Health Partnership shall advise the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative on designing and implementing short-term and long-term strategies to provide comprehensive and coordinated services for children from birth to age 25 and their families with the goal of addressing children's mental health needs across a full continuum of care, including social determinants of health, prevention, early identification, and treatment. Provides that the Department of Public health (rather than the Department of Healthcare and Family Services) shall provide technical and administrative support for the Partnership. Deletes provision that the Partnership shall employ an Executive Director and set the compensation of the Executive Director and other such employees and technical assistance as it deems necessary to carry out its duties. Amends the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act. Provides that the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team in collaboration with the Department of Human Services shall develop a program to provide one-on-one in-home respite behavioral health aids to youth requiring intensive supervision due to behavioral health needs. Effective immediately. |
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| HB4932 | PESTICIDE-NOTICE-SCHOOLS (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Requires certified pesticide applicators to give written or email notice 72 hours prior to application of pesticide to schools and parks within half of a mile from the site of application. Provides other notice requirements. Defines terms. |
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| HB5065 | CRIM CD-SAFE STORAGE FIREARMS (REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the Public Act may be referred to as the Safe Firearm Storage Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to store or leave a firearm outside of that person's immediate possession or control (rather than within premises under his or her control if the person knows or has reason to believe that a minor under the age of 14 years who does not have a Firearm Owners Identification Card is likely to gain access to the firearm without the lawful permission of the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor, and the minor causes death or great bodily harm with the firearm) unless the firearm is secured in a manner that renders it inaccessible to anyone but the owner or another lawfully authorized user: (1) by a device or mechanism, other than the firearm safety, designed to render a firearm temporarily inoperable; or (2) locked box or container. Deletes provisions that the law does not apply: (1) if a minor under 14 years of age gains access to a firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or defense of another; or (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor under the age of 14 because of an unlawful entry of the premises by the minor or another person. Deletes a provision that the firearm may be placed in some other location that a reasonable person would believe to be secure from a minor under the age of 14 years. Effective January 1, 2025. |
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| HB5178 | ELEC CD-FIREARMS POLLING PLACE (REP. BOB MORGAN) Amends the Election Code. Provides that any person who carries or possess a firearm while present in a polling place, except a peace officer in the performance of his or her official duties, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. |
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| SB90 | EDUCATION-HARASSMENT (SEN. LAURA MURPHY; REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that each school district, charter school, or nonpublic, nonsectarian elementary or secondary school must create, implement, and maintain a policy on discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or national origin and retaliation. Sets forth requirements for the policy. Provides that each school district, charter school, or nonpublic, nonsectarian elementary or secondary school must establish procedures for responding to student complaints of discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or national origin and retaliation. Sets forth provisions concerning these procedures. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish data collection systems to report on allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against students. In provisions concerning charter schools, makes conforming changes and provides that charter schools and are not exempt from the Illinois Human Rights Act. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes changes concerning the public policy of this State regarding discrimination, sexual harassment, and unfounded charges. Makes changes concerning jurisdiction and additional civil rights violations. Adds provisions concerning harassment in elementary, secondary, or higher education and discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or national origin at institutions of elementary or secondary education. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2024.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Reinserts the contents of Senate Amendment No. 2 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning the data collection requirements required by the amendatory provisions of the School Code. Makes changes to certain references to specify that the violations to be reported are violations of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. Provides that the State Board of Education may (instead of shall) adopt any rules deemed necessary. In provisions concerning the policy on discrimination in the School Code, makes changes concerning what the written policy shall contain. Changes references to "discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on race, color, or national origin" to "discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or national origin, and retaliation". Removes references specifying that only students may report discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or national origin, and retaliation. Makes changes concerning the procedures for responding to a complaint of discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or national origin, and retaliation. In provisions amending the Illinois Human Rights Act, removes specified changes concerning the public policy of the State regarding discrimination and sexual harassment. Makes changes concerning a failure to report harassment. Sets out exemptions for the harassment provisions. Makes changes concerning the model training program the Department of Human Rights shall produce. Corrects typographical errors. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2024.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Removes specific references to students in the provisions concerning the Chicago School District. Makes grammatical changes. |
| | Current Status: 8/4/2023 - Effective Date August 1, 2024
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| SB279 | VEH CD–SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT (SEN. SALLY TURNER) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language providing that the school zone speed limit applies only when when school children are present and so close thereto that a potential hazard exists because of the close proximity of the motorized traffic. For the purpose of provisions concerning the school zone speed limit, changes the time at which a school day concludes from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1400 | SCH CD-STUDENT DISCIPLINE (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD; REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning student discipline policies, provides that the State Board of Education shall draft and publish model policy guidelines for the development of reciprocal reporting systems and school bus safety protocols and for evidence-based early intervention procedures. In provisions concerning the suspension or expulsion of students, makes changes concerning a student's gross disobedience or misconduct posing an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or school personnel, when school exclusions should be used, the number and duration of expulsions and suspensions, the implementation of proactive evidence-based interventions that improve behavioral outcomes for all students, non-exclusionary discipline, out-of-school suspensions of 3 days or less, model policy guidelines for the re-engagement of students, professional development, and the removal of children with disabilities who violate the student discipline policies from their current placement. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Restores current law with respect to annually reviewing discipline policies. Requires the State Board of Education to consult with stakeholders in its drafted and published guidance, and requires the guidance to be drafted and published on or before July 1, 2025. Changes certain references from "early intervention" to "intervention". Makes changes concerning suspensions, school exclusions, and disciplinary removals to alternative schools. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB1409 | HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES-SCHOOLS (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Provides that local emergency response planning officials, in consultation with the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), shall partner with school districts in their regions to disseminate information pertaining to safety threats related to the storage and transport of hazardous substances, including petroleum oil and high-hazard flammable trains (HHFTs), to the parents of attending students, faculty and staff, and schools at risk of being negatively impacted by storage facilities of such hazardous substances or the transport of such hazardous substances. Requires the SERC to perform specified tasks. Provides that the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall have joint rulemaking authority to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Contains other provisions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1521 | CRIM CD-FIREARM STORAGE (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Provides that the Act may be referred to as Ethan's Law. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for a person to store or keep any firearm on the premises of a residence under the control of the person if the person knows, or reasonably should know, that: (1) a minor is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the parent or guardian of the minor; or (2) a resident of the residence is ineligible to possess a firearm under federal, State, or local law. Provides exemptions for safe storage of the firearm. Provides that a person who commits a violation is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $500 per violation. Provides that if a person violates this provision and a minor or a resident who is ineligible to possess a firearm under federal, State, or local law obtains the firearm and causes injury or death to the minor, resident, or any other individual, the person is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Provides that any firearm stored in violation of this provision is subject to seizure and forfeiture. Repeals provisions of the Code relating to firearms and child protection. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1605 | SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue a certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1729 | SCH CD-FIREARM SAFETY COURSE (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may offer a firearm safety training course to students in grades 9 through 12, which may include instruction on hunting safety. Provides that if a school district offers the course, a student may not be required to take the course. Provides that if a school board intends to offer a firearm safety training course, it must develop a policy to implement the course and must publish that policy on the district's website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2239 | SCH CD-STUDENT DISCIPLINE (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that, when expelling a student, the board shall notify the parents of the nature of the hearing and the option of retaining legal counsel. Provides that, when the suspension period is over, the pupil may return to school. Provides that for a pupil suspended due to gross disobedience or misconduct on a school bus, a written decision about whether the student can use a school bus shall be made within 15 days of the incident. Provides that a school shall offer written demonstration of remediation efforts excluding out of school suspensions. Provides that schools shall use data to track whether significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity is occurring both in the State and in the district with respect to the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary removals from placement, including suspensions and expulsions. Provides that, if it is determined that significant disproportionality is occurring, the school shall provide that determination for annual review and, if appropriate, revision of the policies, practices, and procedures used in disciplinary removals to ensure that the policies, practices, and procedures comply with the district's equity requirements. Provides that notice of suspension shall also include other evidence-based alternatives to suspension. provides that when a student is suspended for more than 4 days, that options for automatically placing the student in an e-learning program or distance learning program through written materials if (1) the removal is for more than 5 consecutive school days; or (2) the child has been subjected to a series of removals that constitute a pattern, because the series of removals total more than 10 school days in a school year, because the child's behavior is substantially similar to the child's behavior in previous incidents that resulted in the series of removals, and the effects of additional factors such as the length of each removal, the total amount of time the child has been removed, and the proximity of the removals to one another shall be included. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2333 | CONCEALED CARRY-SCHOOLS (SEN. TERRI BRYANT) Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the school board of a school district of a public elementary or secondary school or a non-public elementary or secondary school may develop a policy to permit the carrying of a firearm by an employee of the school, licensed under the Act, in any building or on any real property or parking area under the control of the public or non-public elementary or secondary school. Provides that the policy must contain safe storage provisions for the firearm. Those provisions must include securing the firearm in a locked box or container that cannot be accessed by students. Changes "private" elementary or secondary school references in the Act to "non-public" elementary or secondary school. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2389 | SCHOOL-EMPLOYEES-FIREARMS (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board may permit any full-time employee who primarily performs his or her duties on school grounds to carry a firearm while on school grounds if the employee has received written permission to carry a firearm by the school district. Provides that the person must have undergone a psychiatric evaluation and a drug test as determined by the school board and possess a valid license to carry a concealed firearm in the State under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the employee must undergo periodic psychiatric evaluations and drug tests to continue to carry a firearm on school grounds. Provides that notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a school district may not require any educator, as a condition of employment, to carry a firearm on school grounds. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Exempts these employees from violations of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes for carrying a firearm in a school under the provisions added to the School Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2577 | SCH SAFETY-CRISIS MAPPING DATA (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, a public school may obtain crisis response mapping data and provide copies of the crisis response mapping data to appropriate local, county, State, and federal first responders for use in response to emergencies. Provides that the crisis response mapping data shall be stored and provided in an electronic or digital format to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at the school. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall provide grants to public schools to cover the costs incurred in obtaining crisis response mapping data. Sets forth requirements for the crisis response mapping data. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the crisis response mapping data may be reviewed annually to update the data as necessary. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2692 | SCH CD/SCH SAFETY-DOOR LOCKING (SEN. JAVIER CERVANTES) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall (instead of may) install a door security locking means on an entrance or classroom door (instead of a door) of a school building. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that during a law enforcement lockdown drill, a school must train students on how to use a door security locking means. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2788 | CHILD ABUSE REPORTS TO SCHOOL (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN; REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter (rather than a copy of the Unit's final finding report) to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Provides that if an indicated finding is overturned in an appeal or hearing, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request that the notification letter (rather than final finding report) be purged from the student's record, and the school shall purge the notification letter (rather than final finding report) from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. Requires the notification letter to provide the date of expungement from the central register. Removes a provision requiring all reports made by mandated reporters to be confirmed in writing to the appropriate Child Protective Service Unit within 48 hours of any initial report. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB2934 | CRIM CD-HAZING-CONSENT NO DEFN (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN; REP. DAVE VELLA) Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is not a defense to a prosecution for hazing that the person against whom the hazing was directed consented to or acquiesced in the hazing. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB3229 | IEMA-SCHOOL SAFETY (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Provides that Local Emergency Planning Committees and the State Emergency Response Commission partner with schools and school districts regarding safety threats posed by storage and transport of hazardous substances near schools. Provides requirements for a comprehensive emergency response plan to go into effect. Details duties of the State Emergency Response Commission, working in consultation with Local Emergency Planning Committees and schools, with respect to planning and preparedness. Provides for rulemaking by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Directs the Illinois Emergency Response Commission and Local Emergency Response Committees to create a timeline for compliance with the requirements of the amendatory Act not to exceed 2 years. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3316 | CHILDREN-MENTAL HEALTH (SEN. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends various Acts concerning children's mental health. Amends the School Code. Provides that on or before October 1, 2024, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team, the Office of the Governor, and relevant stakeholders as needed shall release a strategy that includes a tool for measuring capacity and readiness to implement universal mental health screening of students. Provides that the State Board of Education shall issue a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on school district readiness and plan for phased approach to universal mental health screening of students on or before April 1, 2025. Repeals the Wellness Checks in Schools Program Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall implement guidance to managed care organizations and similar care coordination entities contracted with the Department, so that the managed care organizations and care coordination entities respond to lead indicators with services and interventions that are designed to help stabilize the child. Amends the Children's Mental Health Act. Provides that the Children's Mental Health Partnership shall advise the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative on designing and implementing short-term and long-term strategies to provide comprehensive and coordinated services for children from birth to age 25 and their families with the goal of addressing children's mental health needs across a full continuum of care, including social determinants of health, prevention, early identification, and treatment. Provides that the Department of Public health (rather than the Department of Healthcare and Family Services) shall provide technical and administrative support for the Partnership. Deletes provision that the Partnership shall employ an Executive Director and set the compensation of the Executive Director and other such employees and technical assistance as it deems necessary to carry out its duties. Amends the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act. Provides that the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team in collaboration with the Department of Human Services shall develop a program to provide one-on-one in-home respite behavioral health aids to youth requiring intensive supervision due to behavioral health needs. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3383 | ELEC CD-SCHOOL POLLING PLACE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of election commissioners may use public school buildings as polling places only if a school board or a local school council approves the use of that school. Provides that, if the county board or board of election commissioners uses all convenient and available public buildings and determines that a public school building is needed as a polling place, it shall send a written request to use the public school building to the school board or local school council. Sets forth provisions concerning the contents of the request and the response to the request. Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board or local school council shall have the power to approve or deny, in accordance with the school board or local school council's rules and policies, any request of a county board or board of election commissioners to use a school building as a polling place. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3527 | CRIM CD-FIREARM SAFE STORAGE (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to store or leave a firearm outside of that person's immediate possession or control unless the firearm is unloaded and secured in a lock box or container in a manner that renders it inaccessible to anyone but the owner or another lawfully authorized user. Eliminates provisions that the offense only is applicable if the person knows or has reason to believe that a minor under the age of 14 years who does not have a Firearm Owner's Identification Card is likely to gain access to the firearm without the lawful permission of the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor, and the minor causes death or great bodily harm with the firearm. Eliminates that the provisions concerning storage of firearms do not apply: (1) if the minor under 14 years of age gains access to a firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or defense of another; or (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor under the age of 14 because of an unlawful entry of the premises by the minor or another person. Defines "immediate possession or control". Effective January 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3571 | SCH CD-AED-AFTER HOURS (SEN. ERICA HARRISS; REP. AMY ELIK) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall require a school to have present at the school during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity at least one automated external defibrillator and one or more trained AED users. Provides that an automated external defibrillator installed and maintained in accordance with the Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act may be used to satisfy this requirement.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced, but provides that a school district shall require all attendance centers to have present during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity on school grounds at least one automated external defibrillator (instead of a school district shall require a school to have present at the school during the school day and during a school-sponsored extracurricular activity at least one automated external defibrillator and one or more trained AED users). |
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| HB10 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB11 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
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| HB12 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
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| HB14 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
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| HB16 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the College Student Immunization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning immunization reports. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB17 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB19 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB22 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a school building code. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB34 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB36 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB205 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB206 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB207 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB208 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB209 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB210 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB211 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB212 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB213 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB214 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
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| HB216 | CHILDREN-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Early Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
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| HB296 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. KATIE STUART; SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that, through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a teacher preparation program or other candidate is required to pass a teacher performance assessment. Makes conforming changes. Creates the Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force to evaluate potential teacher performance assessment systems for implementation in this State, with the intention of supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system that is performance-based and has consistency across programs and objectivity. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides that on or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance assessment system in this State, to the State Board of Education. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved upon submission of this report. Effective immediately. |
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| HB298 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the School Health Center Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
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| HB299 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. JANET YANG ROHR; SEN. DON HARMON) House Floor Amendment No. 4 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning bullying and cyber-bullying, provides that bullying includes posting or distributing sexually explicit images. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the term "cyber-bullying" includes the posting or distribution of a digital replica by electronic means. Defines "artificial intelligence", "digital replica", and "generative artificial intelligence". Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB302 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TRACY KATZ MUHL) Amends the Design-Build for Public Schools Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB303 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MARGARET CROKE; SEN. DON HARMON) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Board from changing the standards for admission to any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body. Provides that the Board shall not take any action, until February 1, 2027, that results in a disproportionate decrease in either the total amount or percentage of funds allocated to an attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body compared to other attendance centers of comparable size. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Prohibits the Chicago Board of Education from approving any school closings, consolidations, or phase-outs until February 1, 2027 (instead of until January 15, 2025). Removes a provision prohibiting, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB305 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TRACY KATZ MUHL; SEN. NAPOLEON HARRIS, III) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district that forms a part of a Class II county school unit may, by a resolution adopted by at least two-thirds of the members of the school board of a school district, withdraw a school district from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of the township in which such school district is located and from the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer of the township in which such school district is located, provided that the school board of the school district shall, upon the adoption and passage of such resolution, thereupon elect or appoint its own school treasurer as provided under the School Code. Provides that the appointed school treasurer may include a township treasurer. Provides that the school board may enter into a contractual or intergovernmental agreement with an appointed school treasurer for school treasurer services. Sets forth provisions concerning the appointment of the trustee of schools. Provides that certain provisions of the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code are inoperative or repealed on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that after the April 4, 2023 consolidated election, no trustees of schools shall be elected. Provides that any trustees elected or appointed on or before April 4, 2023 may complete the term to which that trustee was trustees elected or appointed, but may not be succeeded by election. Provides that each school board of each school district that is a part of a Class II county school unit shall appoint one member of the school board or one school employee to serve as trustee of schools of the township in which such school district is located. Provides that the trustees of schools shall be appointed by each school board within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act and shall reorganize within 30 days after all the trustees of schools have been appointed or within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, whichever is sooner. Provides that the trustee of schools shall serve at the pleasure of the school board that appointed the trustee of schools but may not serve as a trustee of schools for longer than 2 years unless reappointed by the school board. Amends the Treasurers Article of the School Code to make related changes. Effective immediately. |
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| HB306 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Vocational Academies Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB310 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB311 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB312 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB313 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Educational Credit for Military Experience Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB314 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Educational Partnership Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB317 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB325 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Student Optional Disclosure of Private Mental Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB332 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB333 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Student Parent Data Collection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB334 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Amends the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB335 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Career and Workforce Transition Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB336 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB337 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB338 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center Task Force Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB339 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Bridge Program for Underrepresented Students Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB340 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the notice required under provisions concerning the identification, evaluation, and placement of a child that is provided to the parent or guardian shall inform the parent or guardian of the parent's or guardian's right to receive copies of all written material that will be considered by the individualized education program team and shall provide the date when the written material will be delivered or made available to the parent or guardian. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 7/22/2024 - Effective Date July 19, 2024
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| HB343 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB344 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB345 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB346 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB347 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB348 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB349 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB350 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB608 | REVENUE-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB974 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB975 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB976 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB977 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB978 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB979 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB980 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB981 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB982 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB983 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB984 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB985 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB986 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB987 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB988 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1043 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1172 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. BARBARA HERNANDEZ) Amends the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1300 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1301 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1302 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1303 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1361 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Article and definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1362 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1365 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1445 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the school lunch program. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1617 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1618 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1619 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1620 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1637 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EVA-DINA DELGADO) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1744 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1745 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. NORINE HAMMOND) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1746 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1747 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1748 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1749 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1750 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1751 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1752 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1753 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1754 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1755 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1756 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1757 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1758 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1759 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1760 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1761 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1762 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1763 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1764 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1765 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1768 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1769 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1770 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1771 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1772 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1773 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1774 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1775 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2030 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2031 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Creates the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Contains a short title only. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2056 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. EVA-DINA DELGADO) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2092 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2141 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. JUSTIN SLAUGHTER) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2243 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. KELLY CASSIDY) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2249 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2386 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2387 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2467 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. THERESA MAH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning grants for preschool educational programs. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2739 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2884 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. JUSTIN SLAUGHTER) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3047 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3084 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. JUSTIN SLAUGHTER) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3091 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a business development or redevelopment plan under the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3976 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4547 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prohibited transactions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4649 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. JEHAN GORDON-BOOTH) Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4729 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure of educators. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4773 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prohibited transactions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4803 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5090 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MARCUS EVANS, JR.) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5262 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5298 | BUDGET-BIMP CHANGES (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that any amendment to a budget implementation bill or an omnibus bill that has the effect of increasing or decreasing the balance in the General Revenue Fund or affecting capital expenditures for the upcoming State fiscal year must be reported to the applicable appropriations committee of each chamber of the General Assembly at least 2 business days before being heard in that committee. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5331 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5335 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5336 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5392 | BUDGET-BIMP CHANGES (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that any amendment to a budget implementation bill or to an omnibus appropriations bill must be reported to the applicable appropriations committee of each chamber of the General Assembly at least 2 business days before being heard in any committee. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5629 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1 | CHILDHOOD EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD; REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 the Department of Early Childhood shall be the lead State agency for administering and providing early childhood education and care programs and services to children and families including: home-visiting services; early intervention services; preschool services; child care services; licensing for day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes; and other early childhood education and care programs and administrative functions historically managed by the State Board of Education, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Children and Family Services. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the Department of Early Childhood (rather than the Department of Children and Family Services) administers day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes. Makes conforming changes to various Acts including the Department of Human Services Act, the Illinois Early Learning Council Act, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Early Intervention Services System Act and the Children and Family Services Act. Effective immediately, except the provisions amending the Child Care Act of 1969 take effect July 1, 2026.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - In a provision requiring the transfer of certain personnel from the Departments of Human Services and Children and Family Services to the Department of Early Childhood, provides that the status and rights of the employees and the State of Illinois or its transferring agencies under the Personnel Code, the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, and applicable collective bargaining agreements, or under any pension, retirement, or annuity plan, shall not be affected by the Department of Early Childhood Act. |
| | Current Status: 6/25/2024 - Effective Date July 1, 2026; Some Provisions
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| SB8 | TAX REFORM-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Creates the Tax Reform Act. Contains only a short title provision. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB12 | REVENUE-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "33 1/3%". |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB14 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB17 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB18 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB190 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. ROBERT PETERS) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB205 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. LINDA HOLMES) Amends the School Code. Makes technical and revisory changes in a Section concerning waivers of School Code mandates. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB320 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB334 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB337 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA) Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB338 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB454 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB455 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB456 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school district financial oversight panels. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB458 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. MARK WALKER; REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Removes a requirement that school districts, special education nonpublic schools, and specified special education cooperatives accomplish, as part of the State Board of Education's goals, the systemic reduction of isolated time out, time out, and physical restraint within 3 years after August 13, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-339). Requires school districts, special education nonpublic schools, and specified special education cooperatives to submit a report once each year until August 1, 2027 (rather than for 3 years after August 13, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-339)) to the State Board on the progress made toward achieving the goals and benchmarks established by the State Board concerning the use of isolated time out, time out, and physical restraint. Provides that, on or before June 30, 2026 (rather than June 30, 2023), the State Board shall issue a report to the General Assembly on the progress made by school districts, special education nonpublic schools, and specified special education cooperatives to achieve those goals and benchmarks. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB459 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning downstate school finance authorities. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB460 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning financial oversight panels. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB461 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM; REP. THERESA MAH) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Makes changes to the provisions concerning the in-state tuition charge to require that, beginning on July 1, 2026, an individual, other than an individual who has a non-immigrant alien status that precludes an intent to permanently reside in the United States, shall be charged tuition by the governing board of a public university at the same rate as an Illinois resident if the individual meets specified requirements. Provides that the governing board may adopt a policy to implement and administer the provisions and may adopt a policy for the classification of in-state residents, for tuition purposes, based on residency in this State. Provides that the General Assembly finds and declares that the provisions are a State law within the meaning of certain provisions of the United States Code. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB462 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA; REP. KAM BUCKNER) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that, in determining admission to a public institution of higher education, the public institution of higher education may not consider an applicant's legacy status or the applicant's familial relationship to any past, current, or prospective donor of something of value to the public institution of higher education as a factor in admitting the applicant. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB463 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL; REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. With regard to the Section concerning contractual continued service, removes provisions specifying that the probationary periods are only for service in which a teacher holds a Professional Educator License. Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the Code. Provides that on July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for the purpose of maintaining and improving the State evaluator training and pre-qualification program in this State. Provides that the Committee shall be staffed by the State Board of Education. Sets forth the membership of the Committee. Provides that members of the Committee shall be nominated by program providers and appointed by the State Superintendent. Provides that the Committee shall meet initially at the call of the State Superintendent and shall select one member as chairperson at its initial meeting. Provides that the Committee shall meet at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Committee. Provides that the Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on the continued implementation of the evaluator training and pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the development and delivery of the program's existing and new administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program instructors and participants, sharing best practices, consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined by the chairperson of the Committee. Effective June 15, 2024.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - With regard to the Section concerning contractual continued service, provides that the probationary periods are for a teacher who holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator License with Stipulations with a career and technical educator endorsement, or an Educator License with Stipulations with a provisional career and technical educator endorsement (instead of a Professional Educator License). Corrects cross-references.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as engrossed with the following changes. Provides that the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council shall meet until December 31, 2024 (instead of June 30, 2024). Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that an individual who holds a valid career and technical educator endorsement or a provisional career and technical educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and privileges granted to a holder of a Professional Educator License. Effective June 15, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date July 1, 2024
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| SB464 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON; REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions requiring referendum approval to build or purchase a school building, provides that for any school district: (i) that is designated as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school district under the evidence-based funding provisions of the Code, (ii) with at least one school that is located on federal property, (iii) whose overall student population is no more than 4,500 students and no less than 2,500 students, and (iv) that receives a federal Public Schools on Military Installations grant until June 30, 2030, no referendum shall be required if at least 75% of the cost of construction or building of any such building is paid or will be paid with funds received or expected to be received from the Public Schools on Military Installations grant. Provides that the school board must hold at least 2 public hearings, the sole purpose of which shall be to discuss the decision to construct a school building and to receive input from those community members in attendance. Provides that the notice of each public hearing that sets forth the time, date, place, and description of the school construction project must be provided at least 10 days prior to the hearing by publication on the school district's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB465 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB466 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Farm Fresh Schools Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB467 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB468 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB469 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON; REP. TRACY KATZ MUHL) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. In a provision regarding trustees of schools: provides that the school business of all school townships having school trustees shall be transacted by trustees (rather than 3 trustees); and removes language that provides that the school business of Township 38 North, Range 12 East shall be transacted by 4 trustees elected by the qualified voters of the township and 3 trustees appointed by the school districts within the township. In a provision regarding school counseling services, provides that school counseling services may include working to address the needs of all students without (rather than with) regard to citizenship status. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB470 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB471 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Care of Students with Diabetes Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB472 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Seizure Smart School Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB473 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Design-Build for Public Schools Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB474 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB475 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB476 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB480 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB481 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Vocational Academies Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB482 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB483 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB485 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB486 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Educational Credit for Military Experience Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB487 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB488 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB489 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB490 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB491 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB492 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB493 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB544 | FINANCE-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Construction Bond Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB561 | FINANCE-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Build Illinois Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB737 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB991 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB992 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB993 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB994 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. THOMAS BENNETT; REP. DENNIS TIPSWORD) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the debt limitations of school districts, provides that, in addition to all other authority to issue bonds, Washington School District 52 may issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 if specified conditions are met, including requiring that the school board determine that the projects set forth in the proposition for the issuance of the bonds were and are required because of the age, condition, or capacity of the district's existing school buildings. Provides that the debt incurred on the bonds shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory debt limitation and must mature within not to exceed 25 years from their date. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB995 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB996 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB997 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB998 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DAN MCCONCHIE; REP. KATIE STUART) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that provisions requiring the filing of a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, an application for State financial aid, or a waiver do not apply for the 2023-2024 school year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB999 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1000 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1001 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1002 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1003 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1004 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1005 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1006 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1007 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1008 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1009 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1228 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. WILLIE PRESTON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1229 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. WILLIE PRESTON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1314 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Career and Workforce Transition Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1333 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. WILLIE PRESTON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1334 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. WILLIE PRESTON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1362 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. WILLIE PRESTON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1379 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1380 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1381 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1388 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning grants for preschool educational programs. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1389 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning grants for preschool educational programs. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1691 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2367 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2415 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2848 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2901 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. SUE REZIN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3017 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3018 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3043 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prohibited transactions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3071 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-TECH (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rules. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3117 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1123 | SCH CD-SCHOOL REPORT CARD (REP. TERRA COSTA HOWARD; SEN. SUZANNE GLOWIAK HILTON) Amends the School Code. Requires school report cards prepared by the State Superintendent of Education to include the percentage of students with disabilities who have fulfilled the minimum State graduation requirements and have been issued a regular high school diploma and the percentage of students with disabilities who have fulfilled the minimum State graduation requirements but have not completed their individualized education program and are enrolled and receiving individualized education program services.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes provisions requiring the student outcome data on a school report card to include the percentage of students with disabilities who have fulfilled the minimum State graduation requirements but have not completed their individualized education program and are enrolled and receiving individualized education program services. Provides that for any school report card prepared after July 1, 2025, for all high school graduation completion rates that are reported on the school report card, the State Superintendent of Education shall also report the percentage of students who did not meet the requirements of high school graduation completion for any reason and, of those students, the percentage that are classified as students who fulfill the requirements of the participation in graduation provisions of the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Requires the State Superintendent to ensure that for the 2023-2024 school year there is a specific code for districts to report students who fulfill the requirements of those provisions. Provides that these reporting requirements shall be included on the school report card where high school graduation completion rates are reported, along with a brief explanation. Adds an immediate effective date. |
| | Current Status: 6/30/2023 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0116
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| HB1383 | SCH CD-SPECIAL ED FACILITIES (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the School Code. In provisions of the Children with Disabilities Article concerning a child who attends a non-public school or special education facility, a public out-of-state school, or a special education facility owned and operated by a county government unit, provides that the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board shall allow a nonprofit entity to use the same profit margin calculation that the Board allows in the for-profit tuition and room and board calculations and may not make any distinction in reimbursement level for nonpublic special education facilities based upon their federal income tax filing classification. In provisions of the Chicago School District Article concerning criminal history records checks, provides that a nonpublic special education facility with multiple campuses within this State and providing services under the Children with Disabilities Article shall maintain a separate, current record at a central administrative location, for inspection by representatives of the school district and the State Board of Education, for each staff member, whether employed full-time or part-time, who provides direct services or who is directly involved in the development and implementation of instructional services. Requires a nonpublic special education facility to send a monthly employee roster file electronically to the school district and the State Board of Education that details whether the facility's employees have completed and passed the criminal history records check process. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2433 | SCH-EDUCATION PRIORITIZATION (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Creates the Education Prioritization Act. Beginning with fiscal year 2024, requires the General Assembly to appropriate for the evidence-based funding formula under the School Code an amount that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (i) the total amount appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; and (ii) 51% of total new general funds available for spending from estimated growth in revenues and funds available because of budgeted program growth and decline in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; but in no event shall the sum be less than a certain percentage required under the Act. Requires a continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations to fund the evidence-based funding formula. Amends the School Code to make changes concerning a system for accounting for revenues and expenditures and evidence-based funding. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3643 | SCH CD-IEP-VOTER REGISTRATION (REP. ABDELNASSER RASHID; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation and additional requirements, each school board shall provide religious dietary food options as part of the school lunch program. Provides further requirements concerning the provision of religious dietary food in public schools. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Facilities Article of the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes substantially similar changes as to religious dietary food options. Amends the Halal Food Act. Defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any halal food product offered by a State-owned or State-operated facility shall be certified as halal by a State-approved organization or purchased from a State-approved halal-certified vendor. Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor shall be subject to penalties under the Act. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not infringe upon or affect any obligation in a contract entered into and in effect on or before the amendatory Act's effective date. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food options at State facilities. Defines "kosher". Provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food services is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 11/8/2023 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| HB3679 | SCH CD-IEP ROLL OVER (REP. HARRY BENTON) Amends the Children With Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that in the development of the individualized education program for a student, if during the initial development of the individualized education program is recognized that the student's needs are unlikely to change, the individualized education program shall continue without the need for the student's IEP team to meet until either the student or the parent requests a change in the student's individualized education program. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3681 | SCH CD-EQUITY FOR AUTISTIC STU (REP. HARRY BENTON) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to create an Equity for Autistic Students Commission to research, recommend, and review policies that affect autistic students to ensure fair access to resources, therapies, education, and equity with a focused lens on historically marginalized groups. Provides that the Commission shall review different therapies and practices used or recommended for autistic students and, with the help of experts appointed to the Commission, decide if those therapies and practices are still the best therapies and practices. Provides that the Commission shall consist of members appointed by the State Board of Education and shall include experts in the field of autism in children and students. Provides that at least one member appointed to the Commission by the State Board of Education shall have autism. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative assistance and necessary staff support services. Provides for meetings and reporting. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3862 | SCH CD-IEP TRANSPARENCY (REP. HARRY BENTON) Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that school boards shall ensure that the Individualized Education Program process is transparent for all students and the families of students. Provides that school boards shall adopt a policy to ensure equitable and clear access to the Individualized Education Program process. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4474 | SCH CD-IEP-VOTER REGISTRATION (REP. NABEELA SYED) Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that in the development of the individualized education program for a student who is 17 years of age or older, or will be during that school year, the IEP team shall consider voter registration as an appropriate goal or competency to be included in the IEP, and, if appropriate, when and how voter registration shall be accomplished. Provides that any resulting decisions shall be included in the IEP. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4581 | SCH CD-SPEC ED-RESIDENT DIST (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN; SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that if a student who is 18 years of age or older with no legal guardian is placed residentially outside of the school district in which the student's parent lives and the placement is funded by a State agency or through private insurance, then the resident district is the school district in which the parent lives. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 7/19/2024 - Effective Date July 19, 2024
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| HB5276 | SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-TRANSITION (REP. SUZANNE NESS; SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning transition services, provides that the student's transition plan shall include consideration of the student's assistive technology needs, such as assistive technology evaluations, devices, and services, related to the student's transition goals for employment, education or training, and independent living, both while the student is participating in transition-related activities and in post-school activities. Provides that the student's transition plan shall also include consideration of the availability and accessibility of appropriate assistive technology devices and services for the student once in the post-school environment. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0854
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| HB5430 | SCH CD-RESIDENT DISTRICT (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS; SEN. NAPOLEON HARRIS, III) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a parent or guardian that moves out of the State after the parent's or guardian's child is placed in a nonpublic school or special education facility, public out-of-state school, or county special education facility shall enroll the child in a school in the other state to initiate reimbursement to Illinois. Provides that if the laws, policies, or procedures of the other state prohibit the foregoing or if the parent or guardian otherwise provides proof of at least one satisfactory attempt to enroll the child but is refused by the other state, the child shall continue to be deemed a resident of the last school district in which the child was enrolled. In provisions concerning the determination that the location of a parent or guardian of a student is unknown, provides that the information submitted from a school district or school or special education facility providing special education to the State Superintendent of Education must include an affidavit from that school district's superintendent or the facility's director attesting that the location of the parent or guardian is unknown and at least 3 satisfactory attempts were made to locate the parent or guardian and no response was received from the parent or guardian within 14 days after such satisfactory attempts (instead of requiring 4 items of documentary evidence that a minimum of 4 separate attempts were made). Provides that any determination by the State Superintendent of Education that the location of a parent or guardian is unknown shall be made as soon as practicable after receipt of the affidavit from the school district's superintendent or the facility's director. Provides that a school district or special education facility may request assistance with determining the location of a parent or guardian from the State Board of Education. In provisions concerning placement in a residential facility, provides that if the child is not currently enrolled in a school district or if the resident school district is unknown, the appropriate resident school district must be identified and the child must be enrolled in that district prior to the placement of the child, except in emergency situations. Provides that the residential facility shall require the parent or guardian of the child to sign a contract upon placement in the residential facility affirming that the parent or guardian understands the parent's or guardian's obligations under State law, including the obligation to enroll the child in the appropriate school district of residence at time of placement or upon the child reaching the age of 3. Provides that the identified school district of residence may not deny enrollment on the basis of the child's placement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5619 | SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-COUNCIL (REP. DIANE BLAIR-SHERLOCK) Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall allocate sufficient funds to provide for transportation and lodging for the members of the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities to attend meetings in Springfield and shall provide funds, not to exceed $5,000, for scholarships for families to attend an annual legislative breakfast organized by the Advisory Council. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1411 | DHS-PUNS DATABASE (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes changes to a provision concerning the Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services (PUNS) database. Adds individuals in State-operated developmental centers and individuals in community-integrated living arrangements to the list of persons the Department of Human Services must register in the PUNS database. Requires the Secretary of Human Services to seek input from advisory bodies to the Department, including advisory councils and committees working with the Department in the areas of intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders, with regard to the establishment, maintenance, and administration of PUNS. Provides that the Department shall also ensure that individuals in PUNS are contacted regarding their PUNS status and available services at least 2 times each year via email or letter, based on the delivery preference of the individual. Provides that the available services and supports may include housing, home-based services, employment and training, respite care, and day programs. Requires the Department to seek any available federal funding to upgrade its technology in order to implement an effective and efficient system of operating and maintaining PUNS and making the web-based verification and information-update application developed by the Department available to individuals listed in PUNS. Requires the Department to collaborate with the State Board of Education to ensure that students with disabilities and their parents are informed of PUNS consistent with a specified provision of the School Code. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1434 | SCH CD-RESIDENTIAL FACILITY (SEN. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the School Code. Provides that any residential facility that is on the approval list of another State agency or that contracts with another State agency shall be considered approved on the State Board of Education's approved residential facility list. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1685 | SCH CD-COMPLETION RATES (SEN. LAURA MURPHY; REP. TERRA COSTA HOWARD) Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Supporting Special Needs Students Law. Amends the School Code. When computing certain completion rates, requires the State Superintendent of Education to exclude students who: are at least 18 years of age as of September 1 of the school year as reported for the fall semester and have satisfied the credit requirements for high school graduation; have not completed their individualized education program; and are enrolled and receiving individualized education program services. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, in high school districts in counties with populations greater than 800,000 but less than 4,000,000 where there are 2 high schools individually serving grades 9 through 12 and where enrollment is less than 2,500 at any school, enrollment shall be balanced across high schools within the district equally, not to exceed a 15% enrollment difference when averaged over the previous 3 consecutive years.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Removes the provisions amending the Section of the School Code concerning standards for schools. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1686 | INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLET-SPEC ED (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Requires an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State to allow a student for whom it is determined that special education services are needed under the School Code to participate in interscholastic athletics and other forms of athletic competition for as long as the student is eligible for such special education services, which, for purposes of the School Code, means through the day before the student's 22nd birthday. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2327 | SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-COSTS (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Children With Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that for individual students with disabilities who attend tier 1 or 2 schools whose program costs exceed 3 times the district's per capita tuition rate, the costs in excess of 3 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall be paid by the State Board of Education from unexpended IDEA discretionary funds originally designated for room and board reimbursement (instead of for individual students with disabilities whose program costs exceed 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate, the costs in excess of 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall be paid by the State Board of Education from unexpended IDEA discretionary funds originally designated for room and board reimbursement). Provides that for individual students with disabilities who attend Tier 3 or 4 schools whose program costs exceed 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate, the costs in excess of 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall be paid by the State Board of Education from unexpended IDEA discretionary funds originally designated for room and board reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2895 | SCH CD-SPEC ED JOINT AGREEMENT (SEN. LAURA FINE) Amends the School Code. Allows an elementary school district to withdraw from its special education joint agreement program if the district (i) maintains grades up to and including grade 8, (ii) had a 2022-2023 best 3 months' average daily attendance of 4,013, and (iii) had a 2022 equalized assessed valuation of at least $2,927,750,000, but not more than $2,927,760,000, and the special education joint agreement consists of 18 school districts. Requires approval by the school board and notification to and the filing of an intent to withdraw statement with the governing board of the joint agreement program. Sets forth provisions concerning the notification and statement, the allocation of assets and liabilities, and the effective date of the withdrawal. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3606 | SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-SEPARATE SCH (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL; REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the term "special educational facilities and services" includes private special schools (instead of special schools) and separate public special education day schools. Provides that if a child has been placed in a separate public special education day school, a school district making tuition payments in excess of $4,500 shall be responsible for an amount in excess of $4,500 equal to 2 times the district's per capita tuition charge and shall be eligible for reimbursement from the State for the amount of such payments actually made in excess of 2 times the district's per capita tuition charge for students not receiving special education services. Requires a certification and finding to be made for reimbursement of a school district of the amount paid for tuition of a child attending a public special education facility.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board shall include additional, non-voting members. Provides that the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board shall establish rules and regulations for its determination of allowable costs and payments made by school districts for services provided by separate public special education day schools. Provides that the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board shall review the costs for special education and related services provided by separate public special education day schools. Provides that provisions concerning tuition payments and reimbursement apply to a private special education school, separate public special education day school, or private special education facility (instead of a separate public special education day school). Provides for State Board of Education rulemaking. Adds a July 1, 2024 effective date. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date July 1, 2024
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| SB3768 | SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-DEAF-BLIND (SEN. SUZANNE GLOWIAK HILTON; REP. TERRA COSTA HOWARD) Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall maintain and operate, or contract for (instead of being empowered to establish, maintain, and operate or contract for) the operation of a permanent statewide residential education facility (instead of statewide service center), known as the Philip J. Rock Center and School. Provides that the State Board of Education shall include a line item in its budget to pay the costs of operating and maintaining the Philip J. Rock Center and School. Limits the specified services provided by the Philip J. Rock Center and School to eligible deaf-blind persons of all ages to being subject to appropriated funding for those specified services. Makes changes concerning provided services. Provides that for the purposes of employment, the Philip J. Rock Center and School shall be considered its own employer. Provides that the State Board of Education shall appoint a Chief Administrator of the Philip J. Rock Center and School who shall be employed by the Philip J. Rock Center and School. Specifies the duties of the Chief Administrator. Sets forth provisions concerning a student with an individualized education program at the Philip J. Rock Center and School. Makes changes concerning the Advisory Board for the Philip J. Rock Center and School. Makes other changes.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Makes changes concerning who qualifies as a person with deaf-blindness and who is eligible for deaf-blind services. Changes references of "auditory" to "hearing". Makes changes concerning the services the Phillip J. Rock Center and School shall include.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Changes references of "deaf-blind" to "deafblind". Provides that the Philip J. Rock Center and School shall service eligible students between the ages of 3 and 21, unless the student's 22nd birthday occurs during the school year, in which case the student is eligible for such services through the end of the school year (instead of providing that the School serves eligible children between the ages of 3 and 22). Removes the requirement that, in accordance with a student's individualized education program, the Philip J. Rock Center and School make every attempt to provide a free appropriate public education pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2001 to a student placed in its residential educational facility either in its own program or within a local school district program that is appropriate to the child and contracted for by the Philip J. Rock Center and School. Makes typographical and grammatical corrections.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as engrossed with the following changes. Provides that priority of services shall be given to students referred to the Philip J. Rock Center and School who qualify as individuals with concomitant hearing and visual impairments or who are eligible for special education services under the category of deafblind. Provides that such a student may not be denied enrollment unless the student's placement in the Center and School would endanger the health or safety of any other student. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| HB296 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. KATIE STUART; SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that, through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a teacher preparation program or other candidate is required to pass a teacher performance assessment. Makes conforming changes. Creates the Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force to evaluate potential teacher performance assessment systems for implementation in this State, with the intention of supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system that is performance-based and has consistency across programs and objectivity. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides that on or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance assessment system in this State, to the State Board of Education. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved upon submission of this report. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1081 | SCH CD-MINORITY CANDIDATES (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. Requires school districts with a population of 3,000 or more students to interview a minimum percentage of minority candidates for teaching positions. Exempts teaching positions within an English as a Second Language program from the requirement. Sets forth the formula for the school district to use to calculate the minimum percentage required. Provides that if the school district is unable to interview the required minimum percentage of minority candidates for 2 consecutive years, the school district must implement a program for school district employees interested in obtaining a Professional Educator License. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1213 | HIGHER ED-DUAL CREDIT COURSES (REP. DAN CAULKINS; SEN. SALLY TURNER) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that scholarships awarded under the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program may be granted to individuals employed as teachers who agree to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses at a secondary school. Provides that for any individual receiving a scholarship to teach dual credit courses, following the completion of the program of study, the individual must teach at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary school in this State for a period of at least 5 years. Provides that individuals who fail to comply shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, whether payments were made directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by the scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded. Provides that no individual may be required to refund tuition payments if his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary school is the result of financial conditions within school districts. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Changes the effective date to July 1, 2024 (instead of July 1, 2023). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1214 | SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSE-TEMP (REP. DAN CAULKINS) Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall establish and maintain a Temporary Teacher Apprenticeship Program to assist qualified participants in acquiring a Professional Educator License. Provides that the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may establish and adopt any rules necessary to implement this program, including the standards that a qualified participant must meet to receive a Professional Educator License. Sets forth the requirements to complete the program. Provides that upon completing the requirements of the program, a qualified participant is eligible for a Professional Educator License. Makes related changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1215 | SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSE FEES (REP. DAN CAULKINS) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, any candidate who is considered either a former or active first responder or military personnel shall receive a refund for any costs associated with completing a test of content area knowledge. Provides that, subject to appropriation, any candidate who is considered either a former or active first responder or military personnel shall receive a refund for any costs associated with completing a teacher performance assessment. Provides that no former or active first responder or military personnel may be charged an application fee under specified provisions. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1291 | SCH CD-TEACHER-ANNUAL INCENTIV (REP. KATIE STUART; SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program, provides that the annual incentive shall be $2,250 (instead of $1,500) and that 45 hours of mentoring shall be required (instead of 30). Provides that funds may also be used for professional development training provided by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or the National Board Resource Center. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Provides that funds may be used for professional development training provided by the National Board Resource Center (instead of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or the National Board Resource Center). |
| | Current Status: 6/30/2023 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0122
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| HB1466 | SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue a certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1589 | SCH CD-TEACHER-FOREIGN LANGUAG (REP. DAVID FRIESS) Amends the School Code. Provides that a foreign language endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets specified requirements. Provides that the foreign language endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed. Provides that an individual who holds a valid foreign language endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may teach a course on the foreign language for which the foreign language endorsement is issued. Provides that an individual who holds a valid foreign language endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's degree may substitute teach in foreign language classrooms. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1624 | SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the Illinois Police Training Act to provide that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer a school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer. Provides that nothing in the school resource officer course provision prohibits a school resource officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer from carrying a firearm. Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Makes a conforming change. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2384 | SCH CD-SCHOOL COUNSELORS (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall (rather than may) employ a sufficient number of school counselors to maintain a (rather than the national and State recommended) student-counselor ratio of 250 to one. Provides that school districts shall require school counselors to meet with their assigned students at least once each month. Makes related changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2534 | SCH CD-EMPLOYEE MINIMUM SALARY (REP. LAMONT ROBINSON) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing salaries of employees, school boards shall pay to employees an hourly rate not less than the following: (i) $20 for the 2023-2024 school year; (ii) $21 for the 2024-2025 school year; and (iii) $22 for the 2025-2026 school year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each school year thereafter shall equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. Provides that "employee" means any employee of the school district who provides educational support services to the district, including, but not limited to, custodial employees, transportation employees, food service providers, classroom assistants, administrative staff, or paraprofessional educators. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2784 | SCH CD-MINIMUM EMPLOYEE SALARY (REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing the salaries of employees, a school board or the governing board of a joint agreement shall pay to employees an hourly rate of not less than (i) $20 for the 2024-2025 school year, (ii) $21 for the 2025-2026 school year, and (iii) $22 for the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each school year thereafter shall equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. Provides that "employee" means any employee of a school district or joint agreement who provides educational support services to the district or joint agreement, including, but not limited to, custodial employees, transportation employees, food service providers, classroom assistants, administrative staff, or paraprofessional educators. Provides that an employee's salary shall include any amount paid by the school district or joint agreement on behalf of the employee, as employee contributions, to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2846 | SCH CD-TEACHER TENURE/3 YEARS (REP. DAVE VELLA) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Makes changes to the probationary periods pertaining to attaining contractual continued service. For the first probationary period, requires the teacher to be employed for 3 (rather than 4) consecutive school terms of service in which the teacher receives overall annual evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the second and third school terms (rather than overall annual evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the last school term and at least "Proficient" in either the second or third school term). For the second probationary period, requires the teacher to serve for 2 (rather than 3) consecutive school terms of service in which the teacher receives 2 (rather than 3) overall annual evaluations of "Excellent". Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2931 | CONCEAL CARRY-SCHOOL EMPLOYEE (REP. DENNIS TIPSWORD) Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a concealed carry licensee who is an employee of a public or private elementary or secondary school may carry a concealed firearm into the school building, real property, and parking area under the control of the school where he or she is employed if, in addition to the training requirement to obtain a concealed carry license, he or she receives additional training from a training program established by the Illinois State Police. Provides that within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Illinois State Police shall establish a training program for licensees who are employees of a public or private elementary or secondary school to permit the employees to carry firearms into the school buildings where they are employed and their adjacent parking lots and real property. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall establish the training curriculum and the amount of training, which shall not exceed 48 hours, of which a maximum of 28 hours shall be firearm training. Provides that the training shall include the safe handling of firearms around children. Provides that the training must be completed annually. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2958 | SCH CD-LAPSED EDUCATOR LICENSE (REP. DAN CAULKINS) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for the reinstatement of a lapsed Professional Educator License upon the payment by the applicant of the lesser of a $50 penalty or a $10 penalty for each year the license has lapsed (rather than a $50 penalty). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3157 | SCH CD-LGBTQIA+ TRAINING (REP. ANNE STAVA-MURRAY) Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board shall provide LGBTQIA+ diversity training for educators who have not previously received training. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3286 | SCH-STIPEND FOR TEACH EXTERN (REP. SUZANNE NESS; SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a grant program to reimburse school districts for providing stipends for classroom Career and Technical Education teachers who participate in externships with a manufacturing company in the State. Provides for rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3287 | SCH CD-MANUFACT EMP-TEACH (REP. SUZANNE NESS) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriations, the State Board of Education shall pay one-half of the salary of an employee that is employed by a manufacturing company and working within a school district at a high school as a licensed career and technical education teacher. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3317 | SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MINIMUM SALARY (REP. WILL GUZZARDI) Creates the Public Higher Education Act. Defines terms, including "employee", which means an employee of a public institution of higher education who provides educational support services to the institution, including, but not limited to, a custodial employee, a transportation employee, a food service provider, a teaching assistant, or administrative staff. Provides that, in fixing the salaries of employees, the governing board of each public institution of higher education shall pay to employees an hourly rate of not less than: (i) $20 for the 2023-2024 academic year; (ii) $21 for the 2024-2025 academic year; and (iii) $22 for the 2025-2026 academic year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each academic year thereafter shall equal the minimum hourly rate for the previous academic year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous academic year. Amends the School Code to make similar changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3346 | SCH CD PARAPROFESSIONAL GRANT (REP. SHARON CHUNG) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop a grant program to support the educator licensure of paraprofessionals with bachelor's degrees. Provides that the State Board shall distribute grants to qualified school districts. Provides that the school districts shall distribute funds to paraprofessionals. Sets forth requirements for school districts to qualify. Sets forth requirements for paraprofessionals to qualify. Sets forth requirements for the grant application, selection of paraprofessionals, restrictions of funds, priority to award grant assistance, program evaluation, and rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3382 | SCH CD-TEACHER ADVOCACY DAYS (REP. MARCUS EVANS, JR.) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that for any teacher who is elected by the association's membership to represent the association for federal advocacy work, for up to 10 days in any school year spent by a teacher during the term, time spent in attendance at a meeting or gathering for federal advocacy work shall be considered time expended in the service of the district and no deduction of wages shall be made for such attendance. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3598 | SCH CD-EDUCATOR TRAINING (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Provides that educator licensees must be trained in the following topics at least once every 5 years: prevalent health conditions of students, social-emotional learning practices and standards, developing cultural competency, identifying warning signs of mental illness, trauma, and suicidal behavior in youth, domestic and sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth, working with exceptional students, educator ethics, and child sexual abuse and grooming behavior. With respect to the Educator Licensure Article of the Code, provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, in order to satisfy the requirements for licensure renewal, each professional educator licensee must complete specified training. Provides that certain entities shall be designated as approved to provide professional development activities delivered though in-service training or teacher and educational support personnel workshops or through online, asynchronous means (rather than to provide professional development activities) for the renewal of Professional Educator Licenses. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3640 | SCH CD-STUDENT TEACH FUNDS-FED (REP. JOYCE MASON) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board shall use the State and federal programs, grants, and subsidies that are available to assist in paying for student teachers as appropriate funds are made available. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3848 | SCH CD-POSTSECONDARY MENTOR (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the School Code. Permits a school district to implement a program to allow school personnel, including athletic coaches, school counselors, and administrative staff, who possess comprehensive knowledge about postsecondary academic or vocational options to provide mentoring services or guidance related to postsecondary academic and vocational options to high school students. Sets forth the services and guidance that a postsecondary mentor may provide to a student; allows the State Board of Education to establish guidelines. Provides that the participation of school personnel in the program shall be on a voluntary basis only; allows school personnel to receive compensation for participating in the program. Provides that a school district may issue a certificate to school personnel who participate in the program certifying that the participant possesses sufficient knowledge. Provides that the State Board of Education may provide for the form of the certificate. Provides for rulemaking. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3907 | SCH CD-TEACHER PLAN TIME (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the School Boards and Chicago School District Articles of the School Code. Provides that school boards shall allow all educators to have daily continuous uninterrupted individual classroom planning time. Provides that the planning period shall be equal to one class period but no less than 45 minutes in duration. Provides that this time requirement applies to educators who are in contact with students for 50% or more of their contracted workday. Provides that, during this planning period, educators may not be forced to substitute in other areas of the building or district when another educator is absent or a vacancy exists and may not be forced to attend meetings, trainings, or conferences of any kind. Provides that if an educator chooses to substitute or attend a meeting, training, or conference during their guaranteed planning period of their own free will, the educator shall be compensated at a rate of pay that is negotiated between the local Board of Education and local association of a state teacher association. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3909 | SCH CD-COMP SCI MICROCREDENT (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a microcredential for teachers to receive training in introductory and intermediate computer science. Provides that the microcredential shall cover the best practices for teaching computer science to students, focusing on content mastery and teaching strategies. Provides that the State Board of education shall also establish a microcredential for teachers to receive training for Advanced Placement classes in computer science after completing the introductory microcredential. Provides that the State Board of Education shall make the microcredential a primary endorsement area. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3911 | SCH CD-MINIMUM SALARY (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the minimum salary of teachers, provides that the minimum salary shall be fixed at $42,500 for the 2029-2030 school year, $45,000 for the 2034-2035 school year, $47,500 for the 2039-2040 school year, and $50,000 for the 2044-2045 school year. Removes provisions that adjusts the minimum salary rate by a increase in percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3945 | SCH CD-TEACH PERFORMANCE EVALS (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Provides that school districts may not tie teacher performance evaluations to a entire school's standardized testing performance or to a curriculum area in which the teacher is not certified. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4173 | EDUC-TRADE COURSES-METT (REP. JED DAVIS) Amends the School Code. Allows a METT Educator District License for teaching a course in manufacturing, engineering, technology, or a trade (METT) to be issued to an applicant who has at least 10,000 working hours in a trade. Provides that a METT Educator District License may be issued to qualified individuals who have not obtained a bachelor's degree or an equivalent number of hours in an educational program at an institution of higher education. Provides that a METT Educator District License is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of the license being issued and may be renewed. Provides that a METT Educator District License is valid only for the teaching of a course that the State Board of Education has identified as related to the work experience of the licensee. Sets forth other provisions regarding the license. Amends the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. Provides that the State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or the Department of Labor, shall expand a database to identify METT labor shortages. Provides that by July 1, 2026, school districts in identified regions shall be notified by the State Board and shall participate in a College and Career Pathway Endorsement program and offer a METT endorsement. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4216 | SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall approve a course for school safety officers (a retired law enforcement officer who has been hired by a school district to perform security services). Sets forth training and certification requirements, including firearm certification. Provides that an applicant for employment as a school safety officer must authorize an investigation to determine if the applicant has been convicted of any criminal offense that disqualifies the person as a school safety officer. Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Exempts school safety officers from the Act if a school board does not require officer-worn body cameras. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a school may employ a school safety officer. Requires a school safety officer applicant to provide the school district a certificate of completion or approved waiver issued by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Provides that a school safety officer shall wear a uniform that clearly identifies the officer as a school safety officer. Provides that a school safety officer may detain a person when the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that an offense, other than an ordinance violation, is being committed. Provides that a school safety officer may carry a firearm as long as the officer is certified under specified provisions of the Illinois Police Training Act. Adds references to school safety officers throughout the Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4241 | SEX OFFENSE-ABUSE BY EDUCATOR (REP. AMY ELIK; SEN. TERRI BRYANT) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the conviction of certain offenses as grounds for disqualification for licensure or suspension or revocation of a license, includes the sex offense of abuse by an educator or authority figure under the definition of "sex or other offense". Amends the Sex Offenses Article of Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits abuse by an educator or authority figure if that person holds a position of trust, authority, or supervision in relation to a student in a school, the student is at least 18 years of age, the person is at least 4 years older than the student, and the person either (1) commits an act of sexual conduct with the student or (2) commits an act of sexual penetration with the student. Provides that abuse by an educator or authority figure involving sexual conduct is a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense or if there is more than one victim. Provides that abuse by an educator or authority figure involving sexual penetration is a Class 4 felony for the first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense or if there is more than one victim. Provides that consent of the victim is not a defense to abuse by an educator or authority figure.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012: (1) changes definitions of "authority figure", "educator", and "school"; (2) adds a definition of "student"; (3) changes the elements of the offense of abuse by an educator or authority figure to provide that the person is at least 4 years older than the student; (3) deletes consent of the victim is not a defense to abuse by an educator or authority figure; and (4) provides that a person commits abuse by an educator or authority figure if that person is an educator or authority figure at the school (rather than holds a position of trust, authority, or supervision in relation to a student in a school), the student is at least 18 years of age and is enrolled or was previously enrolled in the school within the past year, the person is at least 4 years older than the student, and the person either: (i) commits an act of sexual conduct with the student; or (ii) commits an act of sexual penetration with the student.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012: (1) changes definitions of "authority figure", "educator", and "school"; (2) adds a definition of "student"; and (3) provides that a person commits abuse by an educator or authority figure if that person is an educator or authority figure at the school (rather than holds a position of trust, authority, or supervision in relation to a student in a school), the student is at least 18 years of age but under 23 years of age, the person is at least 4 years older than the student and holds or held within the previous year a position of trust, authority, or supervision in relation to the student in connection with an educational or extracurricular program or activity, and the person either: (i) commits an act of sexual conduct with the student; or (ii) commits an act of sexual penetration with the student. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4277 | SCH-CD-EDUC LICENSE-ASL ENDORS (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Requires the world language endorsement on a Professional Educator License to include American Sign Language under rules of the State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4311 | SCH CD-SUBSTITUTE TEACHING LIC (REP. TRAVIS WEAVER) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Authorizes the issuance of short-term substitute teaching licenses to applicants who hold a bachelor's degree or higher from an unaccredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4313 | SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSE ENDORS (REP. TRAVIS WEAVER) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Authorizes the issuance of a college-level endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations if an applicant (i) holds at least a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, (ii) possesses an educational background that allows the applicant to teach college-level coursework in either a bachelor's degree or master's degree granting program, and (iii) has passed a content area test in the subject to be taught by the applicant. Provides that the endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of being issued and may be renewed. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4527 | CRIM CD-SEXUAL REL-STUDENTS (REP. JOYCE MASON) Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of sexual misconduct with a student. Provides that a person commits sexual misconduct with a student when he or she is or was an employee of a school and commits sexual misconduct with a student who, at the time the employee was employed by the school, attended the school. Provides that the consent of the student is not a defense to a prosecution under this provision. Provides that a student is deemed incapable of consent, for purposes of this provision, when he or she is a student who attended the school while the employee was employed at the school. Provides that it is not a defense to a violation of this provision that the student was of the age to give consent to sexual penetration or sexual conduct in circumstances not involving a violation of this provision. Provides that a person convicted of violating this provision shall immediately forfeit his or her employment with a school and may not subsequently be employed at a school. Provides that a violation is a Class 3 felony. Provides exemptions. Defines "school" as a public or private elementary or secondary school or a school that operates grades kindergarten through 12. Defines "sexual misconduct" as any act, including, but not limited to, any verbal, nonverbal, written, or electronic communication or physical activity, by an employee or agent of the school district, charter school, or nonpublic school with direct contact with a student that is directed toward or with a student to establish a romantic or sexual relationship with the student. Defines other terms. |
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| HB4580 | TEACHERS INS-RETURN TO SERVICE (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that the eligibility of an annuitant or TRS benefit recipient to participate in the program of health benefits established under specified provisions of the Act shall not be suspended for any period during which he or she accepts employment from a school board or other employer in accordance with a provision of the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code that allows annuitants to accept employment as a teacher without impairing retirement status if certain conditions are met, including a limit on the number of paid days the annuitant may work, or a provision for annuitants returning to teach in a subject shortage area. Provides that an annuitant or TRS benefit recipient shall not be deemed an active teacher based solely on the annuitant's or TRS benefit recipient's employment exceeding the limit on the number of paid days an annuitant may work without impairing retirement status. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code to make conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4652 | HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND (REP. BARBARA HERNANDEZ; SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to alleviate the financial burden of student teaching and to encourage students to pursue teaching careers to alleviate this State's teacher shortage. Provides that to participate in the stipend program, an eligible student must be placed as a student teacher no later than June 1, 2025 or no later than June 1 each year thereafter. Provides that an educator preparation program shall notify the Board of all eligible students who qualify for the stipend program by July 1, 2025 and no later than July 1 each year thereafter and all eligible students shall be participants in the stipend program. Provides that no later than August 1, 2025 and no later than August 1 each year thereafter, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that the educator preparation program shall distribute stipend funds using the standard methods for allocating State-based financial aid or as wages for employment to each eligible student in monthly installments. Sets forth additional provisions concerning the distribution of funds. Provides for rulemaking.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes provisions specifying notification deadlines. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible cooperating teacher a stipend of up to $2,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters per academic year, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning the distribution of funds to eligible cooperating teachers. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible cooperating teacher from participating in the stipend program or receiving a stipend from the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning cooperating teacher training.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "salary" includes stipends paid to an eligible cooperating teacher under the Board of Higher Education Act. Authorizes a person to establish optional credit for periods of service as a student teacher under a specified provision of the Board of Higher Education Act. In provisions requiring an additional employer contribution for certain salary increases greater than 6%, provides that the System shall exclude any stipends paid to an eligible cooperating teacher under the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes changes concerning how funds are to be distributed under the student teaching stipend program. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall disburse funds to the State Board of Education, who shall disburse funds to each school district or early childhood education provider employing an eligible cooperating teacher (instead of having the Board of Higher Education disburse funds to educator preparation programs employing an eligible cooperating teacher). Makes related changes. Makes changes concerning when the report shall be completed. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall provide guidance and technical assistance to educator preparation programs on the administration of the stipend program. Effective immediately. |
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| HB4653 | SCH CD-EMPLOYE TRAUMA TRAINING (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Makes stylistic changes in provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops. In provisions concerning inservice training programs, removes the requirement that the training regarding health conditions of students include the chronic health conditions of students and provides that school district employees who are trained to respond to trauma under the provisions shall be immune from civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed practices under the provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops satisfies the requirements under the provisions concerning inservice training programs. Removes certain provisions that require a school board to conduct inservice training for all school district employees on the methods to respond to trauma. Makes technical changes having a revisory function. Effective January 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| HB4672 | SCH CD-SPEECH-LANG PATHOLOGIST (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that an applicant for a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist may satisfy the requirement of passing a test of content area knowledge by passing the national Praxis test in speech-language pathology administered by the Educational Testing Service. Provides that an applicant for a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist may complete a school internship, externship, or practicum prior to taking the Praxis test, but must pass the Praxis test in speech-language pathology prior to licensure. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4774 | EMPLOYMENT-ACADEMIC PERSONNEL (REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after March 15, 2020 (rather than beginning on or after March 15, 2020, and before September 4, 2021 (including any week of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and on or before June 25, 2021)) benefits shall be payable to an individual on the basis of wages for employment in other than an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity performed for an educational institution or an educational service agency under specified circumstances, as long as the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4787 | PARAPROF TO TEACHER PROGRAM (REP. AMY GRANT) Creates the Paraprofessional Fast Track to Teaching Degree Pilot Program Act. Makes findings. Provides that the Paraprofessional Fast Track to Teaching Degree Pilot Program is created for a 2-year degree pathway by which paraprofessional educators may enroll to achieve the education requirements to attain a professional educator license in this State, which shall comply with the standards of the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education. Provides that, subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year or, if funds are not appropriated for the Program that academic year, beginning with the academic year in which funds are appropriated for the Program, the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall coordinate with each other to assign a qualified individual to serve as a Program director to develop the curriculum for the Program. Provides that one public elementary or public secondary school and one public university in this State shall be chosen to develop a program for transitioning paraprofessionals to teachers. Includes the core components of the Program. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education must submit a report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative Reference Bureau detailing the impact of the Program and then the Program is dissolved and the Act is repealed. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4896 | SCH CD-SEXUAL MISCONDUCT (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning sexual misconduct in schools, provides that guidelines established for certain situations and all available methods for how to report staff-student boundary violations within a school and to external agencies must be posted on the website, if any, of each school district, charter school, or nonpublic school and must be included in any staff, student, or parent handbook provided by the school district, charter school, or nonpublic school. In provisions concerning an employment history review, provides that a job applicant shall provide the name, address, telephone number, and other relevant contact information of the applicant's current employer only if the applicant has direct contact with children or students at the applicant's current employer. Provides that for a substitute employee licensed by the State Board of Education and seeking employment in more than one school district, the employment history review shall be conducted by the regional office of education or intermediate service center in which the school districts are located. Provides for when this review is required and how the review remains valid, and provides for immunity for regional offices of education and intermediate service centers. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5009 | SCH CD-HOLIDAYS-EMPLOYEE (REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning holidays, provides that no deduction shall be made from the time or compensation of a school employee, including an educational support personnel employee, on account of any legal or special holiday during which time the employee is contractually employed (instead of on account of any legal or special holiday in which that employee would have otherwise been scheduled to work but for the legal or special holiday). |
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| HB5020 | EDUC-DUAL CREDIT QUALITY ACT (REP. DIANE BLAIR-SHERLOCK; SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, the Dual Credit Committee, instructor and other standards for dual credit courses, and the data in reports made by institutions of higher learning. Provides that a Dual Credit Instructor Endorsement Framework shall be developed through a committee involving collaboration between the Illinois Community College Board and the State Board of Education by December 31, 2024. Sets forth the membership of the committee. Provides that the Framework shall establish criteria for evaluating instructors on the basis of academic credentials, progress toward academic credentials, equivalent experience, or some combination of these. Sets forth what the criteria shall include and what the Framework may do. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Provides that a Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework (instead of a Dual Credit Instructor Endorsement Framework) shall be developed through a committee involving collaboration between the Illinois Community College Board and the State Board of Education by December 31, 2024. Changes the membership of the committee and what the Framework shall include. Makes related changes concerning school district and community college partnership agreements, the Dual Credit Committee, and instructor and other standards for dual credit courses. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, out-of-state dual credit contracts, and standards concerning dual credit courses. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall conduct a study to examine dual credit students and their short-term and long-term outcomes, including determining how differing types and levels of credit-hour achievement influence college enrollment, persistence, advancement, and completion, either at a public community college or public university. Sets forth requirements concerning the study. Changes the membership of the Dual Credit Committee and requirements concerning the Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework. Makes grammatical and stylistic changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5025 | SCH CD-SHORT TERM SUBSTITUTE (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Allows an applicant to qualify for a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License if the applicant has retired in good standing while holding a valid paraprofessional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5057 | SCH CD-PRIMARY SCH TEACH TEST (REP. SUE SCHERER; SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Removes the restriction providing that no candidate may be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record until the candidate has passed the applicable content area test. Provides that the Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force shall report to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly on or before October 31, 2024 (rather than August 1, 2024). Provides that the State Board of Education's rules for scoring the content area knowledge test may include scoring and retaking of each test section separately and independently. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0846
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| HB5111 | FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that all food handlers employed by a restaurant, retail food establishment, nursing home, school, or day care center and certified food service sanitation managers employed by a restaurant, retail food establishment, nursing home, school, or day care center (instead of all certified food service sanitation managers employed by a restaurant) must receive or obtain training in basic allergen awareness principles within 30 days after employment and every 3 years thereafter. Defines "retail food establishment". |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5324 | LABOR RELATION-SCHEDULE-REPORT (REP. JAY HOFFMAN; SEN. OMAR AQUINO) Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Specifies the annual reporting requirements of the Illinois Labor Relations Board and Illinois Educational and Labor Relations Board. Provides that the Board shall maintain the following schedule upon the filing of unfair labor practice charges filed under this Act: (i) complete the investigation and issue a complaint, dismissal or deferral within 30 days of the charges being filed; (ii) if a complaint is issued, a hearing shall be scheduled to begin within 30 days of its issuance; (iii) post-hearing briefs shall be issued within 30 days of the close of the hearing; and (iv) recommended decisions and orders shall be issued within 45 days of the submission of post-hearing briefs.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Illinois Labor Relations Board, at the end of every State fiscal year, shall make a report that includes the number of unfair labor practice charge cases at the end of the fiscal year that have been pending before the Board between 1 and 100 days, 101 and 150 days, 151 and 200 days, 201 and 250 days, 251 and 300 days, 301 and 350 days, 351 and 400 days, 401 and 450 days, 451 and 500 days, 501 and 550 days, 551 and 600 days, 601 and 650 days, 651 and 700 days, and over 701 days, and other data. Provides that the report shall include the Board's progress in meeting timeliness goals, including specified data. Provides that the Board shall adopt goals (i) to ensure effective enforcement through timely and quality consideration and resolution of unfair labor practices with appropriate remedies and (ii) to protect employee free choice with timely and effective mechanisms to resolve questions concerning representation. Provides that the Board shall adopt timeliness goals for the processing of unfair labor practice charges (rather than maintain a certain schedule upon the filing of unfair labor practice charges), including (i) to complete the investigation and issue a complaint, dismissal, or deferral within 100 days (rather than 30 days) of the charges being filed, and, in the case of an appeal, to issue decisions within 90 days of the completion of the Board's process for filing appeals, and (ii) to schedule hearings, upon the issuance of complaints, to begin within 60 days of a complaint's issuance, to issue recommended decisions and orders within 120 days of the close of record, and, if exceptions to recommended decisions and orders are filed, issue Board decisions within 90 days of the completion of the Board's process for filing exceptions (rather than post hearing briefs to be issued within 30 days of the close of hearing and recommended decisions and orders to be issued within 45 days of the submission of post-hearing briefs, no longer than 150 days after the filing of charges, with certain permitted extensions). |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0856
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| HB5393 | SCH CD-TEACH LICENSE-CONTENT (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Creates a Provisional Educator License and provides that a Provisional Educator License may be issued to persons who have completed the required education coursework in a State-approved educator preparation program, an educator preparation program approved by another state, or comparable educator program in another country, have completed 2 years of student teaching with satisfactory evaluation of performance, and met any other requirements set by the State Board of Education, but have failed to pass a content area knowledge test under the Code. Provides that a Provisional Educator License is valid for 2 years from the date of issuance and may not be renewed. In provisions concerning educator testing, removes provisions stating that there shall be no exceptions for passing a test of content area knowledge. Removes provisions stating that no candidate shall be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. Sets forth exceptions as to when a candidate seeking licensure may not be required to pass a test of content area knowledge. Provides that a candidate seeking licensure for a Professional Educator License may either complete the required testing under the Code or have held a Provisional Educator License for 2 years (instead of completing the required testing under the Code). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5414 | HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to reduce financial barriers into the teaching profession and increase the quality of the student teaching experience in order to better prepare teaching candidates for the classroom and increase teacher retention. Provides that to participate in the stipend program, an eligible student must be placed as a student teacher. Provides that an educator preparation program shall notify the Board of all eligible students who qualify for the stipend program by July 1. Provides that all eligible students shall be enrolled in the stipend program. Provides that subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 for one academic semester, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning funding if the amount appropriated for the program is insufficient to fund all eligible students. Provides that subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $1,500 per academic semester, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that a cooperating teacher may receive professional development hours for completing cooperating teacher training that counts towards the cooperating teacher's license renewal or Gateways credential. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible teacher from participating in the program or receiving a stipend from the program. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the State Board of Educations shall report and evaluate about the program to the Governor and General Assembly on or before June 30, 2028 and each June 30 thereafter. Provides for rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5455 | SCH CD-LICENSE BD/RECOGNITION (REP. FRED CRESPO) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board may allow one member representing the Board of Higher Education and one member representing the Illinois Community College Board to serve as nonvoting, ex officio members on the Board. Specifies that certain community colleges are recognized schools or institutions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5510 | SCH CD-EDU LICENSE-SOCIAL WORK (REP. GREGG JOHNSON; SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Creates the School Social Work Associate License. Provides that a School Social Work Associate License may be issued to an applicant who (i) holds a degree from a graduate program of social work that has been approved by the Council on Social Work Education; and (ii) has an active license through the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act as either a licensed clinical social worker or licensed social worker. Provides that a social work associate shall be authorized to perform responsibilities associated with traditional social work practice, subject to the restrictions in the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act regarding independent clinical practice, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions in a multi-tiered system of supports. Provides that all responsibilities of a social work associate shall be performed in consultation with an individual who holds a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of school social work. Provides that a social work associate is not authorized to perform Tier 3 multi-tiered system of supports interventions, or participate in the individualized education program process or the Section 504 plan process for any student with a disability. Provides that a social work associate may not be employed by a school district or any other entity to replace any presently employed Professional Educator License holder with a school support personnel endorsement who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. Provides that an applicant for a social work associate endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations is not required to pass a content area test under the Code. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HR62 | TEACHER RECRUITMENT SYSTEM (REP. CAROL AMMONS) Urges the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to support the state goal of increasing the number and diversity of Illinois' educator workforce by collaborating with the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) to develop and launch a state-wide teacher recruitment system internally, possibly with the support from an outside vendor, that will be available to the public by July 1, 2024 and will support interested candidates statewide to apply to, enroll in, and complete Illinois' Teacher Preparation Programs and succeed in their eventual job placement.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Corrects a typo. |
| | Current Status: 3/28/2023 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED Adopted by Voice Vote.
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| SB16 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD; REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop a school district-level Children's Adversity Index to measure community childhood trauma exposure for children by December 30, 2024. Requires teachers institutes to provide instruction on trauma-informed practices and certain defined terms. Adds information that must be included in the State Board of Education's school report cards. Requires in-service training to include certain defined terms. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education shall establish a committee of no more than 21 members to make recommendations to the State Board of Education to change the professional educator licensure requirements and Professional Educator License renewal requirements for teachers to include specified requirements. Sets forth the membership of the committee. Reestablishes the Whole Child Task Force created by Public Act 101-654. Provides that the Whole Child Task Force shall reconvene by March 2027 to review progress on a March 2022 report's recommendations and shall submit a new report on its assessment of the State's progress and any additional recommendations to the General Assembly, the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the State Board of Education, and the Governor on or before December 31, 2027. Provides that the Whole Child Task Force provisions are repealed on February 1, 2029. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB98 | SCH CD-SCH BD-LGBTQ+ TRAINING (SEN. KARINA VILLA) Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, LGBTQ+ inclusivity training shall be required as part of the professional development leadership training for school board members. Provides that the training regarding LGBTQ+ inclusivity practices must include information that is relevant to and within the scope of the duties of a school board member. Provides that such information may include, but is not limited to: (1) understanding the difference between sex, gender, and sexual orientation; (2) knowledge of family structures beyond the heteronormative structure; (3) nondiscriminatory education on the basis of gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior; (4) understanding the struggles of LGBTQ+ youth in schools; (5) the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals regarding history, social sciences, arts, and humanities; and (6) the effects and risks of outing a student's gender identity or sexual orientation to the student's parents. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB113 | PEN CD-CONTRACTUAL SERVICE (SEN. STEVE MCCLURE) Amends the State Employee, State Universities, and Downstate Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a member may establish up to 5 years of creditable service for periods during which the participant rendered contractual services to any agency of the State, regardless of whether the services were rendered on a part-time or full-time basis if the member applies for the credit and makes a specified contribution. Provides that a member may not establish such service credit if the member has service credit in any other pension fund or retirement system under the Code during the period for which service credit is sought. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB309 | STUDENT LOANS-TEACHER FORGIVE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the Teacher Loan Repayment Program. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall consider applications for forgiving portions of qualified applicant's education loans each year. Provides that 10% of the applicant's yearly loan balance shall be forgiven each year for 5 years or until 50% of the applicant's outstanding balance at the time of the initial application is paid off. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1401 | SCH CD-MAXIMUM CASELOADS (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the School Code. Adds certain data that must be included in school report cards prepared by the State Superintendent of Education. In provisions concerning school social workers, school nurses, school counselors, school psychologists, and speech-language pathologists, sets limits on caseloads. Makes related changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1487 | SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSE-ENDORS (SEN. SALLY TURNER) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a specialized educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who is employed in a teaching position at an accredited institution of higher education in this State that has officially announced its intent to cease all academic programming at the time the announcement was officially made or was employed in a teaching position at an accredited institution of higher education in this State that has ceased all academic programming within 5 years prior to or on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, meets specified criteria. Provides that the specialized educator endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed. Provides that the holder of a specialized educator endorsement shall be permitted to teach in the content area in which he or she previously taught at the accredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1520 | SCH CD-SUBSTITUTE TEACH LICENS (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding the types of licenses, provides that applicants for a Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate degree (instead of a bachelor's degree) or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved educator preparation program in this State and have earned at least 90 credit hours. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1529 | SCH-EDUC LICENSE & EVALUATION (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Provides that for any 5-year renewal cycle that includes the 2022-2023 school year, each professional educator licensee shall complete a total of 100 hours of professional development during the 5-year renewal cycle in order to renew the license (rather than being required to complete a total of 120 hours). For the 2022-2023 school year only, provides that a licensee with an administrative endorsement who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day is not required to complete an Illinois Administrators' Academy course (rather than being required to complete one course). In provisions related to the content of evaluation plans, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any teacher in contractual continued service whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". In regard to rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning educator evaluations, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, provides that factors related to methods of measuring student growth may not be used in any educator evaluation. In regard to the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any principal or assistant principal whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". Makes related changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1569 | SCH CD-TEACHER DISMISSAL (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that if an employing board determines to dismiss any teacher who currently holds a summative evaluation rating of "Proficient" or "Excellent" during the probationary period (instead of determines to dismiss a teacher in the last year of a specified probationary period), the employing board must provide a written notice for dismissal with specific reasons for dismissal. Provides that any full-time teacher who does not receive written notice from the employing board at least 45 days before the end of any school term and whose performance does not require dismissal (instead of whose performance does not require dismissal after the fourth probationary year) shall be re-employed for the following school term. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1605 | SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may offer the school resource officer course to a qualified retired law enforcement officer for the purpose of employment at a school or school district and may issue a certificate or waiver for the school resource officer course in the same manner as provided for any other officer. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2024, a school or school district may employ a qualified retired law enforcement officer who obtains a certificate of completion or approved waiver under the Illinois Police Training Act to carry out the duties of a school resource officer. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school resource officer may carry a firearm during the performance of the officer's duties at a school or in a school district. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2040 | HIGHER ED-MINORITY TEACHERS (SEN. NATALIE TORO) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Provides that any money appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for scholarship awards for a particular academic year that remains unused at the end of that academic year shall be deposited into the Student Teaching Fund. Requires the Commission to establish and administer a student teaching stipend program in which the Commission receives and considers applications for a stipend from scholarship recipients who are student teaching. Subject to appropriation from the Student Teaching Fund, provides that the Commission shall select stipend recipients from among applicants who are in financial need. Provides that the amount and payment of any stipend shall be determined by the Commission, and provides for rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Student Teaching Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2052 | SCH CD-MINIMUM EMPLOYEE SALARY (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing the salaries of employees, a school board or the governing board of a joint agreement shall pay to employees an hourly rate of not less than (i) $20 for the 2024-2025 school year, (ii) $21 for the 2025-2026 school year, and (iii) $22 for the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each school year thereafter shall equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. Provides that "employee" means any employee of a school district or joint agreement who provides educational support services to the district or joint agreement, including, but not limited to, custodial employees, transportation employees, food service providers, classroom assistants, administrative staff, or paraprofessional educators. Provides that an employee's salary shall include any amount paid by the school district or joint agreement on behalf of the employee, as employee contributions, to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2222 | EDUC-SCH SOCIAL WORKER GRANT (SEN. LAURA FINE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, all internships for school social workers must be paid internships. Provides that subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to school districts to assist in the funding of these paid internships. Provides that the State Board of Education shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that higher priority shall be given to schools that demonstrate a shortage of school social workers, which is determined by the average ratio of school social workers to students in the target school district over the preceding 3 school years. Provides that the State Board of Education shall produce an annual report on the program. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education, shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to colleges or universities in the State to fund field placements for social workers. Provides that Subject to appropriation, colleges and universities shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that colleges and universities, upon receiving funding, shall provide applications to students eligible for this funding. Provides that the college or university shall give priority to applicants who are a member of a racial minority. Provides that each college or university that receives funds shall provide an annual report to the State Board of Higher Education, and the Board of Higher Education shall publish those reports on the State Board's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2236 | SCH CD-SHORT-TERM SUB TEACHER (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL; REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Removes the repeal date for the short-term substitute teacher training program. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning short-term substitute teacher licenses, removes the June 30, 2023 expiration date for issuing short-term substitute teacher licenses. Removes the licensing fees for short-term substitute teacher, substitute teaching, and professional teaching licenses. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2238 | SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS & NURSES (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must employ a sufficient number of school psychologists and school nurses to address the needs of the school district's students and schools, but no less than a student-to-social worker and student-to-nurse ratio of 750 to 1. For school nurses, provides that consideration for school nurse staffing should include the complex health needs of students, needs for continuous professional nursing services, the number of free and reduced lunch students in a school building, and the average number of medical emergencies at a school per year. Effective June 30, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2265 | SCH CD-RECRUITMENT & RETENTION (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a teacher recruitment and retention program, which shall encourage both new and experienced teachers to seek employment with qualifying public schools by providing for a refundable income tax credit to each participating teacher in the amount of $3,000 per school year for no more than 5 consecutive school years. Contains requirements for participating school districts and participating teachers. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act establishing the $3,000 tax credit for individuals designated by the State Board of Education as a participating teacher in the teacher recruitment and retention program. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2333 | CONCEALED CARRY-SCHOOLS (SEN. TERRI BRYANT) Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the school board of a school district of a public elementary or secondary school or a non-public elementary or secondary school may develop a policy to permit the carrying of a firearm by an employee of the school, licensed under the Act, in any building or on any real property or parking area under the control of the public or non-public elementary or secondary school. Provides that the policy must contain safe storage provisions for the firearm. Those provisions must include securing the firearm in a locked box or container that cannot be accessed by students. Changes "private" elementary or secondary school references in the Act to "non-public" elementary or secondary school. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2350 | SCH CD-TEACHER PAY (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the School Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, all teachers shall be paid based on the federal General Schedule classification at the GS-9 level. Provides that if the teacher's base salary does not exceed $45,000, then the teacher shall be paid starting at $45,000. Provides that if the increase in the salary from the federal GS-9 level has not exceeded the starting salary for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to one-half of the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year, the teacher's salary shall increase by a percentage equal to one-half of the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items. Provides that public school teachers shall be paid for any time spent taking a continuing education course. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2389 | SCHOOL-EMPLOYEES-FIREARMS (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board may permit any full-time employee who primarily performs his or her duties on school grounds to carry a firearm while on school grounds if the employee has received written permission to carry a firearm by the school district. Provides that the person must have undergone a psychiatric evaluation and a drug test as determined by the school board and possess a valid license to carry a concealed firearm in the State under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the employee must undergo periodic psychiatric evaluations and drug tests to continue to carry a firearm on school grounds. Provides that notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a school district may not require any educator, as a condition of employment, to carry a firearm on school grounds. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Exempts these employees from violations of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes for carrying a firearm in a school under the provisions added to the School Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2568 | SCH CD-RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN (SEN. KARINA VILLA) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that offers to the school district's employees a retirement savings plan under Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may enter into a contract with only one vendor to administer the plan. Provides that a vendor shall be selected, with the approval of the employees' exclusive bargaining representative, if any, or a committee of the employees' exclusive bargaining representatives, through a competitive bidding process. Limits contracts with vendors to no more than 7 years. Provides that school districts that, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, have a contract with a vendor shall, by no later than July 1, 2026, begin the competitive bidding process. Provides that the renewal or extension of a contract with a vendor that is in effect on the effective date of the amendatory Act is subject to the competitive bidding process. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2627 | SCH CD-MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of Illinois Pension Code. Specifies that the provision that requires an employer to make an additional contribution to the System for certain salary increases greater than 6% excludes salary increases necessary to bring a school board in compliance with the changes to the minimum salary provisions of the School Code under the amendatory Act. Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the minimum salary, provides that the minimum salary shall be $50,000 for the 2024-2025 school year, $55,000 for the 2025-2026 school year, and $60,000 for the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall certify and publish the minimum salary rate to be used for the 2027-2028 school year (rather than for the 2024-2025 school year) no later than September 30, 2026 (rather than September 30, 2023); makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2679 | SCH CD-TEACHER TENURE-LICENSE (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. With regard to the Section concerning contractual continued service, removes provisions specifying that the probationary periods are only for service in which a teacher holds a Professional Educator License. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2689 | SCH CD-MONTESSORI EDUC LICENSE (SEN. ROBERT PETERS; REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. By June 1, 2025, requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, to establish, by rule, a Montessori education endorsement to be added to a Professional Educator License. Requires the rules adopted by the State Board of Education to outline the requirements for obtaining the endorsement. Provides that these provisions are inoperative on and after January 1, 2026. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2721 | SCH CD-TEACHER PLAN TIME (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the School Code. Provides that school boards shall allow all educators to have daily continuous uninterrupted individual classroom planning time. Provides that the planning period shall be equal to one class period but no less than 45 minutes in duration. Provides that this time requirement applies to educators who are in contact with students for 50% or more of their contracted workday. Provides that, during this planning period, educators may not be forced to substitute in other areas of the building or district when another educator is absent or a vacancy exists and may not be forced to attend meetings, trainings, or conferences of any kind. Provides that if an educator chooses to substitute or attend a meeting, training, or conference during their guaranteed planning period of their own free will, the educator shall be compensated at a rate of pay that is negotiated between the local board of education and local association of a state teacher association. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2753 | SCH CD-TEACHER EXTERNSHIP-PAY (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall provide stipends for teachers who participate in externships with a manufacturing company in this State. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2754 | SCH CD-MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEE (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall pay one-half of the salary of an employee that is employed by a manufacturing company and working within a school district at a high school as a licensed career and technical education teacher. Provides that the school board of a school district that intends to hire a manufacturing employee shall first notify any labor organization that has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the school district of the school board's intent to hire such an employee. Provides that if there are eligible employees in the applicable bargaining unit, then the school board shall offer to hire an employee who is a member of the applicable bargaining unit. Provides that if there are no eligible employees in the applicable bargaining unit, then the labor organization shall notify the school district and affirm that the position is unable to be filled by any members of the applicable bargaining unit. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2776 | HIGHER ED-MINORITY TEACHERS (SEN. NATALIE TORO) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish and administer a student teaching stipend program. Subject to appropriation, requires the Commission to receive and consider applications for additional funds from recipients of scholarships who are student teaching. Provides that the Commission shall select stipend recipients from among applicants who are in financial need. Provides that certain recipients may receive an additional payment for other expenses during the year in which the recipient is engaged in student teaching. Provides for rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2823 | SEX OFFENSE-ABUSE BY EDUCATOR (SEN. TERRI BRYANT) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the conviction of certain offenses as grounds for disqualification for licensure or suspension or revocation of a license, includes the sex offense of abuse by an educator or authority figure under the definition of "sex or other offense". Amends the Sex Offenses Article of Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits abuse by an educator or authority figure if that person holds a position of trust, authority, or supervision in relation to a student in a school, the student is at least 18 years of age, the person is at least 4 years older than the student, and the person either (1) commits an act of sexual conduct with the student or (2) commits an act of sexual penetration with the student. Provides that abuse by an educator or authority figure is a Class 3 felony for the first offense and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent offense or if there is more than one victim. Provides that consent of the victim is not a defense to abuse by an educator or authority figure. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Includes abuse by an educator or authority figure under the definitions of "sex offense" and "sexual predator". |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2838 | HIGHER ED-DUAL CREDIT COURSES (SEN. SALLY TURNER) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that scholarships awarded under the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program may be granted to individuals employed as teachers who agree to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses at a secondary school. Provides that for any individual receiving a scholarship to teach dual credit courses, following the completion of the program of study, the individual must teach at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary school in this State for a period of at least 5 years. Provides that individuals who fail to comply shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, whether payments were made directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by the scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded. Provides that no individual may be required to refund tuition payments if his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary school is the result of financial conditions within school districts. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3092 | SCH CD-EMPLOYE TRAUMA TRAINING (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Makes stylistic changes in provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops. In provisions concerning inservice training programs, removes the requirement that the training regarding health conditions of students include the chronic health conditions of students and provides that school district employees who are trained to respond to trauma under the provisions shall be immune from civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed practices under the provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops satisfies the requirements under the provisions concerning inservice training programs. Removes certain provisions that require a school board to conduct inservice training for all school district employees on the methods to respond to trauma. Makes technical changes having a revisory function. Effective January 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3215 | HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to alleviate the financial burden of student teaching, to encourage students to pursue teaching careers to alleviate this State's teacher shortage, and to encourage teachers to be matched with student teachers. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible cooperating teacher a stipend of up to $2,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters per academic year, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning the distribution of funds to eligible students and eligible cooperating teachers. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible cooperating teacher from participating in the stipend program or receiving a stipend from the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning cooperating teacher training. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board, in collaboration with the State Board of Education, shall submit a report evaluating the impact of the stipend program on educator preparation programs to the General Assembly and Governor on or before June 30, 2028. Provides for rulemaking. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3261 | SCH CD-TRAFFICKING TRAINING (SEN. DALE FOWLER) Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, at least once every 2 years, a school board shall conduct in-service training for all school district employees on how to identify trafficking in persons under the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes technical changes having a revisory function. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3295 | SCH CD-HOLIDAYS-EMPLOYEE (SEN. LINDA HOLMES) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning holidays, provides that no deduction shall be made from the time or compensation of a school employee, including an educational support personnel employee, on account of any legal or special holiday during which time the employee is contractually employed (instead of on account of any legal or special holiday in which that employee would have otherwise been scheduled to work but for the legal or special holiday). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3382 | SCH CD-PERFORM EVAL COMMITTEE (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Evaluation of Certified Employees Article of the School Code. Provides that on July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for the purpose of maintaining and improving the State evaluator training and pre-qualification program in this State. Provides that the Committee shall be staffed by the State Board of Education. Sets forth the membership of the Committee. Provides that members of the Committee shall be nominated by program providers and appointed by the State Superintendent. Provides that the Committee shall meet initially at the call of the State Superintendent and shall select one member as chairperson at its initial meeting. Provides that the Committee shall meet at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Committee. Provides that the Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on the continued implementation of the evaluator training and pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the development and delivery of the program's existing and new administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program instructors and participants, sharing best practices, consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined by the chairperson of the Committee. Effective June 15, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3634 | SCH CD-SUB TEACHING LICENSE (SEN. SALLY TURNER) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning Substitute Teaching Licenses, requires an applicant who is enrolled in an approved educator preparation program to have either earned at least 75 credit hours or completed 3 semesters in an educator preparation program (rather than requiring the applicant to have earned at least 90 credit hours). Provides that a school district may not require an individual who retired within the last 5 years while holding a valid Professional Educator License or Educator License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher if substitute teaching for no more than one year. Provides that a retired educator may not be charged an application fee for a Substitute Teaching License if certain conditions are met. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3642 | SCH CD-BLACK ENGLISH LANGUAGE (SEN. WILLIE PRESTON) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. In the provisions requiring State Board of Education develop and make available training opportunities for educators in teaching reading, provides that the materials may include the creation of an online portal to train educators in teaching Black English language learners and Black English as a second language. Provides that the portal shall aid educators in teaching students accustomed to using the African American English vernacular, teach about the history and development of African American English vernacular, and include evidence-based methods in teaching literacy to these students accustomed to African American English vernacular. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3684 | SCH CD-EDUCATOR TESTING-WAIVE (SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that if the State Board declares a teacher shortage, then an applicant shall be deemed to have passed a test of content area knowledge. Provides that the State Board shall adopt rules to define a teacher shortage, and shall post and publicly display this definition on the State Board's Internet website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3690 | SCH CD-RECRUITMENT & RETENTION (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a librarian recruitment and retention program, which shall encourage both new and experienced librarians to seek employment with qualifying public schools by providing for a refundable income tax credit to each participating librarian in the amount of $3,000 per school year for no more than 5 consecutive school years. Contains requirements for participating school districts and participating librarians. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act establishing the $3,000 tax credit for individuals designated by the State Board of Education as a participating librarian in the librarian recruitment and retention program. Effective July 1, 2024. |
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| HB1214 | SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSE-TEMP (REP. DAN CAULKINS) Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall establish and maintain a Temporary Teacher Apprenticeship Program to assist qualified participants in acquiring a Professional Educator License. Provides that the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may establish and adopt any rules necessary to implement this program, including the standards that a qualified participant must meet to receive a Professional Educator License. Sets forth the requirements to complete the program. Provides that upon completing the requirements of the program, a qualified participant is eligible for a Professional Educator License. Makes related changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1589 | SCH CD-TEACHER-FOREIGN LANGUAG (REP. DAVID FRIESS) Amends the School Code. Provides that a foreign language endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets specified requirements. Provides that the foreign language endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed. Provides that an individual who holds a valid foreign language endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may teach a course on the foreign language for which the foreign language endorsement is issued. Provides that an individual who holds a valid foreign language endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's degree may substitute teach in foreign language classrooms. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2534 | SCH CD-EMPLOYEE MINIMUM SALARY (REP. LAMONT ROBINSON) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing salaries of employees, school boards shall pay to employees an hourly rate not less than the following: (i) $20 for the 2023-2024 school year; (ii) $21 for the 2024-2025 school year; and (iii) $22 for the 2025-2026 school year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each school year thereafter shall equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. Provides that "employee" means any employee of the school district who provides educational support services to the district, including, but not limited to, custodial employees, transportation employees, food service providers, classroom assistants, administrative staff, or paraprofessional educators. Effective immediately. |
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| HB2784 | SCH CD-MINIMUM EMPLOYEE SALARY (REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing the salaries of employees, a school board or the governing board of a joint agreement shall pay to employees an hourly rate of not less than (i) $20 for the 2024-2025 school year, (ii) $21 for the 2025-2026 school year, and (iii) $22 for the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each school year thereafter shall equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. Provides that "employee" means any employee of a school district or joint agreement who provides educational support services to the district or joint agreement, including, but not limited to, custodial employees, transportation employees, food service providers, classroom assistants, administrative staff, or paraprofessional educators. Provides that an employee's salary shall include any amount paid by the school district or joint agreement on behalf of the employee, as employee contributions, to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2958 | SCH CD-LAPSED EDUCATOR LICENSE (REP. DAN CAULKINS) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for the reinstatement of a lapsed Professional Educator License upon the payment by the applicant of the lesser of a $50 penalty or a $10 penalty for each year the license has lapsed (rather than a $50 penalty). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3346 | SCH CD PARAPROFESSIONAL GRANT (REP. SHARON CHUNG) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop a grant program to support the educator licensure of paraprofessionals with bachelor's degrees. Provides that the State Board shall distribute grants to qualified school districts. Provides that the school districts shall distribute funds to paraprofessionals. Sets forth requirements for school districts to qualify. Sets forth requirements for paraprofessionals to qualify. Sets forth requirements for the grant application, selection of paraprofessionals, restrictions of funds, priority to award grant assistance, program evaluation, and rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3492 | PEN CD-TRS-RETURN TO TEACHING (REP. SONYA HARPER) Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In the provision defining "eligible employment" for the purpose of allowing a teacher to return to teaching in subject shortage areas without impairing his or her retirement status or retirement annuity, removes a provision requiring the ending date of the employment to be no later than June 30, 2024. |
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| HB3561 | SCH CD-CHI EDUCATOR PIPELINE (REP. LILIAN JIMÉNEZ) Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that the board shall create a educator pipeline development program. Provides that the program shall seek to develop a licensed practical nurse seeking to become a health service nurse, a paraprofessional and related service personnel seeking to become a licensed teacher, or a multilingual staff employee seeking to become a licensed bilingual teacher. Provides that the program shall support up to 120 people per school year. Provides that the program shall partner with Chicago State University, Northeastern Illinois University, and the City Colleges of Chicago. Provides that of the pipeline program shall complete necessary collegiate course work to attain the member's additional licensure. Provides that program members shall continue to work normally until required student teaching or clinical experiences are required. Provides that members of the program will work with cooperating instructors from the member's affiliate institution toward the successful completion of the member's required work experience. Provides that members of the program will have 3 years to complete the member's coursework and required work experience. Provides that members of the program who successfully complete the member's training will be placed, to the extent practicable, in the school where they completed the member's required work experience. Provides that those members who were unable to be placed at the school where the member completed the work experience at shall be placed elsewhere in the school district. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education and the board shall split the costs of the program equally. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3640 | SCH CD-STUDENT TEACH FUNDS-FED (REP. JOYCE MASON) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board shall use the State and federal programs, grants, and subsidies that are available to assist in paying for student teachers as appropriate funds are made available. |
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| HB3798 | EDUC-SCH SOCIAL WORKER GRANT (REP. ANNE STAVA-MURRAY; SEN. LAURA FINE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, all internships for school social workers must be paid internships. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to school districts to assist in the funding of these paid internships. Provides that the State Board of Education shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that higher priority shall be given to schools that demonstrate a shortage of school social workers, which is determined by the average ratio of school social workers to students in the target school district over the preceding 3 school years. Provides that the State Board of Education shall produce an annual report on the program. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to colleges and universities in this State to fund field placements for social workers. Provides that, subject to appropriation, colleges and universities shall annually disseminate a request for applications from students under the grant program. Provides that colleges and universities, upon receiving funding, shall provide applications to students eligible for this funding. Provides that a college or university shall give priority to applicants who are members of a racial minority. Provides that each college or university that receives funds shall provide an annual report to the Board of Higher Education, and the Board of Higher Education shall post those reports on the Board's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3911 | SCH CD-MINIMUM SALARY (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the minimum salary of teachers, provides that the minimum salary shall be fixed at $42,500 for the 2029-2030 school year, $45,000 for the 2034-2035 school year, $47,500 for the 2039-2040 school year, and $50,000 for the 2044-2045 school year. Removes provisions that adjusts the minimum salary rate by a increase in percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4311 | SCH CD-SUBSTITUTE TEACHING LIC (REP. TRAVIS WEAVER) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Authorizes the issuance of short-term substitute teaching licenses to applicants who hold a bachelor's degree or higher from an unaccredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4580 | TEACHERS INS-RETURN TO SERVICE (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that the eligibility of an annuitant or TRS benefit recipient to participate in the program of health benefits established under specified provisions of the Act shall not be suspended for any period during which he or she accepts employment from a school board or other employer in accordance with a provision of the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code that allows annuitants to accept employment as a teacher without impairing retirement status if certain conditions are met, including a limit on the number of paid days the annuitant may work, or a provision for annuitants returning to teach in a subject shortage area. Provides that an annuitant or TRS benefit recipient shall not be deemed an active teacher based solely on the annuitant's or TRS benefit recipient's employment exceeding the limit on the number of paid days an annuitant may work without impairing retirement status. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code to make conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4652 | HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND (REP. BARBARA HERNANDEZ; SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to alleviate the financial burden of student teaching and to encourage students to pursue teaching careers to alleviate this State's teacher shortage. Provides that to participate in the stipend program, an eligible student must be placed as a student teacher no later than June 1, 2025 or no later than June 1 each year thereafter. Provides that an educator preparation program shall notify the Board of all eligible students who qualify for the stipend program by July 1, 2025 and no later than July 1 each year thereafter and all eligible students shall be participants in the stipend program. Provides that no later than August 1, 2025 and no later than August 1 each year thereafter, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that the educator preparation program shall distribute stipend funds using the standard methods for allocating State-based financial aid or as wages for employment to each eligible student in monthly installments. Sets forth additional provisions concerning the distribution of funds. Provides for rulemaking.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes provisions specifying notification deadlines. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible cooperating teacher a stipend of up to $2,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters per academic year, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning the distribution of funds to eligible cooperating teachers. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible cooperating teacher from participating in the stipend program or receiving a stipend from the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning cooperating teacher training.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "salary" includes stipends paid to an eligible cooperating teacher under the Board of Higher Education Act. Authorizes a person to establish optional credit for periods of service as a student teacher under a specified provision of the Board of Higher Education Act. In provisions requiring an additional employer contribution for certain salary increases greater than 6%, provides that the System shall exclude any stipends paid to an eligible cooperating teacher under the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes changes concerning how funds are to be distributed under the student teaching stipend program. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall disburse funds to the State Board of Education, who shall disburse funds to each school district or early childhood education provider employing an eligible cooperating teacher (instead of having the Board of Higher Education disburse funds to educator preparation programs employing an eligible cooperating teacher). Makes related changes. Makes changes concerning when the report shall be completed. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall provide guidance and technical assistance to educator preparation programs on the administration of the stipend program. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4672 | SCH CD-SPEECH-LANG PATHOLOGIST (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that an applicant for a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist may satisfy the requirement of passing a test of content area knowledge by passing the national Praxis test in speech-language pathology administered by the Educational Testing Service. Provides that an applicant for a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist may complete a school internship, externship, or practicum prior to taking the Praxis test, but must pass the Praxis test in speech-language pathology prior to licensure. |
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| HB4787 | PARAPROF TO TEACHER PROGRAM (REP. AMY GRANT) Creates the Paraprofessional Fast Track to Teaching Degree Pilot Program Act. Makes findings. Provides that the Paraprofessional Fast Track to Teaching Degree Pilot Program is created for a 2-year degree pathway by which paraprofessional educators may enroll to achieve the education requirements to attain a professional educator license in this State, which shall comply with the standards of the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education. Provides that, subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year or, if funds are not appropriated for the Program that academic year, beginning with the academic year in which funds are appropriated for the Program, the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall coordinate with each other to assign a qualified individual to serve as a Program director to develop the curriculum for the Program. Provides that one public elementary or public secondary school and one public university in this State shall be chosen to develop a program for transitioning paraprofessionals to teachers. Includes the core components of the Program. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education must submit a report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative Reference Bureau detailing the impact of the Program and then the Program is dissolved and the Act is repealed. Effective immediately. |
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| HB5025 | SCH CD-SHORT TERM SUBSTITUTE (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Allows an applicant to qualify for a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License if the applicant has retired in good standing while holding a valid paraprofessional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations. |
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| HB5393 | SCH CD-TEACH LICENSE-CONTENT (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Creates a Provisional Educator License and provides that a Provisional Educator License may be issued to persons who have completed the required education coursework in a State-approved educator preparation program, an educator preparation program approved by another state, or comparable educator program in another country, have completed 2 years of student teaching with satisfactory evaluation of performance, and met any other requirements set by the State Board of Education, but have failed to pass a content area knowledge test under the Code. Provides that a Provisional Educator License is valid for 2 years from the date of issuance and may not be renewed. In provisions concerning educator testing, removes provisions stating that there shall be no exceptions for passing a test of content area knowledge. Removes provisions stating that no candidate shall be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. Sets forth exceptions as to when a candidate seeking licensure may not be required to pass a test of content area knowledge. Provides that a candidate seeking licensure for a Professional Educator License may either complete the required testing under the Code or have held a Provisional Educator License for 2 years (instead of completing the required testing under the Code). |
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| HB5414 | HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to reduce financial barriers into the teaching profession and increase the quality of the student teaching experience in order to better prepare teaching candidates for the classroom and increase teacher retention. Provides that to participate in the stipend program, an eligible student must be placed as a student teacher. Provides that an educator preparation program shall notify the Board of all eligible students who qualify for the stipend program by July 1. Provides that all eligible students shall be enrolled in the stipend program. Provides that subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 for one academic semester, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning funding if the amount appropriated for the program is insufficient to fund all eligible students. Provides that subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $1,500 per academic semester, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that a cooperating teacher may receive professional development hours for completing cooperating teacher training that counts towards the cooperating teacher's license renewal or Gateways credential. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible teacher from participating in the program or receiving a stipend from the program. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the State Board of Educations shall report and evaluate about the program to the Governor and General Assembly on or before June 30, 2028 and each June 30 thereafter. Provides for rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5492 | EDUC-SCH SUPPORT PERSONNEL (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish a program of paid internships for students enrolled in educator preparation programs in the school support personnel endorsement areas of school social worker, school psychologist, school counselor, school nurse, and speech-language pathologist. Sets forth provisions concerning the program. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish and maintain a mentorship and recruitment program to develop and maintain interest in the school support personnel endorsement areas of school social worker, school psychologist, school counselor, school nurse, and speech-language pathologist. Sets forth provisions concerning the program. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall establish a school support personnel educator preparation scholarship program to annually award up to 250 scholarships for school psychology, school counseling, school nursing, and school speech-language pathology. Sets forth provisions concerning the scholarship program. Provides that, to encourage Illinois students to enter the fields of school psychology, school counseling, school nursing, and school speech-language pathology and to continue to work in those fields in public schools in this State, the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications for loan repayment assistance under a School Support Personnel Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program. Sets forth provisions concerning the Program. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5510 | SCH CD-EDU LICENSE-SOCIAL WORK (REP. GREGG JOHNSON; SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Creates the School Social Work Associate License. Provides that a School Social Work Associate License may be issued to an applicant who (i) holds a degree from a graduate program of social work that has been approved by the Council on Social Work Education; and (ii) has an active license through the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act as either a licensed clinical social worker or licensed social worker. Provides that a social work associate shall be authorized to perform responsibilities associated with traditional social work practice, subject to the restrictions in the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act regarding independent clinical practice, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions in a multi-tiered system of supports. Provides that all responsibilities of a social work associate shall be performed in consultation with an individual who holds a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of school social work. Provides that a social work associate is not authorized to perform Tier 3 multi-tiered system of supports interventions, or participate in the individualized education program process or the Section 504 plan process for any student with a disability. Provides that a social work associate may not be employed by a school district or any other entity to replace any presently employed Professional Educator License holder with a school support personnel endorsement who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. Provides that an applicant for a social work associate endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations is not required to pass a content area test under the Code. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HR49 | FUTURE TEACHERS CLUB (REP. SHARON CHUNG) Urges schools across the state to pursue starting Future Teachers of America clubs.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Changes the name of the clubs from "Future Educators of America" to "Future Teachers of America" in several places. |
| | Current Status: 5/15/2023 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED
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| HR62 | TEACHER RECRUITMENT SYSTEM (REP. CAROL AMMONS) Urges the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to support the state goal of increasing the number and diversity of Illinois' educator workforce by collaborating with the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) to develop and launch a state-wide teacher recruitment system internally, possibly with the support from an outside vendor, that will be available to the public by July 1, 2024 and will support interested candidates statewide to apply to, enroll in, and complete Illinois' Teacher Preparation Programs and succeed in their eventual job placement.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Corrects a typo. |
| | Current Status: 3/28/2023 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED Adopted by Voice Vote.
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| SB16 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD; REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop a school district-level Children's Adversity Index to measure community childhood trauma exposure for children by December 30, 2024. Requires teachers institutes to provide instruction on trauma-informed practices and certain defined terms. Adds information that must be included in the State Board of Education's school report cards. Requires in-service training to include certain defined terms. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education shall establish a committee of no more than 21 members to make recommendations to the State Board of Education to change the professional educator licensure requirements and Professional Educator License renewal requirements for teachers to include specified requirements. Sets forth the membership of the committee. Reestablishes the Whole Child Task Force created by Public Act 101-654. Provides that the Whole Child Task Force shall reconvene by March 2027 to review progress on a March 2022 report's recommendations and shall submit a new report on its assessment of the State's progress and any additional recommendations to the General Assembly, the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the State Board of Education, and the Governor on or before December 31, 2027. Provides that the Whole Child Task Force provisions are repealed on February 1, 2029. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB309 | STUDENT LOANS-TEACHER FORGIVE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the Teacher Loan Repayment Program. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall consider applications for forgiving portions of qualified applicant's education loans each year. Provides that 10% of the applicant's yearly loan balance shall be forgiven each year for 5 years or until 50% of the applicant's outstanding balance at the time of the initial application is paid off. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1520 | SCH CD-SUBSTITUTE TEACH LICENS (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding the types of licenses, provides that applicants for a Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate degree (instead of a bachelor's degree) or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved educator preparation program in this State and have earned at least 90 credit hours. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2052 | SCH CD-MINIMUM EMPLOYEE SALARY (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. Provides that in fixing the salaries of employees, a school board or the governing board of a joint agreement shall pay to employees an hourly rate of not less than (i) $20 for the 2024-2025 school year, (ii) $21 for the 2025-2026 school year, and (iii) $22 for the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that the minimum hourly rate for each school year thereafter shall equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year. Provides that "employee" means any employee of a school district or joint agreement who provides educational support services to the district or joint agreement, including, but not limited to, custodial employees, transportation employees, food service providers, classroom assistants, administrative staff, or paraprofessional educators. Provides that an employee's salary shall include any amount paid by the school district or joint agreement on behalf of the employee, as employee contributions, to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2222 | EDUC-SCH SOCIAL WORKER GRANT (SEN. LAURA FINE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, all internships for school social workers must be paid internships. Provides that subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to school districts to assist in the funding of these paid internships. Provides that the State Board of Education shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that higher priority shall be given to schools that demonstrate a shortage of school social workers, which is determined by the average ratio of school social workers to students in the target school district over the preceding 3 school years. Provides that the State Board of Education shall produce an annual report on the program. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education, shall award competitive grants on an annual basis to colleges or universities in the State to fund field placements for social workers. Provides that Subject to appropriation, colleges and universities shall annually disseminate a request for applications to the grant program. Provides that colleges and universities, upon receiving funding, shall provide applications to students eligible for this funding. Provides that the college or university shall give priority to applicants who are a member of a racial minority. Provides that each college or university that receives funds shall provide an annual report to the State Board of Higher Education, and the Board of Higher Education shall publish those reports on the State Board's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2236 | SCH CD-SHORT-TERM SUB TEACHER (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL; REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Removes the repeal date for the short-term substitute teacher training program. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning short-term substitute teacher licenses, removes the June 30, 2023 expiration date for issuing short-term substitute teacher licenses. Removes the licensing fees for short-term substitute teacher, substitute teaching, and professional teaching licenses. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2265 | SCH CD-RECRUITMENT & RETENTION (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a teacher recruitment and retention program, which shall encourage both new and experienced teachers to seek employment with qualifying public schools by providing for a refundable income tax credit to each participating teacher in the amount of $3,000 per school year for no more than 5 consecutive school years. Contains requirements for participating school districts and participating teachers. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act establishing the $3,000 tax credit for individuals designated by the State Board of Education as a participating teacher in the teacher recruitment and retention program. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2350 | SCH CD-TEACHER PAY (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the School Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, all teachers shall be paid based on the federal General Schedule classification at the GS-9 level. Provides that if the teacher's base salary does not exceed $45,000, then the teacher shall be paid starting at $45,000. Provides that if the increase in the salary from the federal GS-9 level has not exceeded the starting salary for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to one-half of the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year, the teacher's salary shall increase by a percentage equal to one-half of the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items. Provides that public school teachers shall be paid for any time spent taking a continuing education course. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2753 | SCH CD-TEACHER EXTERNSHIP-PAY (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall provide stipends for teachers who participate in externships with a manufacturing company in this State. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2838 | HIGHER ED-DUAL CREDIT COURSES (SEN. SALLY TURNER) Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that scholarships awarded under the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program may be granted to individuals employed as teachers who agree to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses at a secondary school. Provides that for any individual receiving a scholarship to teach dual credit courses, following the completion of the program of study, the individual must teach at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary school in this State for a period of at least 5 years. Provides that individuals who fail to comply shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, whether payments were made directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by the scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded. Provides that no individual may be required to refund tuition payments if his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary school is the result of financial conditions within school districts. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3215 | HIGHR ED-STUDENT TEACH STIPEND (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board of Higher Education shall create a student teaching stipend program to alleviate the financial burden of student teaching, to encourage students to pursue teaching careers to alleviate this State's teacher shortage, and to encourage teachers to be matched with student teachers. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible student a stipend of up to $10,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board shall disburse to each educator preparation program funds to distribute to each eligible cooperating teacher a stipend of up to $2,000 per semester for up to 2 consecutive semesters per academic year, plus additional funds to pay the direct costs of operating the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning the distribution of funds to eligible students and eligible cooperating teachers. Provides that an educator preparation program may not prohibit an eligible student or an eligible cooperating teacher from participating in the stipend program or receiving a stipend from the stipend program. Sets forth provisions concerning cooperating teacher training. Provides that, subject to available appropriations, the Board, in collaboration with the State Board of Education, shall submit a report evaluating the impact of the stipend program on educator preparation programs to the General Assembly and Governor on or before June 30, 2028. Provides for rulemaking. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3634 | SCH CD-SUB TEACHING LICENSE (SEN. SALLY TURNER) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning Substitute Teaching Licenses, requires an applicant who is enrolled in an approved educator preparation program to have either earned at least 75 credit hours or completed 3 semesters in an educator preparation program (rather than requiring the applicant to have earned at least 90 credit hours). Provides that a school district may not require an individual who retired within the last 5 years while holding a valid Professional Educator License or Educator License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher if substitute teaching for no more than one year. Provides that a retired educator may not be charged an application fee for a Substitute Teaching License if certain conditions are met. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3684 | SCH CD-EDUCATOR TESTING-WAIVE (SEN. MICHAEL HALPIN) Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that if the State Board declares a teacher shortage, then an applicant shall be deemed to have passed a test of content area knowledge. Provides that the State Board shall adopt rules to define a teacher shortage, and shall post and publicly display this definition on the State Board's Internet website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3690 | SCH CD-RECRUITMENT & RETENTION (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a librarian recruitment and retention program, which shall encourage both new and experienced librarians to seek employment with qualifying public schools by providing for a refundable income tax credit to each participating librarian in the amount of $3,000 per school year for no more than 5 consecutive school years. Contains requirements for participating school districts and participating librarians. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act establishing the $3,000 tax credit for individuals designated by the State Board of Education as a participating librarian in the librarian recruitment and retention program. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1056 | STUDENT RECORDS-TRANSFER (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that when a student transfers to a new school, the school or school district last attended may not refuse the new school's request to provide a copy of the student's school student record on the grounds that the student owes a debt. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1071 | SCH/HIGHER ED-SEX SEGREGATION (REP. CHRIS MILLER) Creates the Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no receipt of State funding may be contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated spaces by the educational institution, including bathrooms and locker rooms. Provides that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no receipt of State funding may be contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated athletic or academic programs by the educational institution. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1107 | SCH CD-STUDENT TRAUMA-PLAN (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to develop and implement a plan to provide additional instructional services, support, or special accommodations to students who suffer from trauma related to experiencing the death of a sibling, parent, guardian, or household member by suicide or homicide or suffer from trauma caused by domestic violence or abuse and whom the school has determined require additional instructional services, support, or special accommodations but do not qualify for an individualized education program or for services under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Sets forth what the plan may include. Provides that the plan shall remain in place until the student (i) is no longer enrolled in the district or (ii) has made such significant and sustained academic progress that the student no longer requires the plan. In provisions relating to children with disabilities, provides that beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the notice that a school board provides concerning who qualifies for services under Section 504 shall include that a child may qualify for those services if the child is a student who is at least 3 years old or older and under 22 years and who (i) has experienced the death of a sibling, parent, guardian, or household member by suicide or homicide or (ii) suffers from trauma caused by domestic violence or abuse. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1357 | SCH CD-STUDENT ARREST DATA (REP. TERRA COSTA HOWARD) Amends the School Code. Each school year, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires a school board and charter school to collect data on student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students and on the reason for referring students to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students and submit that data annually to the State Board of Education. Requires the State Board to prepare a report (to be posted on the State Board's website) on student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students in all school districts and charter schools in this State for each school year, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. Sets forth what the report must include. Provides that, before July 1 following the posting of a report, the State Board of Education shall identify those public schools and charter schools that are within the top 20% of schools with respect to the number of student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students and require each of the identified schools to submit a referral and arrest improvement plan identifying the strategies the school will implement to reduce the use of student referrals to law enforcement and school-related arrests of students. Provides for a progress report to be submitted. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1479 | SCH CD-ACADEMIC SUPPORT (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, each school district must provide a parent or guardian of an at-risk student information about appropriate and available community-based or in-school academic support services; defines "at-risk student" and specifies what those services may include. Provides that a school district shall not be responsible for any costs or transportation associated with a student's participation in community-based academic support services. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1562 | INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS-GENDER (REP. DAVID FRIESS) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that any athletic team or sport that is under the jurisdiction of an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and student must be expressly designated as (i) a male athletic team or sport, (ii) a female athletic team or sport, or (iii) a coeducational athletic team or sport. Provides that an athletic team or sport designated as being female is available only to participants who are female, based on their biological sex. Requires a school district or nonpublic school to obtain a written statement signed by a student's parent or guardian or the student verifying the student's age, biological sex, and that the student has not taken performance enhancing drugs; provides for a penalty for false or misleading statements. Prohibits a governmental entity or an association or entity that provides for interscholastic athletics or athletic competition among schools and students from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation, or taking any other adverse action against a school district or nonpublic school for maintaining athletic teams or sports in accordance with these provisions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2049 | EDUCATION-HARASSMENT (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. Provides that each school district must create, implement, and maintain an age-appropriate policy on race-related harassment and discrimination. In provisions concerning bullying prevention, provides that the required policy on bullying shall also include age-appropriate information about the definitions of harassment and sexual harassment, the procedures for reporting harassment, and the protections and relief available under Illinois Human Rights Act. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that harassment by an elementary, secondary, or higher education representative or the failure of an institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education to take remedial action or appropriate disciplinary action against a student or an elementary, secondary, or higher education representative employed by the institution (if the institution knows that the student or representative committed or engaged in harassment) is a civil rights violation. Provides that each institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education shall establish, implement, and maintain a continuing race-related discrimination and harassment program. Sets forth requirements concerning policies and procedures, a model training program, and reporting. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2460 | SCH CD-STUDENT ABSENCE-FAFSA (REP. MARTIN MOYLAN) Amends the Pupils and Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. Provides that a child in any of grades 9 through 12 may be absent from public school on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day for the purpose of filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or other higher education scholarship, grant, or financial aid application. Provides that a school board may require the parent or guardian of the child to give notice, not exceeding 5 days, of the child's absence to the school principal or other school personnel. Provides that the child may be absent from public school for a maximum of 2 school days per school year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2469 | SCH CD-DRESS CODE POLICY (REP. AARÓN ORTÍZ; SEN. KARINA VILLA) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school uniform or dress code policy adopted by a school board or local school council shall not prohibit the right of a student to wear or accessorize graduation attire with items associated with the student's cultural or ethnic identity or any protected characteristic or category identified in the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the items used to accessorize graduation attire may include, but are not limited to, flags, pins, or any other relevant item. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2471 | SCH BREAKFAST/LUNCH-SUPP AID (REP. MAURICE WEST, II; SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. In provisions concerning reimbursement of sponsors, provides that the State Board of Education shall reimburse not less than $0.15 or the actual cost, whichever is less, to non-profit welfare centers for each free breakfast and lunch. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish the Healthy School Meals for All Program to begin on July 1, 2023. Provides that each school board of a school district or governing body of a nonpublic school that chooses to participate in the Healthy School Meals for All Program shall offer eligible meals, without charge, to all students enrolled in schools that participate in the National School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program. Sets forth provisions regarding eligibility for the Healthy School Meals for All Program, program requirements, reimbursement (subject to appropriation), federal and other funding, State Board support and technical assistance, and the federal Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program. Provides that if the United States Department of Agriculture creates the option for the State, as a whole, to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision, then the State Board of Education shall evaluate whether that option is anticipated to require less State funding than the Healthy School Meals for All Program and provide at least as many free meals to students. Sets forth requirements concerning that option. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the requirement that the State Board of Education establish the Healthy School Meals for All Program is subject to appropriation (instead of the requirement that a participating school board receive reimbursement is subject to appropriation). |
| | Current Status: 8/11/2023 - Effective Date August 11, 2023
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| HB2724 | SCH CD-STUDENT DISCIPLINE (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that, when expelling a student, the board shall notify the parents of the nature of the hearing and the option of retaining legal counsel. Provides that, when the suspension period is over, the pupil may return to school. Provides that for a pupil suspended due to gross disobedience or misconduct on a school bus, a written decision about whether the student can use a school bus shall be made within 15 days of the incident. Provides that a school shall offer written demonstration of remediation efforts excluding out of school suspensions. Provides that schools shall use data to track whether significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity is occurring both in the State and in the district with respect to the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary removals from placement, including suspensions and expulsions. Provides that, if it is determined that significant disproportionality is occurring, the school shall provide that determination for annual review and, if appropriate, revision of the policies, practices, and procedures used in disciplinary removals to ensure that the policies, practices, and procedures comply with the district's equity requirements. Provides that notice of suspension shall also include other evidence-based alternatives to suspension. Provides that when a student is suspended for more than 4 days, "appropriate and available support services" must include an option for automatically placing the student in an e-learning program or distance learning program through written materials if (1) the removal is for more than 5 consecutive school days; or (2) the child has been subjected to a series of removals that constitute a pattern, because the series of removals total more than 10 school days in a school year, because the child's behavior is substantially similar to the child's behavior in previous incidents that resulted in the series of removals, and because of the effects of additional factors such as the length of each removal, the total amount of time the child has been removed, and the proximity of the removals to one another. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2768 | SCH BREAKFAST/LUNCH-REIMBURSE (REP. LAKESIA COLLINS) Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall reimburse not less than the actual cost to school boards for each free lunch or breakfast supplied by them (instead of reimbursing school boards $0.15 or the actual cost, whichever is less, for each free lunch or breakfast), taking into consideration (rather than being in addition to) any federal contributions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2809 | SCH CD-NEW ARRIVAL GRANT (REP. MARTIN MOYLAN) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall implement and administer a program to make New Arrival Student Grants available to school districts, municipalities, townships, and not-for-profit organizations to support the needs of students who are undocumented immigrants, have entered the United States in refugee status, or have applied for asylum in the United States. Provides that to receive a grant under this program, a school district, municipality, township, or not-for-profit organization shall submit an application to the State Board of Education at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the State Board of Education may reasonably require. Provides that in awarding funds under this program, the State Board of Education may consider (i) the number of new arrival students enrolled in preschool, elementary school, and secondary school within a school district, (ii) the needs of new arrival students in a school district, and (iii) the ability of the school district, municipality, township, or not-for-profit organization to meet the needs of a arrival students. to meet the needs of new arrival students. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2822 | SCH CD-NEW ARRIVAL GRANT (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall implement and administer a program to make New Arrival Student Grants available to school districts to support the needs of students who are newly arriving immigrant students, regardless of immigration status. Provides that to receive a grant under this program, a school district shall submit an application to the State Board of Education at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the State Board of Education may reasonably require. Provides that in awarding funds under this program, the State Board of Education may consider (i) the number of new arrival students enrolled in preschool, elementary school, and secondary school within the school district, (ii) the needs of new arrival students in the school district, and (iii) the ability of the school district to meet the needs of new arrival students. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3361 | SCH CD-SUPP MENTAL HLTH GRANT (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program to award grants to schools for the purpose of providing supplemental mental health services to students, in addition to services provided by the employees of a school. Sets forth provisions concerning Program requirements, grant applications, awards, requirements, funding, and reporting. Provides for guidelines and rulemaking. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3411 | SCH CD-STUDENT SOCIAL ASSESS (REP. JACKIE HAAS) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that school boards shall require that each student is assessed by a teacher or school staff member no less than 3 times per year on social emotional learning utilizing a comprehensive, evidence-based, social emotional learning system. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3412 | SCH CD-REFER STUDENT FOR FINE (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. Provides that school personnel may not refer a student to any other local public entity, school public resource officer, or peace officer for the purpose of a local public entity issuing the child a fine or a fee for an incident or behavior that has been or can be pursued through the school district's available disciplinary interventions and consequences. Amends the School Board and Compulsory Attendance Articles of the School Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Changes certain references from "school public resource officer" to "school resource officer". Provides that the provisions of the School Code prohibiting fines or fees as a disciplinary consequence and referral of a student does not modify school disciplinary responses provided under specified provisions of the School Code that exist before the effective date of the amendatory Act nor responses to alleged delinquent or criminal conduct as set forth in the School Code, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, or the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes grammatical and typographical corrections. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3449 | MENTAL HLTH-SCHOOL STANDARDS (REP. MATT HANSON) Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. In a provision requiring the Illinois State Board of Education to develop and implement a plan to incorporate social and emotional development standards for the purpose of enhancing and measuring children's school readiness and ability to achieve academic success, provides that the plan shall be reviewed and revised periodically by the Board of Education at least once every 3 years. Requires the plan to include the teaching of grade-appropriate mental health topics, including, but not limited to, types of mental illness, how to find help for mental illness for peers and yourself, suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, coping strategies, appropriate language to use surrounding mental health, and how to incorporate technology in a mental health crisis. In a provision requiring every Illinois school district to develop a policy for incorporating social and emotional development into the district's educational program, provides that the policy shall be reviewed and revised periodically by the school district to incorporate revised provisions of the Board of Education's social and emotional development standards. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3636 | KOSHER & HALAL FOODS (REP. ABDELNASSER RASHID) Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to provide for a program by which both halal and kosher food options are offered in public school cafeterias by request. Provides further requirements concerning the provision of halal and kosher food in public schools. Amends the Halal Food Act. Defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any State-owned or State-operated facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale also shall offer, upon request provided with reasonable notice, halal food options at the State-owned or State-operated facility. Provides that any halal food product offered shall be certified as halal by a State-approved organization or purchased from a State-approved halal-certified vendor. Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor shall be subject to penalties under the Act. Provides for the adoption of rules. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not infringe upon or affect any obligation in a contract entered into and in effect on or before the amendatory Act's effective date. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food options at State facilities, defines "kosher", and provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food services is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Effective June 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3681 | SCH CD-EQUITY FOR AUTISTIC STU (REP. HARRY BENTON) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to create an Equity for Autistic Students Commission to research, recommend, and review policies that affect autistic students to ensure fair access to resources, therapies, education, and equity with a focused lens on historically marginalized groups. Provides that the Commission shall review different therapies and practices used or recommended for autistic students and, with the help of experts appointed to the Commission, decide if those therapies and practices are still the best therapies and practices. Provides that the Commission shall consist of members appointed by the State Board of Education and shall include experts in the field of autism in children and students. Provides that at least one member appointed to the Commission by the State Board of Education shall have autism. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative assistance and necessary staff support services. Provides for meetings and reporting. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3712 | SCH CD-COLLEGE AND CAREER (REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the School Board Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district that elects to implement College and Career Pathway Endorsements by July 1, 2025 is encouraged to provide job coaching to students enrolled in Career and Technical Education programs. Provides that duties of the job coaches may include teaching skills, such as resume preparation, career counseling and exploration, and acting as a liaison to the business community. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3925 | SCH CD-SCH REPORT CARD (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the school report card, provides that an indicator regarding class characteristics and student demographics of a given class shall be collected. Details what specific information regarding the class characteristics and student demographics of a given class shall be collected. Provides that student outcomes, including, where applicable, the percentage of students who earn a C or higher in the class, the percentage of students who take the advanced placement test in an advanced placement class broken down by race, the passing rate of the advanced placement test broken down by race shall be collected. Provides that any indicators collected shall be aggregated at the class level, department level, and school level, and the indicators shall be collected from each course. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3926 | SCH CD-OPIOID ANTAGONIST (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the General Provisions Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning administration of an opioid antagonist, provides that a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school shall maintain a supply of an opioid antagonist in any secure location where an individual may have an opioid overdose (instead of may maintain a supply of an opioid antagonist in any secure location where an individual may have an opioid overdose). Makes a conforming change. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4233 | BULLYING VICTIM PROTECTION ACT (REP. MARGARET CROKE) Creates the Bullying and Cyberbullying Victims Protection Act. Allows a minor who is the victim of bullying or cyberbullying, or a parent or person standing in parental relation to the minor, to seek injunctive relief against the individual who was bullying or cyberbullying the minor or, if the individual is younger than 18 years of age, against a parent or person standing in parental relation to the individual. Allows a court to issue a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction appropriate under the circumstances to prevent any further bullying or cyberbullying. Requires the Supreme Court to adopt forms for use as an application for initial injunctive relief by individuals representing themselves in suits involving bullying or cyberbullying and instructions for the proper use of each form or set of forms. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4294 | PHARMACY-STANDING ORDER-SCHOOL (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that, in accordance with a standing order by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches or a standing order by the Department of Public Health, a pharmacist may provide a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school with undesignated epinephrine injectors, asthma medication, glucagon, and opioid antagonists for the use by the school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school under the School Code. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue a standing order to provide a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school with undesignated epinephrine injectors, asthma medication, glucagon, and opioid antagonists for use under the School Code. Provides that the standing order must be consistent with the current version of the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, guidelines of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, or generally recognized evidence-based clinical guidelines. Sets forth provisions concerning liability and rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4407 | CHILD ABUSE REPORTS TO SCHOOL (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter (rather than a copy of the Unit's final finding report) to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Provides that if an indicated finding is overturned in an appeal or hearing, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request that the notification letter (rather than final finding report) be purged from the student's record, and the school shall purge the notification letter (rather than final finding report) from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. Requires the notification letter to provide the date of expungement from the central register. Removes a provision requiring all reports made by mandated reporters to be confirmed in writing to the appropriate Child Protective Service Unit within 48 hours of any initial report.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes all amendatory changes requiring the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Instead provides that the Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy of its final finding report to the school that the child, who is the indicated victim of child abuse (rather than the indicated victim of the report), attends. Requires the report to be sent during the summer to the last school that the child attended. Provides that the final finding report shall provide the date of expungement from the central register and the school shall purge the final finding report from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4454 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH-NOTIFY (REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require each school to notify students and the students' parents or guardians twice each year on how to access any mental health services offered in school or in the community where the school is located. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4586 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH-NOTIFY (REP. ANNE STAVA-MURRAY; SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each school district shall: (1) notify the parents or guardians of each student enrolled in the school district about any mental health services available in the school in which the student is enrolled, in the school district, or in the community where the school is located; and (2) notify each student enrolled in the school district who is 12 years of age or older of specified information in an age and developmentally appropriate manner. Sets forth provisions concerning when and how the required notifications are provided. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4633 | INS-SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER (REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in this State on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide coverage for health care services provided at a school-based health center at the same rate that would apply if those health care services were provided in a different health care setting. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4647 | INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ORG (REP. JOE SOSNOWSKI) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall adopt a policy that allows for a student to participate in interscholastic athletics immediately upon completing a transfer from one school to another school and enrolling in that other school. Provides that the policy may prohibit the student from participating in interscholastic athletics at that other school before the school transfer process is complete and the transfer has been accepted by the principal of the school from which the student is transferring and the principal of the school to which the student is transferring. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4678 | ELEC CD-HIGH SCHOOL REGISTER (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the Election Code. Provides that, to encourage youth voter participation, each high school in the State shall hold at least 2 nonpartisan voter registration days per year: (i) one nonpartisan voter registration day shall be held on the second Tuesday in October or the first day thereafter that school is in session; and (ii) the other shall be held on the second Tuesday in February or the first day thereafter that school is in session. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4682 | ID CARD--SCHOOL PROGRAM (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall, subject to appropriation, develop and implement a program to provide a first Illinois Identification Card without cost, during school enrollment, to any child age 12 through 17 who is a resident of the State and is otherwise eligible for an Illinois Identification Card under the Act. Authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt rules necessary to implement the program. Specifies that no fee is to be charged for a first Illinois Identification Card issued to a child through the program. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4922 | CHILDREN-MENTAL HEALTH (REP. LINDSEY LAPOINTE) Amends various Acts concerning children's mental health. Amends the School Code. Provides that on or before October 1, 2024, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team, the Office of the Governor, and relevant stakeholders as needed shall release a strategy that includes a tool for measuring capacity and readiness to implement universal mental health screening of students. Provides that the State Board of Education shall issue a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on school district readiness and plan for phased approach to universal mental health screening of students on or before April 1, 2025. Repeals the Wellness Checks in Schools Program Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall implement guidance to managed care organizations and similar care coordination entities contracted with the Department, so that the managed care organizations and care coordination entities respond to lead indicators with services and interventions that are designed to help stabilize the child. Amends the Children's Mental Health Act. Provides that the Children's Mental Health Partnership shall advise the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative on designing and implementing short-term and long-term strategies to provide comprehensive and coordinated services for children from birth to age 25 and their families with the goal of addressing children's mental health needs across a full continuum of care, including social determinants of health, prevention, early identification, and treatment. Provides that the Department of Public health (rather than the Department of Healthcare and Family Services) shall provide technical and administrative support for the Partnership. Deletes provision that the Partnership shall employ an Executive Director and set the compensation of the Executive Director and other such employees and technical assistance as it deems necessary to carry out its duties. Amends the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act. Provides that the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team in collaboration with the Department of Human Services shall develop a program to provide one-on-one in-home respite behavioral health aids to youth requiring intensive supervision due to behavioral health needs. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5093 | STUDENT BILL OF RIGHTS (REP. KIMBERLY DU BUCLET) Creates the Student Bill of Rights Act. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall jointly establish, no later than January 1, 2025, a student bill of rights to outline that students in public schools and public institutions of higher education have a right to educational equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall publish the student bill of rights on their Internet websites and make a handout available. Provides that each public institution of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall have on their Internet websites a link to the student bill of rights published on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5113 | ELEC/SCH CD-HIGH SCH VOTE REG (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the fourth Tuesday in September shall be known as High School Voter Registration Day. Amends the Elections Code. In provisions concerning high school voter registration, provides that the one page document explaining the process to register to vote that every high school must provide to students shall be disseminated each year prior to the fourth Tuesday in September. Provides that the one page document prepared by the State Board of Elections must include a direct link to the State's online voter registration portal. Provides that the one page document shall also include sample ballot instructions and instructions for voting in the next election. Provides that a high school may adopt reasonable regulations restricting nonpartisan voter registration activities only if nonpartisan voter registration activities present a disruption to the school day or normal school operations. Provides that the board of each school district operating a high school shall allow each student who is at least 18 years of age, or 17 years of age on or before the date of the next primary election and turns 18 on or before the date of the general or consolidated election, and meets all other requirements of voter registration to register to vote during school hours on the fourth Tuesday in September of each year, or on the next school day if school is not in session on that the fourth Tuesday in September. Amends the School Code to make a conforming change. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5184 | SCH CD-BULLYING PREVENTION-AGE (REP. CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSMEYER; SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning bullying prevention, provides that "policy on bullying" means a bullying prevention policy that is age and developmentally appropriate. Effective July 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5275 | SCHOOL STUDENT RECORDS-MISC (REP. SUZANNE NESS) Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that the term "Student Permanent Record" may include reports of psychological evaluations, including information on intelligence and personality, academic information obtained through test administration, observation, or interviews, elementary and secondary achievement-level test results, special education records, and records associated with a plan developed under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. With respect to the term "Student Permanent Record", removes intelligence test scores, aptitude test scores, psychological and personality test results, teacher evaluations, and other information of clear relevance to the education of a student from the information allowed to be included. Provides that if consent is provided by a student or the student's parent or guardian, then a copy of the student's school student records shall be provided at no cost to the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, an independent service coordination agency, or Equip for Equality to establish access to adult disability services and related benefits. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5394 | SCH SAFETY DRILL-CARDIAC PLAN (REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS; SEN. ERICA HARRISS) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that no later than 30 days after the first day of each school year, the school board of each public elementary and secondary school in the State shall provide all teachers, administrators, and other school personnel, as determined by school officials, with information regarding emergency procedures and techniques, including, without limitation, the Heimlich maneuver, hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and use of the school district's automatic external defibrillator, and identify the cardiac emergency response team (instead of providing that the school board of each public elementary and secondary school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing). Makes related changes. Provides that the annual review shall include reviewing procedures regarding the school district's cardiac emergency response plan. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that school districts and private schools shall develop a cardiac emergency response plan in place in accordance with guidelines set forth by either the American Heart Association or other nationally recognized, evidence-based standards that addresses the appropriate response to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while at a school or at a school-sponsored activity or event. Requires the plan to be distributed to all teachers, administrators, school support personnel, coaches, and other school staff identified by school administrators at each school. Sets forth what shall be included in the cardiac emergency response plan.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Changes references from "automatic external defibrillator" to "automated external defibrillator". Removes the requirement that a school board identify the cardiac emergency response team. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| HB5406 | HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS-PRACTICE (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that, for the benefit of the physical and mental health of athletes, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all practices, games, or contests by a State high school athletic program or team that is a part of an association or other entity that has, as one of its purposes, promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among high schools and high school students within this State shall meet all specified requirements. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall enforce a penalty for a State high school athletic program or team exceeding practice maximums, which may include, but are not limited to, a loss of a practice day or other sanctions determined by the Illinois High School Association for each violation and shall be imposed as appropriate to the level, extent, and duration of the penalty. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Removes provisions requiring that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State enforce a penalty for a State high school athletic program or team exceeding practice maximums. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5478 | REPORT STUDENTS TO LAW ENFORCE (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall require, in a manner and method determined by the State Board, that each school district report the number of student referrals to law enforcement. Provides that the disaggregated data shall include data on referrals to law enforcement required to be submitted by a school district and charter school under the Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall post the disaggregated data on the State Board's Internet website for the previous school year by October 31, starting with the 2023-2024 school year. Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that school personnel may not issue a monetary fine, fee, or municipal ticket for school-based behavior as a disciplinary consequence, (instead of providing that a student may not be issued a monetary fine or fee as a disciplinary consequence). Sets forth provisions concerning disciplinary responses of schools. Provides that school personnel (instead of a school district) may not refer a truant, chronic truant, or truant minor to any other local public entity, school resource officer, or peace officer (instead of any other local public entity). Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5497 | SCH STUDENT RECORD-LAW ENFORCE (REP. PATRICK WINDHORST) Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. In provisions concerning exceptions allowing the release of student records, provides that school student records or information contained may be released, transferred, disclosed or otherwise disseminated to law enforcement officers for purposes of review, recording, or contemporaneous access to security or surveillance video, audio, or footage, to the extent that the release, transfer, disclosure, or dissemination is consistent with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HR49 | FUTURE TEACHERS CLUB (REP. SHARON CHUNG) Urges schools across the state to pursue starting Future Teachers of America clubs.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Changes the name of the clubs from "Future Educators of America" to "Future Teachers of America" in several places. |
| | Current Status: 5/15/2023 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED
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| SB16 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD; REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop a school district-level Children's Adversity Index to measure community childhood trauma exposure for children by December 30, 2024. Requires teachers institutes to provide instruction on trauma-informed practices and certain defined terms. Adds information that must be included in the State Board of Education's school report cards. Requires in-service training to include certain defined terms. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education shall establish a committee of no more than 21 members to make recommendations to the State Board of Education to change the professional educator licensure requirements and Professional Educator License renewal requirements for teachers to include specified requirements. Sets forth the membership of the committee. Reestablishes the Whole Child Task Force created by Public Act 101-654. Provides that the Whole Child Task Force shall reconvene by March 2027 to review progress on a March 2022 report's recommendations and shall submit a new report on its assessment of the State's progress and any additional recommendations to the General Assembly, the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the State Board of Education, and the Governor on or before December 31, 2027. Provides that the Whole Child Task Force provisions are repealed on February 1, 2029. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB167 | KOSHER & HALAL FOODS (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to provide for a program by which both halal and kosher food options are offered in public school cafeterias by request. Provides further requirements concerning the provision of halal and kosher food in public schools. Amends the Halal Food Act. Defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any State-owned or State-operated facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale also shall offer, upon request provided with reasonable notice, halal food options at the State-owned or State-operated facility. Provides that any halal food product offered shall be certified as halal by a State-approved organization or purchased from a State-approved halal-certified vendor. Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor shall be subject to penalties under the Act. Provides for the adoption of rules. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not infringe upon or affect any obligation in a contract entered into and in effect on or before the amendatory Act's effective date. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food options at State facilities, defines "kosher", and provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food services is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Effective June 1, 2024.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning the School Code, provides that halal and kosher lunch options shall be available as lunch options as part of the school boards lunch program to student who submit a request at the time of registration (instead of having a halal or kosher food service program). Provides that the school board shall make accommodations to provide a halal or kosher lunch option upon finding a vendor or the school district itself is able to provide the lunch option. Removes provisions regarding certification of a vendor. Sets forth requirements for selecting a vendor, reimbursement, and compliance. In provisions concerning the Halal Food Act, provides that after an individual submits a request for a halal or kosher option, the state-owned or state-operated facility shall make accommodations for the request as soon as the state-owned or state-operated facility is able to provide the meals. Removes provisions regarding State-certification. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food options at State facilities. Moves the definition of "kosher". |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB240 | SCH CD-HEALTH EXAM (SEN. TERRI BRYANT) Amends the School Code. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring informational material about testicular cancer to be provided as part of the health examination of any male child entering the ninth grade. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop the content of the informational material to be provided. Effective immediately. |
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| SB457 | EDUCATION-TECH (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM; REP. KEVIN OLICKAL) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, including funding for any administrative costs reasonably incurred by the State Board of Education, upon the execution of one or more required statewide master contracts entered by the State Board of Education and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education shall notify school districts of any prepackaged meal options, including, but not limited to, halal and kosher food options, available for purchase under a statewide master contract for the upcoming school year. Requires the State Board to enter into one or more statewide master contracts to purchase religious dietary food options, and sets forth provisions concerning the contracts. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that the University of Illinois Hospital shall offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Amends the Halal Food Act. Provides that any halal food product offered by a State-owned or State-operated facility shall be purchased from a halal-certified vendor; defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor is subject to penalties under the Act. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Defines "kosher". Makes substantially similar changes as to kosher food products at State facilities. Provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food products is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Amends the Facilities Article of the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any Department of Corrections facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale shall also offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Provides that nothing in providing religious dietary food options is intended to expand any Department of Corrections facility's obligations beyond that required under federal law. Contains a severability clause. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 3/21/2025 - Effective Date March 21, 2025
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| SB1286 | EDUC-MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCT (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (instead of shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1400 | SCH CD-STUDENT DISCIPLINE (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD; REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning student discipline policies, provides that the State Board of Education shall draft and publish model policy guidelines for the development of reciprocal reporting systems and school bus safety protocols and for evidence-based early intervention procedures. In provisions concerning the suspension or expulsion of students, makes changes concerning a student's gross disobedience or misconduct posing an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or school personnel, when school exclusions should be used, the number and duration of expulsions and suspensions, the implementation of proactive evidence-based interventions that improve behavioral outcomes for all students, non-exclusionary discipline, out-of-school suspensions of 3 days or less, model policy guidelines for the re-engagement of students, professional development, and the removal of children with disabilities who violate the student discipline policies from their current placement. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Restores current law with respect to annually reviewing discipline policies. Requires the State Board of Education to consult with stakeholders in its drafted and published guidance, and requires the guidance to be drafted and published on or before July 1, 2025. Changes certain references from "early intervention" to "intervention". Makes changes concerning suspensions, school exclusions, and disciplinary removals to alternative schools. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB1628 | SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH ABSENCE (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Compulsory Attendance Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding the compulsory school age, provides that a child whose absence is excused for up to 5 days for a mental or behavioral health reason shall be designated as taking a mental health day, which shall be equivalent to a day of compulsory attendance for purposes of reporting and calculating the child's absenteeism rate for the school year. In provisions concerning chronic absenteeism reporting and support, provides that the definition of "student" does not mean a student who is not present at school for up to 5 days for mental or behavioral health reasons. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1659 | SCH CD-BIO-RESTROOM ACCESS (SEN. ANDREW CHESNEY) Amends the School Code. Provides that school districts may regulate and restrict access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places on the basis of biological sex and may also adopt a policy that provides for gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, staff, and members of the public, as the school district deems appropriate. Provides that school districts are not required to: (1) adopt a policy that restricts or regulates access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places on the basis of biological sex; (2) adopt a policy that includes the facilitation of gender neutral or alternative facilities for students, staff, and members of the public; (3) limit access by a minor accompanied by an adult guardian of the opposite sex into a specified facility appropriate for the adult guardian; (4) prohibit a person with disabilities from using a specified facility appropriate to the biological sex of either the person with disabilities or of an adult caretaker providing assistance; (5) prohibit access to these facilities by custodial staff, school staff, or other persons in an emergency situation; or (6) alter their current policies on access to public restrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, and other similar places. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1686 | INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLET-SPEC ED (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Requires an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State to allow a student for whom it is determined that special education services are needed under the School Code to participate in interscholastic athletics and other forms of athletic competition for as long as the student is eligible for such special education services, which, for purposes of the School Code, means through the day before the student's 22nd birthday. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1709 | MENTAL HEALTH-STUDENT ACCESS (SEN. MIKE SIMMONS; REP. MARCUS EVANS, JR.) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Resources shall partner with the State Board of Education to provide technical assistance for the provision of mental health care during school days with the goal of increasing the availability and accessibility of mental health resources for students. Provides that the Department shall report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the technical assistance provision no later than July 1, 2025. Provides for rulemaking by the Department and the State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 6/30/2023 - Effective Date January 1, 2024
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| SB1931 | SCH BREAKFAST/LUNCH-REIMBURSE (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall reimburse not less than the actual cost to school boards for each free lunch or breakfast supplied by them (instead of reimbursing school boards $0.15 or the actual cost, whichever is less, for each free lunch or breakfast), taking into consideration (rather than being in addition to) any federal contributions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1995 | SCH CD-SCH SHARE TABLE PROGRAM (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement a School Share Table Program, including guidelines for the use of share tables in schools for kindergarten through grade 12; defines "share tables". Provides that the Program shall be implemented as a part of any school-based child nutrition program administered by the State Board. Requires the guidelines for the use of share tables to be made available on the website of the State Board on or before January 1, 2024. Requires the use of share tables to comply with any applicable local and State health and food safety requirements. Provides for the adoption of rules. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2022 | SCHOOLS-FOOD-SCOVILLE SCALE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no person shall bring a food product with a Scoville rating of 100,000 SHUs or higher onto school property. Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a food is misbranded if it contains a food product with a Scoville rating of 100,000 SHUs or higher without its labeling stating that the food product has a Scoville rating of at least 100,000 SHUs. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2132 | SCH CD-FFH/4H ABSENCES (SEN. DORIS TURNER) Amends the Pupils Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding compulsory school age, provides that a student absent from a school in which the student is regularly enrolled shall be considered as being in attendance if the reason for such absence is to participate in scheduled Future Farmers of America Organization and 4-H programs as part of organized competitions or exhibitions. Provides that the student and parent or legal guardian shall be responsible for obtaining assignments missed while the student was participating in such an activity from the student's teacher. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2148 | ATHLETIC ORG-EQUAL PARTICIPATE (SEN. TERRI BRYANT) Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that promotes, sponsors, regulates, or in any manner provides for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within the State may not adopt or maintain in effect any bylaw, rule, regulation, or policy which does not allow equal access for participation in interscholastic athletics or athletic competitions by a student based upon whether the student attends a public school, nonpublic school, or home school if the association or other entity receives any membership or other dues or fees from the governing body of any public elementary or public secondary school in the State. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2235 | STU DIABETES-GLUCAGON SUPPLY (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Care of Students with Diabetes Act. Provides that a school shall maintain a supply of glucagon in any secure location that is immediately accessible to a school nurse or a delegated care aide if a student diagnosed with diabetes attends the school. Provides that schools shall obtain a prescription for glucagon, even if the school is not required to maintain the glucagon. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2239 | SCH CD-STUDENT DISCIPLINE (SEN. ADRIANE JOHNSON) Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that, when expelling a student, the board shall notify the parents of the nature of the hearing and the option of retaining legal counsel. Provides that, when the suspension period is over, the pupil may return to school. Provides that for a pupil suspended due to gross disobedience or misconduct on a school bus, a written decision about whether the student can use a school bus shall be made within 15 days of the incident. Provides that a school shall offer written demonstration of remediation efforts excluding out of school suspensions. Provides that schools shall use data to track whether significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity is occurring both in the State and in the district with respect to the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary removals from placement, including suspensions and expulsions. Provides that, if it is determined that significant disproportionality is occurring, the school shall provide that determination for annual review and, if appropriate, revision of the policies, practices, and procedures used in disciplinary removals to ensure that the policies, practices, and procedures comply with the district's equity requirements. Provides that notice of suspension shall also include other evidence-based alternatives to suspension. provides that when a student is suspended for more than 4 days, that options for automatically placing the student in an e-learning program or distance learning program through written materials if (1) the removal is for more than 5 consecutive school days; or (2) the child has been subjected to a series of removals that constitute a pattern, because the series of removals total more than 10 school days in a school year, because the child's behavior is substantially similar to the child's behavior in previous incidents that resulted in the series of removals, and the effects of additional factors such as the length of each removal, the total amount of time the child has been removed, and the proximity of the removals to one another shall be included. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2252 | CHILD HUNGER-BREAKFAST GRANT (SEN. CHRISTOPHER BELT) Amends the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that for all schools operating a school breakfast program, the State Board of Education shall collect information about whether the school is operating a breakfast after the bell program and, if so, what breakfast after the bell model the school operates, including breakfast in the classroom, second chance breakfast, and grab and go breakfast. Provides that the State Board of Education shall make this data publicly available annually. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award grants of up to $7,000 per school site on a competitive basis to eligible schools, school districts, or entities approved by the State Board of Education for nonrecurring expenses incurred in initiating a school breakfast after the bell program. Sets forth what the grants may be used for and who gets preference for a grant. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2256 | STUDENT ONLINE PERSONAL PROT (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Provides that "covered information" does not include de-identified or aggregate information from which all personally identifiable information of a student has been removed. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the covered information restrictions shall be included as part of the operator's terms of service agreement, privacy policy, or similar document (instead of requiring that an operator enter into a written agreement with the school, school district, or State Board before the covered information may be transferred) Removes provisions requiring that if the school maintains a website, a the operator shall provide a statement that the school must publish the written agreement on the school's website. Makes related changes. Provides that a statement that the operator will implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices that otherwise meet or exceed industry standards designed to protect covered information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure Provides that the business address of the operator and a link to the terms of service agreement, privacy policy, or similar document shall be provided. Provides that de-identified or aggregate information from which all personally identifiable information of a student has been removed are not prohibited for an operator to use. Removes restrictions prohibiting a school from sharing, transferring, disclosing, or providing access to a students covered information to an entity of individual. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2286 | SCH CD-CARDIAC ARREST EXAM (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN) Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that a screening to determine risk of cardiac arrest shall be included in the required health examination. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2788 | CHILD ABUSE REPORTS TO SCHOOL (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN; REP. LAURA FAVER DIAS) Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires the Child Protective Service Unit to send a notification letter (rather than a copy of the Unit's final finding report) to a child's school following an investigation and finding of physical or sexual abuse. Provides that if an indicated finding is overturned in an appeal or hearing, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request that the notification letter (rather than final finding report) be purged from the student's record, and the school shall purge the notification letter (rather than final finding report) from the student's record in accordance with the Illinois School Student Records Act. Requires the notification letter to provide the date of expungement from the central register. Removes a provision requiring all reports made by mandated reporters to be confirmed in writing to the appropriate Child Protective Service Unit within 48 hours of any initial report. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB2874 | SCH-MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCT (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may (instead of shall) make menstrual hygiene products available, at no cost to students, in bathrooms of every school building that are open for student use in grades 4 through 12 during the regular school day. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2934 | CRIM CD-HAZING-CONSENT NO DEFN (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN; REP. DAVE VELLA) Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is not a defense to a prosecution for hazing that the person against whom the hazing was directed consented to or acquiesced in the hazing. |
| | Current Status: 8/2/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB3166 | SCHOOL STUDENT RECORDS-MISC (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER; REP. SUZANNE NESS) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that the term "Student Permanent Record" may include a special education summary of performance form. Provides that representatives of the Department of Human Services, for the sole purpose of assessing waiver services qualification of a student, shall have the right to inspect and copy the student's school student permanent record. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3316 | CHILDREN-MENTAL HEALTH (SEN. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends various Acts concerning children's mental health. Amends the School Code. Provides that on or before October 1, 2024, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team, the Office of the Governor, and relevant stakeholders as needed shall release a strategy that includes a tool for measuring capacity and readiness to implement universal mental health screening of students. Provides that the State Board of Education shall issue a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on school district readiness and plan for phased approach to universal mental health screening of students on or before April 1, 2025. Repeals the Wellness Checks in Schools Program Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall implement guidance to managed care organizations and similar care coordination entities contracted with the Department, so that the managed care organizations and care coordination entities respond to lead indicators with services and interventions that are designed to help stabilize the child. Amends the Children's Mental Health Act. Provides that the Children's Mental Health Partnership shall advise the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative on designing and implementing short-term and long-term strategies to provide comprehensive and coordinated services for children from birth to age 25 and their families with the goal of addressing children's mental health needs across a full continuum of care, including social determinants of health, prevention, early identification, and treatment. Provides that the Department of Public health (rather than the Department of Healthcare and Family Services) shall provide technical and administrative support for the Partnership. Deletes provision that the Partnership shall employ an Executive Director and set the compensation of the Executive Director and other such employees and technical assistance as it deems necessary to carry out its duties. Amends the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act. Provides that the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team in collaboration with the Department of Human Services shall develop a program to provide one-on-one in-home respite behavioral health aids to youth requiring intensive supervision due to behavioral health needs. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SR11 | SUPPORT-OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Expresses support for Out of School Time programs in Illinois and recognizes that they serve as a key component to supporting violence prevention, academic achievement, social/emotional well-being, nutritional needs, and a strong workforce. Recognizes these programs' importance in a continuum of care for youth from birth to adulthood. |
| | Current Status: 5/19/2023 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED Adopted by Voice Vote.
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| HB609 | REVENUE-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the State Tax Preparer Oversight Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB993 | PTELL-FREEZE (REP. ANTHONY DELUCA) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the 2023 and 2024 levy year, the term "taxing district" means all taxing districts in the State, including home rule units, but does not include a taxing district with a population of less than 25,000, unless that taxing district was subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law on the effective date of the amendatory Act or was made subject to the Law by referendum. Provides that, for the 2023 and 2024 levy year, the extension limitation is 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1048 | PROP TX-VETERANS-WWII (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section granting a homestead exemption to veterans with disabilities, provides that property that is used as a qualified residence by a veteran who was a member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II is exempt from taxation regardless of the veteran's level of disability. Provides that a veteran who qualifies as a result of his or her service in World War II need not reapply for the exemption. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1058 | PROP TX-GENERAL HOMESTEAD (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property improved with a single family residence that is occupied as a principal dwelling place by an immediate family member of the property owner also qualifies for the general homestead exemption. Provides that "immediate family member" means a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, or sibling of the property owner. Contains provisions imposing a civil penalty if a person knowingly misrepresents himself or herself as an immediate family member of the property owner when applying for a general homestead exemption. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1060 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the tax due for property that has been granted a senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption shall not exceed the tax liability for the property in the base year. Provides that the tax collected from that property shall be distributed to the individual taxing districts on a pro rata basis in accordance with each taxing district's proportionate share of the property's total tax liability. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1061 | PROP TX-SENIORS W/DISABILITIES (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Property Tax Code. With respect to the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities, provides that the property is exempt from taxation if the person with a disability is 55 years of age or older at any point during the taxable year. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1063 | PROP TX-TIF INFO-BILL (REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that there shall be printed on each tax bill, or on a separate slip mailed with each tax bill, a list of each redevelopment project that (i) is associated with a TIF district in which the property is located and (ii) has been completed during or before the taxable year for which the bill is prepared or is in the process of being completed during that taxable year. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1073 | INC TX-PROP TX CREDIT (REP. STEVEN REICK) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, if the amount of the credit for residential real property taxes exceeds the taxpayer's liability, that amount shall be refunded if the taxpayer is 65 years or older and has a federal adjusted gross income of not more than $50,000. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1074 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE-CPI (REP. STEVEN REICK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable year 2024, the maximum income limitation for the senior freeze shall be $73,700 for all qualified property (currently, $65,000). Provides that the maximum income limitation shall be adjusted each year according to the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1109 | PROP TAX-CERTIFICATE OF ERROR (REP. MARGARET CROKE; SEN. DON HARMON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, before the estimated dates of completion of a redevelopment project and retirement of obligations issued to finance development project costs (including refunding bonds) are extended to the 35th or 47th years, the municipality must submit to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives written support for the extension of the life of the redevelopment project area from each school district, community college district, and park district that has authority to directly levy taxes on property within the redevelopment project area. Provides that the provisions amending the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act are effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1115 | TIF-REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT COST (REP. LANCE YEDNOCK) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. For redevelopment project areas designated after November 1, 1999, in municipalities with less than 1,000,000 population, modifies the formula for elementary, secondary, or unit school district's increased costs attributable to assisted housing units located within the redevelopment project area for which the developer or redeveloper receives financial assistance through an agreement with the municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of the assisted housing sites necessary for the completion of that housing. Removes differences in formulation for alternate method districts, flat grant districts, and foundation districts. For school districts in a municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000, changes the last date upon which a school district may submit a claim for reimbursement to the municipality to October 31 of each year (currently, September 30) and provides that municipalities shall reimburse school districts that have met specified criteria no later than January 31 of the school year in which the claim is made. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1154 | PROP TX-DISABLED VETERANS (REP. NORINE HAMMOND) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the surviving spouse of a veteran who has a service connected disability of 100% and is deemed to be permanently and totally disabled need not reapply for the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1218 | PROP TX-ABATE MIXED USE (REP. KEVIN SCHMIDT) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district may abate a portion of its taxes on property upon which affordable housing has been or will be constructed in a development mixed with commercial property. Provides that the value of the abatement may not exceed $500,000. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1219 | PROP TAX-SR FREEZE-MEDICARE (REP. KEVIN SCHMIDT) Amends the Property Tax Code. In a provision concerning the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, provides that, beginning in assessment year 2023, the taxpayer's annual household income for purposes of determining eligibility for the exemption shall be reduced by any amounts paid by the taxpayer as Medicare premiums during the calendar year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1223 | PROP TAX-GROCERY STORE ABATE (REP. ANTHONY DELUCA) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that any taxing district shall abate its taxes on property that (i) contains a grocery store or supermarket that is owned by a minority person, a woman, or a person with a disability and offers fresh produce for sale at retail but does not sell alcohol; (ii) is located in an area that qualified as a food desert in the taxable year immediately preceding the taxable year in which the grocery store or supermarket first conducted business at that location; and (iii) as a result of the presence of that grocery store, the area no longer qualifies as a food desert. Defines terms "food desert", "grocery store", "minority person", "woman", and "person with a disability". Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that counties and municipalities shall waive all fees associated with building permits issued for property that has been granted an abatement under those provisions. Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983 and the Limited Liability Company Act to waive fees for filing an annual report. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1238 | PROP TX-INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS (REP. DEBBIE MEYERS-MARTIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each county treasurer in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall operate an installment payment program to allow delinquent property taxes due from current and prior years to be paid in monthly installments. Provides that the taxpayer must enter into the installment payment agreement before the date of the annual tax sale at which the delinquent taxes are sold. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1254 | PROP TX-SENIOR EXEMPTION (REP. JOE SOSNOWSKI) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the total property tax bill for any property receiving the senior citizens homestead exemption may not exceed 101% of the tax bill for the immediately preceding taxable year, unless the increase is due to improvements to the property that increased the property's fair market value in the applicable tax year. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1263 | PROP TX-DISCLOSURE OF RATES (REP. JEFF KEICHER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each taxing district shall publish specified information concerning the district's property tax rate and extension. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1274 | PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD (REP. AMY ELIK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum reduction under the senior citizens homestead exemption is $8,000 in all counties (currently, $8,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $5,000 in all other counties). Provides that the maximum income limitation for the senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 (currently, $65,000). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1279 | PROP TX-PERSON W/DISABILITIES (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2023, the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities shall be in the amount of $8,000 (currently, $2,000). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1354 | PROP TX-TAX DISTRICT SURPLUS (REP. DAN UGASTE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no taxing district may hold more than 150% of the previous levy year's property tax collections in cash or cash-equivalent assets. Provides that excess amounts shall be refunded to taxpayers. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1360 | PROP TX-AGGREGATE EXTENSION (REP. MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the limiting rate shall be calculated using the highest aggregate extension from any year in which the taxing district was subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (currently, the last 3 preceding levy years). Provides that an aggregate extension established for a levy year in which the taxing district was authorized to temporarily increase its limiting rate or its extension limitation may not be used. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1372 | PROP TX-DISABILITIES (REP. DAVID FRIESS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Adds physical therapists to the list of health care providers who may examine a claimant for the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities. Provides that the chief county assessment officer in any county may renew the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities without reapplication, subject to specified restrictions. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1377 | PROP TX-NEW RESIDENTIAL (REP. NORMA HERNANDEZ; SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Further amends the Property Tax Code to provide that certain notice requirements concerning termination of the senior citizens homestead exemption apply for taxable years 2019 through 2024 (currently, 2023).
House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a homestead exemption for eligible property that contains a single family residence that was built no earlier than January 1, 2021 by a municipality and was sold to a private homeowner before January 1, 2035. Provides that the exemption applies for a 10-year period beginning with the tax year following the year in which the property is first sold by the municipality to a private homeowner. Sets forth the amount of the exemption. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0793
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| HB1411 | PROP TX-GENERAL HOMESTEAD AMT (REP. MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum reduction is $10,000 in all counties. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1427 | PROP TX-TAXPAYER EMPOWERMENT (REP. JOE SOSNOWSKI) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides for a non-binding, advisory referendum on the question of whether a taxing district should reduce its aggregate extension by up to 10% from its aggregate extension for the previous taxable year. Provides that the referendum shall be initiated by a petition signed by a number of registered voters of the taxing district that is equal to or greater than 1% but less than 5% of the total number of votes cast in the taxing district in the preceding general election. Provides for a binding referendum on the question of whether a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension by up to 10% from its aggregate extension for the previous taxable year. Provides that the referendum shall be initiated by a petition signed by a number of registered voters of a taxing district that is equal to or greater than 5% of the total number of votes cast in the taxing district in the preceding general election. Preempts the power of home rule units to tax. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1428 | PROP TX-HOMESTEAD EXEMPT (REP. JOE SOSNOWSKI) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the term "maximum income limitation" for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption means the greater of (i) $80,000 or (ii) $80,000 adjusted by certain increases in the consumer price index-u. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall, not later than January 31 of each calendar year, calculate, publish, and transmit to all county clerks and county treasurers the indexed maximum income limitation number. In provisions concerning the general homestead exemption, provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum reduction is $10,000 in all counties. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1518 | PROP TX-BOARD OF REVIEW (REP. CURTIS TARVER, II) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in addition to any other requirements set forth by law, each member of the board of review in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants must be an attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1646 | MUNI CD-TIF REVENUE (REP. BLAINE WILHOUR) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that moneys in the special tax allocation fund may be used to make distributions to certain taxing districts. Provides that moneys received from the additional distributions may be used by the affected taxing district to pay debt service on obligations incurred by the taxing district and to provide property tax relief. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2105 | PROP TX-TAX DISTRICTS OBJECT (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no certificate of error shall be issued without the chief county assessment officer first having given all affected taxing districts 30 days' written notice. Provides that taxing districts may seek a judicial determination as to the exempt status of property. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2107 | PROP TX-OBJECTIONS (REP. DANIEL DIDECH) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, a person filing a tax objection complaint shall serve a copy of the tax objection complaint by electronic mail upon the applicable municipality and the school district. Provides that an objection to an assessment shall not be allowed by the court in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants if the person paying the taxes is unable to provide written evidence to the State's Attorney that a copy of the tax objection complaint was served on the municipality and the school district. Provides that, if an objection is made claiming incorrect valuation, the complaint shall specify the current assessment and the assessment alleged by the plaintiff to be correct. Provides that, when a taxing district has intervened in a tax objection proceeding and filed its appearance, compromise agreements shall not be accepted by the court over the objection of the intervening taxing district. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2162 | PROP TX-TAX DEED PAYMENTS (REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a party who successfully contests the entry of an order directing the county clerk to issue a tax deed shall pay certain specified fees and costs to the tax deed grantee or the owner of the certificate of purchase. Provides that, in the case of a sale in error, interest accrues until the date of the order finding that the order directing the county clerk to issue a tax deed should be vacated (currently, until the date of payment). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2163 | PROP TX-INDEMNITY FUND (REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the indemnity fund, provides that the tax purchaser shall pay to the county collector an additional amount equal to 2.5% of the amount of any subsequent taxes on the property that are paid by the tax purchaser. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2164 | PROP TX-SERVICE OF NOTICE (REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in Cook County, service of notice of the expiration of the period of redemption may be made by a private detective, but only if the purchaser or assignee also delivers the notice to a sheriff (or the sheriff is disqualified, to a coroner) for attempted service. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2165 | PROP TX-INDEMNITY FUND (REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that in counties of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the holder of a tax lien certificate on property sold under the Code shall pay to the County Collector an additional 2.5% of the subsequent taxes, interest, and penalties paid by the tax purchaser and posted to the tax judgment, sale, redemption, and forfeiture record. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2166 | PROP TX-NOTICE OF RIGHTS (REP. MARGARET CROKE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning the notice of tax sale and redemption rights. Provides that the specific redemption amount need not be included in the notice. Provides that the notice shall contain certain information concerning subsequent taxes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2236 | PROP TX-RELIGIOUS PROPERTY (REP. KELLY BURKE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the notice of the transfer of property that is exempt for orphanage, school, or religious purposes shall be filed with the county clerk (currently, the county recorder). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2275 | PTELL-FREEZE (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for levy years 2024 through 2034, the term "taxing district" means all taxing districts in the State, including home rule units. Provides that, for levy years 2024 through 2034, the extension limitation is 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2316 | PROP TX-SETTLEMENT/VALUATION (REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property that is used for a petroleum refinery may be the subject of a real property tax assessment settlement agreement among the taxpayer and taxing districts in which the property is situated. Makes changes concerning the valuation of pollution control facilities. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2340 | PROP TX-DISABILITY INFO (REP. DAVID FRIESS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no county employee or county official shall publicly disclose on an Internet website information concerning whether particular property has been granted a homestead exemption based on an individual's status as a person with a disability if the county receives a written request from the person with a disability or from that person's authorized agent or representative to refrain from disclosing that information. Provides that the information shall be removed from the Internet website within 5 business days after the request. Provides for an action in the circuit court seeking injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce the provisions of the amendatory Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2344 | PROP TX-PERSON W/ DISABILITY (REP. PAUL JACOBS) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities, provides that, if the person with a disability is eligible to receive disability benefits under the federal Social Security Act, then the property is exempt from taxation under this Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2382 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. DAN UGASTE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2024, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption shall be increased each year by the percentage increase, if any, in the Employment Cost Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2398 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. EVA-DINA DELGADO) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2023 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $72,000 for all qualified property. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2400 | PROP TX-COMPLAINTS (REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning decisions on complaints, provides that, in making its decision, the board of review shall be limited to the evidence presented by the complainant or the complainant's agent, and each complaint shall be limited to the grounds listed in the petition and supporting documents filed with the board. Provides that, when a decision is made on a complaint, the board of review shall make and sign a brief written statement of the reason for the decision (currently, the reason for the change and the manner in which the method used by the assessor in making the assessment was erroneous). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2416 | PROP TX-LAND BANK OPERATIONS (REP. MICHAEL MARRON) Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall establish and administer a Land Bank Operations Program to make annual grants to intergovernmental or county land bank authorities. Requires the Illinois Housing Development Authority to maintain a Technical Assistance Network for the Land Bank Operations Program. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that tax purchasers shall pay to the county collector a land bank operations fee of $200 for each certificate purchased. Provides that the proceeds from the fee shall be disbursed as follows: (i) 95% of the proceeds shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Land Bank Operations Fund; and (ii) 5% may be retained by the county collector. Provides that moneys in the Land Bank Operations Fund shall be used for the Land Bank Operations Program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Land Bank Operations Fund. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2457 | PROP TX-LOCAL GOV REPORTS (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each taxing district that is required to collect and publish vendor information data shall compile that data into a report and submit that report to the Comptroller's Local Government Division for publication on the Comptroller's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2492 | SCH CD-ENERGY SAVE CONTRACTS (REP. ANN WILLIAMS; SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, provides that "aggregate extension" excludes special purpose extensions made for the repayment of bonds or certificates issued to finance guaranteed energy savings contracts under the School Code. Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may issue bonds or certificates to finance guaranteed energy savings contracts and any bonds or certificates so issued shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory limitation and may be issued in an amount or amounts, including existing indebtedness, in excess of any heretofore or hereafter imposed statutory limitation as to indebtedness. In the Article concerning school energy conservation and saving measures, removes the requirement that the Section of the School Code concerning a school board's power to build or purchase a building for school classroom or instructional purposes upon the approval of a majority of the voters upon the proposition at a referendum applies to the Article. Allows the school board of any school district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants to incur indebtedness and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding the aggregate cost of all expenditures reasonably expected to be incurred pursuant to a guaranteed energy savings contract.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes the provisions amending the Property Tax Code. Removes the tax levy provision in the School Energy Conservation and Saving Measures Article of the School Code.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - In the provisions concerning indebtedness and bonds under the School Energy Conservation and Saving Measures Article of the School Code, provides that all contracts paid by bonds shall include a requirement that the qualified provider (i) enter into a project labor agreement with the applicable building and construction trades council and (ii) provide a plan to comply with the utilization goals for business enterprises established in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2512 | PROP TX-APPEALS (REP. KELLY BURKE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, when a revision is made by the county assessor and that revision is not made on complaint of the property owner, the county assessor shall continue to accept appeals from the taxpayer for a period of not less than 35 business days from the later of the date the assessment notice is mailed or is published on the assessor's website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2513 | PROP TX-HISTORIC RESIDENCE (REP. KELLY BURKE) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Historic Residence Assessment Freeze Law, provides that the fair cash value of the property shall be based on the final determination by the assessment officer, board of review, Property Tax Appeal Board, or court. Provides that, after the expiration of the 8-year valuation period, if the current fair cash value is less than the adjusted base year valuation, then the assessment shall be based on the current fair cash value. Provides that those changes are declarative of existing law. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2529 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption from $65,000 to $75,000. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2548 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE-INCOME (REP. EVA-DINA DELGADO) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the maximum income limitation under the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is (i) $65,000 for all qualified property containing an individual household and (ii) $80,000 for all qualified property containing a shared household (currently, $65,000 for all property). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2553 | PROP TX-VETERANS W/ DISABILITY (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, provides that: (1) if the veteran has a service-connected disability of 30% or more but less than 50%, then the annual exemption is 30% of the assessed value of the property; (2) if the veteran has a service-connected disability of 50% or more but less than 70%, then the annual exemption is 50% of the assessed value of the property; and (3) if the veteran has a service-connected disability of 70% or more, then the property is exempt from taxation. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2554 | PROP TX-NOTICE/BONA FIDE LEASE (REP. DEBBIE MEYERS-MARTIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a notice under the Tax Deeds and Procedures Article must contain a notice in 9 non-English languages encouraging the reader to have the notice translated because it contains important information about property taxes and may affect the person's ownership of the property. Requires a statement to be added to the notice of expiration of the period of redemption regarding limited reimbursement rights. Modifies service requirements of the notice. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Adds provisions regarding continuation or termination of bona fide leases in residential real estate in properties conveyed by a tax deed. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2583 | PROP TX-LONG-TIME OCCUPANT (REP. AMY ELIK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the long-time occupant homestead exemption applies in all counties beginning with taxable year 2023. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2588 | PROP TX-TAX BILLS-PENSION (REP. TRAVIS WEAVER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each property tax bill shall contain a separate statement for each of the taxing districts setting forth the dollar amount of tax due that will be used by the taxing district to pick up or otherwise pay its employees' contributions to a public pension fund. Provides that each taxing district that picks up or otherwise pays its employees' contributions to a public pension fund must certify this information to the county clerk on or before the last Tuesday in December. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2629 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. NABEELA SYED) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation is $85,000 (currently, $65,000). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2790 | DCEO-PROPERTY TAX GRANTS (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Creates the Economic Development Property Tax Grant Program Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall award property tax grants to each business that (i) is an approved applicant under the Invest in Illinois Act, the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act, the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Act, or the Reimagining Electric Vehicles in Illinois Act and (ii) owns property in an underserved area. Sets forth the amount of the grants. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2830 | PROP TX-TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS (REP. SUZANNE NESS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that townships with less than 3,000 inhabitants (instead of 1,000 inhabitants) shall elect multi-township assessors. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2882 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable year 2024, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 (currently, $65,000). Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2025, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption shall be increased each year by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2896 | PROP TX-COPIES OF LEASES (REP. ABDELNASSER RASHID) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the obligation of the titleholder or owner of a beneficial interest in exempt property to file a copy of certain leases or agreements with the chief county assessment officer, provides that, if the titleholder or the owner of the beneficial interest fails to comply with those provisions and no other party to the lease or agreement does so, then the titleholder or the owner of the beneficial interest shall be liable for any unpaid taxes up to the amount received under the lease or agreement by the titleholder or owner of the beneficial interest. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2914 | PROP TX-BALLOT INITIATIVES (REP. DIANE BLAIR-SHERLOCK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the tax bill shall include a statement of the percentage of the taxpayer's total tax bill that is attributable to a ballot initiative or referendum. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2933 | PROP TX-SURPLUS PROCEEDS (REP. STEVEN REICK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in the case of a deficiency judgment, if the owner of the property at the time of the tax sale can be located after a reasonably diligent search by the clerk of the court, then net income shall be returned to that person. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2950 | PROP TX-PUBLIC SAFETY-SPOUSE (REP. MICHAEL KELLY) Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a homestead exemption for surviving spouses of fallen police officers and fallen rescue workers in an amount equal to 50% of the equalized assessed value of the property so long as the surviving spouse continues to reside at the qualified residence and does not remarry. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2965 | PROP TX-GENERAL HOMESTEAD (REP. BRADLEY FRITTS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, at each residential real estate closing, the closing agent shall present the purchaser with a copy of the application for the general homestead exemption. Provides that the purchaser shall complete the application and any associated affidavits at the time of the closing, and the closing agent shall transmit those documents to the chief county assessment officer. Provides that the chief county assessment officer shall continue to apply the exemption until the county recorder informs the chief county assessment officer that the property has been sold, transferred, or conveyed or until the chief county assessment officer otherwise becomes aware that the property no longer qualifies for the exemption. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2991 | PROP TX-VETERANS HOMESTEAD (REP. JOE SOSNOWSKI) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, provides that, if the veteran has a service connected disability of 10% or more but less than 30%, as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, then the annual exemption is $1,500 (currently, there is no exemption if the veteran has a service connected disability of less than 30%). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2992 | PROP TX-EXEMPT PARCELS (REP. DANIEL SWANSON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a taxing district fails to timely file an affidavit that is required to be filed with respect to exempt property, then, prior to terminating the exemption, the chief county assessment officer shall notify the taxing district by first-class mail that the chief county assessment officer has not received the affidavit. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3013 | PROP TX-DISABLED VETERANS (REP. DAN UGASTE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the maximum equalized assessed valuation for the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities shall be adjusted each year by the cumulative percentage increase or decrease reported in the All-Transactions House Price Index for Illinois. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3028 | PROP TX-TAX DEED ORDERS (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the issuance of a tax deed, provides that the court shall find that all forfeitures and sales of the property occurring after the tax sale at which the certificate of purchase was issued and including only subsequent years taxes have been redeemed (currently, all forfeitures and sales that occur subsequent to the sale). Provides that a sale of the property that occurs after the tax sale at which the certificate of purchase was issued and includes only tax years that are prior to the year or years sold, or includes tax years which are both prior to and after the year or years sold, shall be declared a sale in error, and those tax years shall be merged into the tax deed grantee's title. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3040 | PROPERTY TAX CODE-VARIOUS (REP. NICHOLAS SMITH) Amends the Property Tax Code. Modifies procedures relating to forfeited properties, including that the procedures relate to forfeiture of tax liens and certificates, rather than forfeiture of property, and that the tax liens and certificates are forfeited to the county rather than the State. Modifies when a court must declare a sale to be a sale in error and how refunds of costs and taxes are to be refunded (removing interest on costs and taxes paid). Provides that, if a sale is declared to be a sale in error, the tax certificate shall be forfeited to the county as trustee. Provides that vacant nonfarm property and property containing a residential structure with at least 7 units sold under the Code may be redeemed at any time before the expiration of one year (rather than 6 months) from the date of the sale (removing restrictions on the delinquency or forfeiture status of the property). Modifies other provisions relating to redemption of property, including the extension of the period of redemption. Modifies a provision relating to special assessments withdrawn (removing forfeiture language) and repeals other provisions about special assessments withdrawn or forfeited. Modifies provisions relating to notice of sale and redemption rights. Modifies various provisions concerning tax deeds. Repeals a provision concerning the denial of deeds. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3054 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. DIANE BLAIR-SHERLOCK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption is $85,000 for all qualified property. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3070 | PROP TX-LONG TIME OCCUPANT (REP. EDGAR GONZÁLEZ, JR.) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the long-time occupant homestead exemption, provides that for tax year 2024 and thereafter, the exemption applies to qualified taxpayers with a household income of $85,000 or less and is based on an increase of 5% for each taxable year after the base year. Removes provisions providing that a qualified taxpayer may not receive the long-time occupant homestead exemption and certain other exemptions. Provides that qualified taxpayers need not reapply for the long-time occupant homestead exemption on an annual basis. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3096 | PROP TX-TRANSFER DECLARATION (REP. ABDELNASSER RASHID) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for properties where the buyer or buyers are natural individuals, the transfer declaration shall state whether the property is intended to be the principal residence of the buyer or buyers. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3105 | PROP TAX CD-PTAB (REP. ABDELNASSER RASHID) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the Property Tax Appeal Board shall not accept or consider any appraisal that does not meet the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice as promulgated by The Appraisal Foundation at the time the appeal was filed. Provides that the Property Tax Appeal Board Process ends in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants for all property with the 2023 assessment year. Provides that the Property Tax Appeal Board may retain jurisdiction over any appeal properly filed with respect to a property in a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants before the last day of calendar year 2024, provided that any such appeal that is not resolved by the last day of 2024 shall be dismissed without a decision, notwithstanding the other provisions. Such a dismissal may not be appealed, but a tax objection case may be filed pursuant to Article 23 of the Property Tax Code in the circuit court of the county in which the property involved in the dismissed case is situated for a period of one year after the date of the dismissal, notwithstanding any temporal filing limitations in the provisions of Article 23. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3171 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2023 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 (currently, $65,000). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3177 | TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT (REP. TOM WEBER) Creates the Taxpayer Protection Act. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the Act, for bonds or incurred debt issued through a referendum by a unit of local government or school district, the bonds or incurred debt shall not be extended or reissued unless authorized by a referendum. Provides that a unit of local government or school district shall not submit the question concerning the extension or reissuance of a bond or incurring debt to voters in a referendum until at least one year has passed since the retirement of the bond or debt approved by a referendum. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the Act, a unit of local government or school district shall not submit a question concerning the issuance of a bond or incurring debt to the voters in a referendum until at least one year has passed since that unit or district last proposed a question or proposition concerning the issuance of bonds or incurring debt in a referendum. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that there shall not be a service extension base annual increase unless increased by referendum. Amends the School Code. Provides that no later than 30 days before a school district submits to the voters of that district a question on whether to issue bonds or increase the school district's property tax rate, the school district must send informational material to each resident of voting age in the school district; defines "informational material". Specifies what must be included in the informational material Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3188 | SCH CD-TAX-INFO MATERIAL (REP. TOM WEBER) Amends the School Code. Provides that no later than 30 days before a school district submits to the voters of that district a question on whether to issue bonds or increase the school district's property tax rate, the school district must send informational material to each resident of voting age in the school district; defines "informational material". Specifies what must be included in the informational material. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3258 | PROP TX-INTEREST (REP. KAM BUCKNER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning interest penalties for omitted property, forfeited taxes, and delinquent and unpaid taxes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3390 | PROP TX-GENERAL HOMESTEAD (REP. JOE SOSNOWSKI) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024 tax year (to be collected in 2025), the total tax bill for property receiving the General Homestead Exemption may not exceed 103% of the total property tax bill for the property for the immediately preceding taxable year, unless the increase in the property tax liability is attributable to improvements to the property. Contains provisions concerning the reallocation of property tax liability. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3394 | PROP TX-SALES IN ERROR (REP. CURTIS TARVER, II) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the owner of the certificate of purchase shall promptly notify the county collector in writing that a petition for a sale in error has been filed. Provides that the court may deny the petition for a sale in error if the notice is not filed. Amends the Property Tax Code and the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act. Provides that, when the owner of the certificate of purchase is the county as trustee for taxing districts, then, upon request of or consent by the county as trustee, the county collector may declare an administrative sale in error at any time and for any reason. Provides that the declaration shall state the reason why the sale should not have occurred. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3399 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable year 2024, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 (currently, $65,000). Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2025, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption shall be increased each year by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3439 | PROP TX-ASSESSMENT (REP. AMY ELIK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in tax year 2025, each chief county assessment officer shall establish a rolling 3-year assessment period for property. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3463 | PROP TX-VETERANS (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning an exemption for veterans with disabilities who qualify for Specially Adapted Housing, increases the maximum assessed value of the property from $100,000 to $150,000. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3467 | SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and administer an annual program to award property tax relief grants to school districts in the State. Provides that, in exchange for receiving a grant, the school district's maximum aggregate property tax extension for the taxable year that begins on January 1 of the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded may not exceed a specified maximum aggregate property tax extension. Creates the Education Property Tax Relief Fund for the purpose of making appropriations for the grant program. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3480 | PROP TX-SALE IN ERROR (REP. KAM BUCKNER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes various changes concerning sales in error. In provisions allowing a sale in error if the assessor, chief county assessment officer, board of review, board of appeals, or other county official has made an error, provides that the error must be material to the tax sale at issue and may not be an error in the description of the physical characteristics, location, or picture of the property. Removes provisions allowing a sale in error when a bankruptcy petition has been filed after the tax sale and before the issuance of the tax deed. Provides that, if the bankruptcy petition is filed prior to the tax sale, then a sale in error is allowed if the property is subject to an automatic stay and the stay is active on the date of the date of that sale. Provides that the $100 fee paid by a tax purchaser for a certificate of purchase is non-refundable. Provides that the notice of the expiration of the period of redemption shall be delivered to the sheriff (or to the coroner or private detective, as applicable) for service not less than 5 months prior to the expiration of the period of redemption. Makes other changes |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3486 | SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (REP. MARK WALKER) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and administer an annual program to award property tax relief grants to school districts in the State. Provides that, in exchange for receiving a grant, the school district's maximum aggregate property tax extension for the taxable year that begins on January 1 of the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded may not exceed a specified maximum aggregate property tax extension. Creates the Education Property Tax Relief Fund for the purpose of making appropriations for the grant program. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3509 | PROP TX-GENERAL HOMESTEAD (REP. CURTIS TARVER, II) Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the maximum reduction for the general homestead exemption to $50,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants. Provides that for taxable years 2024 through 2026, the property tax liability for homestead property in Cook County that contains a single-family home or a multi-unit residential dwelling with fewer than 3 units shall not exceed the adjusted property tax liability for the property for the applicable tax year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3511 | PROP TX-SENIOR REFUND (REP. DAGMARA AVELAR) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if property qualifies for the senior citizens homestead exemption, but the property owner fails to apply for the exemption during the application period, then the property owner may apply to any or all of the taxing districts in which the property is located to receive a refund of that taxing district's share of the excess property taxes extended against the property as a result of the failure to apply the exemption. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3535 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. JED DAVIS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the purposes of the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, the maximum income limitation does not include any required minimum distributions from an individual retirement account or other retirement account. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3538 | PROP TX-VETERANS (REP. AMY GRANT) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a veteran may submit an application for the homestead exemptions for veterans with disabilities to the chief county assessment officer with respect to a specific property before the veteran purchases the property. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3541 | PROP TX-SENIORS-SCHOOLS (REP. AMY GRANT) Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the senior citizens homestead school levy exemption for property that is improved with a permanent structure that is occupied as a primary residence by an applicant who (i) is 65 years of age or older during the taxable year, (ii) has a household income that does not exceed the maximum income limitation, (iii) is liable for paying real property taxes on the property, (iv) is an owner of record of the property or has a legal or equitable interest in the property as evidenced by a written instrument, if no individual residing at the real property is or will be enrolled in a public school. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3564 | PROP TX-CELL TOWERS (REP. ABDELNASSER RASHID) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that wireless telecommunication towers that are not otherwise exempt under a specific provision of the Code are subject to local property taxes and shall be valued according to policies adopted by the chief county assessment officer. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3565 | REVENUE-MEGA PROJECTS (REP. MARK WALKER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a mega project. Provides that a "mega project" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the mega project property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that mega project property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a mega project shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a mega project is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3573 | PROP TX-ASSESSMENT (REP. EVA-DINA DELGADO) Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Revenue to conduct a property tax assessment process study. Amends the Property Tax Code. Limits the increase in the assessment of any commercial or residential property to 15% over the assessed value in the previous tax year and 40% in any 3-year period. Provides that the limitation shall apply in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and may apply in other counties by ordinance or resolution of the county board. Provides that, in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, whenever the chief county assessment officer of the county substantively changes the procedure by which he or she assesses properties, the chief county assessment officer shall hold a 60-day public comment period to receive input from members of the public before the change takes effect. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3644 | PTELL-RESERVES (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if, at the end of any levy year, a taxing district has reserves of 50% or more of its operating budget for that levy year, then, for the next levy year, "extension limitation" means 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Preempts the power of home rule units to tax. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3645 | PROP TX-SCHOOL DISTRICTS (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the School District Extension Freeze Law. Provides that, if at the end of any levy year, a school district has reserves of 50% or more of its operating budget, then the school district's extension for all purposes may not exceed its extension for the previous levy year. Provides that, if the school district has reserves of 60% or more at the end of the immediately preceding levy year, then the district's extension shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the district's reserve amount for the immediately preceding levy year and a reserve amount of 60% for that levy year. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3950 | INC TX-DEPENDENT TAX CREDIT (REP. MARCUS EVANS, JR.) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for dependents of the taxpayer. Provides that the maximum amount of the credit is $700 per qualified dependent of the taxpayer. Provides that the maximum amount shall be reduced by $24 for each $1,000 by which the taxpayer's net income exceeds $75,000 in the case of a joint return or $50,000 in the case of any other form of return. Defines "qualified dependent". Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4125 | PROP TAX-CERTIFICATE OF ERROR (REP. MARGARET CROKE; SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the statute of limitations for the execution of a certificate of error does not apply to a certificate of error correcting an assessment to $1 when the property is used as a common area by a subdivision, association, or planned development. Makes additional technical changes. |
| | Current Status: 7/19/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| HB4185 | PROP TX-DISABILITIES (REP. DIANE BLAIR-SHERLOCK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the amount of the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities from $2,000 to $4,000 beginning in tax year 2024. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4202 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. HARRY BENTON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption from $65,000 to $85,000. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4225 | PROP TX-EXTENSIONS (REP. TOM WEBER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2024, no taxing district, other than a home rule unit, may levy a tax on any parcel of real property that is more than 108% of the tax levied by that taxing district on that property in the immediately preceding taxable year unless (i) the increase is attributable to substantial improvements to the property, (ii) the taxing district did not levy a tax against the property in the previous taxable year, or (iii) the increase is attributable to a special service area. Provides that a taxing district may elect to be exempt from those provisions for one or more taxable years if the exemption is approved by referendum. Effective immediately. |
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| HB4242 | PROP TX-DISABILITIES (REP. JED DAVIS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Increases the amount of the homestead exemption for persons with disabilities from $2,000 to $4,000 beginning in tax year 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4244 | PROP TAX-HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION (REP. JED DAVIS) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, provides that the term "household" does not include an exempt family member who uses the residence as his or her principal place of residence for less than 12 months during the taxable year. Provides that the term "exempt family member" means the applicant's son, daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter and the spouse of the applicant's son, daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter. Provides that the maximum income limitation amount is $80,000 (rather than $65,000). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4354 | PROP TX-EXTENSIONS (REP. TOM WEBER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2024, no taxing district, other than a home rule unit, may levy a tax on any parcel of real property that is more than 105% of the base amount unless (i) the increase is attributable to substantial improvements to the property, (ii) the taxing district did not levy a tax against the property in the previous taxable year, or (iii) the increase is attributable to a special service area. Provides that "base amount" means the tax levied by the taxing district on the subject property in the immediately preceding taxable year, except that, if the property received a homestead exemption in the immediately preceding taxable year and is not eligible for that exemption in the current taxable year, then the base amount shall be the tax that would have been levied by the taxing district on the subject property in the immediately preceding taxable year if the homestead exemption had not been applied. Provides that a taxing district may elect to be exempt from those provisions for one or more taxable years if the exemption is approved by referendum. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4420 | PROPERTY TAX-SENIOR FREEZE (REP. JENNIFER GONG-GERSHOWITZ) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 (currently, $65,000) for all qualified property. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4437 | PROP TX-FLOOD HAZARD (REP. MAURICE WEST, II) Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a homestead exemption, subject to certain limitations, for property that is located within a special flood hazard area as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Provides that the amount of the exemption shall be a reduction in the property's equalized assessed value of $5,000. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4464 | PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD EXMPT (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the senior citizens homestead exemption, permanently removes the requirement to reapply for the exemption in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants (currently, that requirement was eliminated only for taxable years 2019 through 2023). In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, provides that, if the county board passes a resolution removing the requirement to reapply for the exemption, the chief county assessment official shall conduct, by no later than December 31 of the first year of each reassessment cycle, an audit of all senior citizens homestead exemptions granted for the preceding reassessment cycle. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4470 | PROP TX-CILA EXEMPT (REP. JANET YANG ROHR) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property on which a community-integrated living arrangement is located is entitled to a reduction in its equalized assessed value in an amount equal to the product that results when the number of occupants who use the community-integrated living arrangement as a primary residence is multiplied by $2,000. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4512 | PROP TX-PUBLICATION (REP. CYRIL NICHOLS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the assessment list may be posted on the chief county assessment officer's website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4542 | PROP TX- SENIOR FREEZE (REP. JOYCE MASON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the minimum age for eligibility for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is 62 years of age (currently, 65 years of age). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4559 | PROP TX-NOTICE (REP. MARK WALKER) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning notices of increased assessments, provides that the county assessor shall continue to accept appeals from the taxpayer for a period of not less than 30 days (currently, 30 business days) from the date the assessment notice is mailed or the date the notice is published on the assessor's website, whichever is later. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4568 | PROP TX-PTELL NEW RATE (REP. MATT HANSON) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a levy authorized for contributions to a Firefighters' Pension Fund for a municipality with a population of 500,00 or less is not considered a new rate. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4655 | REVENUE-MEGAPROJECT (REP. MARTIN MOYLAN) Creates the Megaproject Sports and Entertainment Facility Admission Tax Act. Imposes a tax of $3 for each individual admitted to a sports and entertainment facility located on megaproject property. Contains provisions concerning the distribution of the proceeds of the tax. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a megaproject. Provides that a "megaproject" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the Department of Revenue may issue a megaproject certificate only for a megaproject in the Village of Arlington Heights. Provides that the megaproject property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that megaproject property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a megaproject shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located to make certain special payments. Creates the Arlington Megaproject Oversight Board. Provides that the incentive agreement must be approved by resolution of the Arlington Megaproject Oversight Board. Amends the State Finance Act making conforming changes. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a megaproject is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act, and the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that certain tax proceeds from megaproject property shall be deposited into the Arlington Megaproject Infrastructure Fund. Makes other changes. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4695 | PROP TX-LIMITATION (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the Property Tax Code. Sets forth procedures for calculating a taxing district's maximum extension if the taxing district's population has decreased when compared with the taxing district's population in the immediately preceding taxable year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4700 | INC TX-EDUCATION EXPENSE (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the maximum amount of the education expense credit from $750 to $1,000. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4866 | SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (REP. DAN UGASTE) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a program to award property tax relief grants to school districts in this State. Provides that, in exchange for receiving a grant, a school district's maximum aggregate property tax extension for the taxable year that begins on January 1 of the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded may not exceed an adjusted maximum aggregate property tax extension for that taxable year. Creates the Education Property Tax Relief Fund as a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose of awarding grants. Sets forth provisions concerning the Education Property Tax Relief Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4974 | PROP TX-ATTY FEES (REP. STEVEN REICK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Permits attorney's fees of up to $900 to be added to the cost to redeem. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4996 | INC TX-EDUCATION EXPENSE (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2024, the maximum amount of the education expense credit is $1,500 (currently, $750). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5015 | REVENUE-MEGAPROJECTS (REP. MARK WALKER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a megaproject. Provides that a "megaproject" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the megaproject property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that megaproject property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a megaproject shall enter into an agreement with an oversight board established by the local municipality and local taxing districts to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a megaproject is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5139 | DHFS-PROPERTY TAX ADJUSTMENT (REP. LISA HERNANDEZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that an annual property tax adjustment shall be paid by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to each qualified facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that the adjustment shall be the equivalent of each facility's percent of annual paid Medicaid bed days as applied to the facility's property tax bill for the same tax year. Requires the Department to provide an electronic portal for submission of the facility's annual property tax obligation, the percent of paid Medicaid bed days for the same tax year, and the relevant calculations. Requires each facility to submit the information within 60 days of notification by the county of its annual property tax obligation. Requires the Department to have 60 days to audit the facility's information and calculations and pay as a lump sum property tax adjustment owed to the facility. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5183 | PROP TX-ABATEMENTS (REP. CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSMEYER) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a taxing district grants a property tax abatement for a defined period of time measured in levy years, then, for the first levy year after the expiration of the abatement, the district's aggregate extension base shall be the taxing district's last preceding aggregate extension, subject to certain adjustments, plus the amount of the expired abatement for the previous levy year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5425 | PROP TX-SENIORS-SCHOOLS (REP. JENNIFER SANALITRO) Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a senior citizens homestead school levy exemption for property that is improved with a permanent structure that is occupied as a primary residence by an applicant who (i) is 65 years of age or older during the taxable year, (ii) has a household income that does not exceed the maximum income limitation, (iii) is liable for paying real property taxes on the property, (iv) is an owner of record of the property or has a legal or equitable interest in the property as evidenced by a written instrument, if no individual residing at the real property is or will be enrolled in a public school. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5460 | IDOR-PROP TX STUDY (REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall conduct a study to evaluate the property tax system in the State. Provides that the Department may also determine whether the existing property tax levy, assessment, appeal, and collection process is reasonable and fair and may issue recommendations to improve that process. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5516 | PROP TX-TAXING DIST NOTICE (REP. BRADLEY STEPHENS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a copy of the complaint shall also be served on each taxing district in which the property is located at least 90 days prior to the board of review hearing on the complaint. Effective immediately. |
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| HB5540 | PROP TX-CHARITABLE EXEMPTION (REP. ANNA MOELLER) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning charitable exemptions granted to limited liability companies, removes a requirement that the limited liability company must be a disregarded entity for federal and Illinois income tax purposes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5545 | REVENUE-MEGAPROJECTS (REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as containing a megaproject. Provides that a "megaproject" is a project that meets certain investment and job creation specifications. Provides that the megaproject property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that megaproject property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a megaproject shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located and other local taxing districts to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or development of a megaproject is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5552 | PROP TX-EXTENSIONS (REP. BRADLEY STEPHENS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2024, no taxing district, other than a home rule unit, may levy a tax on any parcel of real property that is more than 105% of the tax levied by that taxing district on that property in the immediately preceding taxable year unless (i) the increase is attributable to substantial improvements to the property, (ii) the taxing district did not levy a tax against the property in the previous taxable year, or (iii) the increase is attributable to a special service area. Provides that a taxing district may elect to be exempt from these provisions for one or more taxable years if the exemption is approved by referendum. Effective immediately. |
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| HB5613 | INC TX-EDUCATION SAVINGS (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In provisions concerning a deduction for contributions to a College Savings Pool account or the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund, provides that a $10,000 limitation does not apply for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HC5 | REVENUE-EDUCATION (REP. CURTIS TARVER, II) Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that an additional income tax shall be imposed on individuals in an amount equal to 3% of the portion of the individual's income that is greater than $1,000,000 for the taxable year. Provides that the revenue collected from the tax shall be distributed to school districts on a per pupil basis. Effective upon being declared adopted. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB74 | PROP TX-INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS (SEN. ROBERT PETERS; REP. DEBBIE MEYERS-MARTIN) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Creates the Property Tax Payment Plan Task Force to study and make recommendations for the implementation of one or more payment plan options in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants to prevent eligible tax-delinquent owner-occupied properties in those counties from being sold at the annual tax sale. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Makes a technical correction.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. In provisions creating the Property Tax Payment Plan Task Force, adds one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate and one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Makes technical corrections. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Makes changes to the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 concerning the membership of the Property Tax Payment Plan Task Force. Provides that, at the discretion of both of the Co-Chairpersons of the Task Force, additional individuals may participate as nonvoting members of the Task Force.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Provides that certain members of the Task Force shall be appointed by the co-chairpersons of the Task Force (instead of by the Governor). |
| | Current Status: 7/28/2023 - Effective Date July 28, 2023
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| SB96 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (SEN. WILLIE PRESTON) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation is $85,000 (currently, $65,000). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB161 | PROP TX-TAXING DISTRICT LEASE (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that provisions concerning delinquencies by lessees of property owned by a taxing district apply in all counties with a population of fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants (currently, counties with more than 800,000 but less than 1,000,000 inhabitants). Provides that those provisions apply if the taxes remain unpaid 60 days after the final (currently, second) installment due date. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB185 | PROP TAX-SENIOR FREEZE-INCOME (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the purposes of the senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption, "income" does not include any required minimum distribution from an individual retirement annuity. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB196 | PTELL-AGGREGATE EXTENSION (SEN. DAN MCCONCHIE) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Provides that the extension limitation shall be: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 10 years immediately preceding the levy year for which the extension limitation is being calculated; or (b) the rate of increase approved by the voters. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB220 | PROP TX-VETERAN-COMMERCIAL (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the portion of the property that is used by a business that is certified by the United States Small Business Administration as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) is not considered to be used for commercial purposes for the purposes of the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB316 | PROP TX-RAILROAD (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that railroad property shall be assessed based on the location of the property (rather than as a unit). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB317 | PROP TX-TAXING DISTRICTS (SEN. LAURA MURPHY; REP. NATALIE MANLEY) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that provisions concerning delinquencies by lessees of property that is owned by a taxing district apply to property that is owned by a governmental entity that is a unit of federal, State, or local government, a school district, or a community college district and that is located in any county (currently, a taxing district in a county with more than 800,000 inhabitants but fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB319 | PROP TX-QUALIFIED FOREST ABATE (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county clerk shall abate 10% of the taxes imposed on qualified forest property that is part of a proposed new housing development. Provides that the owner of the property shall obtain approval from the Department of Natural Resources and shall submit a conservation plan and a new housing development plan to the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that "qualified forest property" means land of at least one acre that: (i) is at least 10% stocked by forest trees of any size; (ii) includes forest strips that are at least 120 feet wide; (iii) is managed in accordance with a conservation plan approved by the Department of Natural Resources; and (iv) is not developed for non-forest use as of January 1 of the first taxable year of the abatement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1225 | PROP TX-COMMON AREA (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE; REP. JENN LADISCH DOUGLASS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the chief county assessment officer in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants may require an application to be made to establish or reestablish that a parcel is entitled to common area assessment of $1. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 6/9/2023 - Effective Date June 9, 2023
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| SB1237 | PROPERTY TX-ABATEMENT (SEN. WIN STOLLER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the abatement for property located in an area of urban decay also applies to newly remodeled single-family or duplex residential dwelling units (currently, only newly constructed single-family or duplex dwelling units). Provides that provisions requiring the abatement to be reduced in 20% increments annually during the last 4 years of the abatement period apply only to abatements granted prior to the effective date. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1284 | PROP TX-FLOODING (SEN. MIKE SIMMONS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the county board may designate a geographic area within the county as a flood zone. Provides that homestead property that is located within a flood zone is entitled to a reduction of $5,000 from the property's equalized assessed value for the tax year in which the area is designated as a flood zone. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1293 | PROP TX-VETERANS (SEN. WILLIE PRESTON) Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall reimburse eligible taxing districts for revenue loss associated with providing homestead exemptions for veterans with disabilities. Specifies that a taxing district is eligible for reimbursement if application of the homestead exemptions for veterans with disabilities results in reduction in the total equalized assessed value of all taxable property in the taxing district in which the taxing district is located of more than 2.5% for the taxable year that is 2 years before the start of the State fiscal year in which the application for reimbursement is made and the taxing district is located in whole or in part in a county that contains a United States military base. Provides that the aggregate amount of reimbursements for all taxing districts in any calendar year may not exceed $15,000,000. Sets forth the amount of the reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1304 | MUNI CD-TIF SURPLUS FUNDS (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that all surplus funds in the special tax allocation fund shall be distributed as soon as possible after they are calculated (rather than distributed annually within 180 days after the close of the municipality's fiscal year). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1320 | PROP TX-COPIES OF LEASES (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the obligation of the titleholder or owner of a beneficial interest in exempt property to file a copy of certain leases or agreements with the chief county assessment officer, provides that, if the titleholder or the owner of the beneficial interest fails to comply with those provisions and no other party to the lease or agreement does so, then the titleholder or the owner of the beneficial interest shall be liable for any unpaid taxes up to the amount received under the lease or agreement by the titleholder or owner of the beneficial interest. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1321 | PROP TX-DESCRIPTIONS (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that owners of income-producing properties shall file physical descriptions of their properties with the chief county assessor in the form and format determined by the chief county assessor. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1322 | PROP TX-INCOME PROPERTY (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, taxpayers of income-producing property shall submit income and expense data annually to the chief county assessment officer on or before July 1 of each year. Provides that, in counties of fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the county board may provide by ordinance or resolution that taxpayers of income-producing property shall submit income and expense data annually to the chief county assessment officer on or before March 31 of each year. Contains certain exceptions. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1350 | REVENUE-MEGA PROJECTS (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a mega project. Provides that a "mega project" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the mega project property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that mega project property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a mega project shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a mega project is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1391 | TIF/REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Modifies factors used by a municipality to determine if an area is a blighted area or a conservation area to be included in the area of a redevelopment project area when establishing the area. Provides that a new redevelopment project area shall have a completion date no later than December 31st of the 20th year after the ordinance was adopted (rather than the 23rd year), and provides that the redevelopment project area may be extended, with the approval of each member of the joint review board, only 2 additional years (rather than extended to the 35th year and extended again to the 47th year). Provides that a municipality may not approve redevelopment project areas or expansions of redevelopment project areas that overlap with an existing redevelopment project area. Provides that 10% of moneys deposited into the special tax allocation fund shall be transferred to the local chamber of commerce or chambers of commerce representing the redevelopment project area for the chamber or chambers of commerce to use for grants to businesses that employee fewer than 50 full-time employees if the business moves within the redevelopment project area. Provides that moneys transferred to a chamber of commerce not used or pledged within one year of transfer of the moneys shall be returned to the municipality and are designated surplus funds of the redevelopment project area. Adds nonvoting members to joint review boards. Provides that, if a school district or community college district does not approve of the creation of a redevelopment project area, then the portion of the taxes attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation which would be payable to the nonconsenting district shall be paid to that district. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1530 | PROP TX-POLICE AND FIRE (SEN. DALE FOWLER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a homestead exemption in the amount of a reduction of $5,000 from the equalized assessed value of property of the surviving spouse of a police officer or firefighter who is killed in the line of duty. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1534 | PROP TX-VETERANS (SEN. THOMAS BENNETT; REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a veteran with a surviving spouse dies while an application for a veteran's homestead exemption is being reviewed, the review of that application shall continue, and any subsequent approval granted to the veteran shall carry over to the surviving spouse as long as the spouse meets specified requirements. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1675 | PROP TX-RELIGIOUS PROPERTY (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA; REP. KAM BUCKNER) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning interest penalties due on delinquent amounts in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants beginning in tax year 2023. Specifies that counties shall be the designated holders of all tax liens and certificates that are forfeited to the State or county. Makes changes concerning sales in error and forfeited tax certificates in provisions concerning the assignment of tax certificates; databases of properties available for sale; scavenger sales; forfeited tax liens and certificates; records of forfeitures; payments for property purchased at tax sales; certificates of purchase; refunds of costs; redemption of properties; special assessments; partial settlements; notices; and the issuance and contents of deeds. Provides that, in the case of a sale in error because of an error by the assessor, chief county assessment officer, board of review, board of appeals, or other county official, the error must be material to the tax certificate at issue. Provides that, in the case of a sale in error because of a bankruptcy, provides that the bankruptcy case must be open on the date the collector's application for judgment was filed. Provides that, in Cook County, service of process may be made by a person who is licensed or registered as a private detective (currently, those provisions apply in counties other than Cook). Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 8/11/2023 - Effective Date January 1, 2024
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| SB1725 | PROP TX-MIDDLE CLASS CREDIT (SEN. PATRICK JOYCE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a middle-class tax credit limited to a reduction in the equalized assessed value of homestead property owned by a middle-class taxpayer of 5% of the equalized assessed value of the property for the current assessment year. Provides that the maximum exemption is limited to $5,000. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1735 | PROP TX-TRANSFER DECLARATION (SEN. MATTIE HUNTER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for properties where the buyer or buyers are natural individuals, the transfer declaration shall state whether the property is intended to be the principal residence of the buyer or buyers. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1819 | PROP TX-HOSPITALS (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the assessor shall publish the assessed value of all property that qualifies for a hospital exemption under the Code in the taxable year as well as the estimated property tax liability for that property. Amends the Community Benefits Act. Makes changes to the definition of "charity care." Provides that the Attorney General shall post certain reports on the Attorney General's website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1862 | PROP TX-VETERANS-WWII (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section granting a homestead exemption to veterans with disabilities, provides that property that is used as a qualified residence by a veteran who was a member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II is exempt from taxation regardless of the veteran's level of disability. Provides that a veteran who qualifies as a result of his or her service in World War II need not reapply for the exemption. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1902 | PROP TX-ABATEMENT-RESIDENTIAL (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Allows for an abatement of taxes if the property is included in a new residential construction development that is located in a county with fewer than 300,000 inhabitants. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2020 | PROP TX-SALE IN ERROR (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes various changes concerning sales in error. In provisions allowing a sale in error if the assessor, chief county assessment officer, board of review, board of appeals, or other county official has made an error, provides that the error must be material to the tax sale at issue and may not be an error in the description of the physical characteristics, location, or picture of the property. Removes provisions allowing a sale in error when a bankruptcy petition has been filed after the tax sale and before the issuance of the tax deed. Provides that, if the bankruptcy petition is filed prior to the tax sale, then a sale in error is allowed if the property is subject to an automatic stay and the stay is active on the date of the date of that sale. Provides that the $100 fee paid by a tax purchaser for a certificate of purchase is non-refundable. Makes other changes.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Further amends the Property Tax Code to provide that the purchaser or assignee of a certificate of purchase shall deliver the notice of the expiration of the period of redemption to the sheriff, the coroner, or the private detective, as applicable, for service not less than 5 months prior to the expiration of the period of redemption. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2030 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable year 2023, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is (i) $75,000 for qualified property in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and (ii) $65,000 for qualified property located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 for all qualified property. Amends the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Act. Provides that the maximum household income under the Act is $75,000 for tax years 2023 and thereafter. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2074 | PROP TX-DISTRICT REIMBURSEMENT (SEN. SETH LEWIS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a school district, a unit of local government, a municipality, county, township, fire protection district, or any special district within the county of DuPage may perform special assessments upon any other taxing district for services provided to certain residents of a residential substance abuse treatment facility located within DuPage County under specified conditions. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2108 | PROP TX-VETERAN W/DISABILITY (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, in the case of a veteran with any service connected disability, the property is exempt from taxation under this Code. Removes a requirement that taxpayers receiving the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities shall reapply on an annual basis. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2179 | SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and administer an annual program to award property tax relief to property taxpayer's within school districts in the State. Provides that the State Board of Education shall work with county clerk's offices in the State to determine the amount given to each property taxpayer. Provides that moneys awarded to property taxpayers shall be distributed pro rata based on the amount the property taxpayer paid in tax in the previous fiscal year. Creates the Education Property Tax Relief Fund for the purpose of making appropriations for the grant program. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2199 | PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD (SEN. ERICA HARRISS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum reduction under the senior citizens homestead exemption is $8,000 in all counties (currently, $8,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $5,000 in all other counties). Provides that the maximum income limitation for the senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 (currently, $65,000). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2277 | PROP TX-INTEREST (SEN. PAUL FARACI; REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the interest penalty for the delinquent payment of taxes shall be waived if the county treasurer determines that: (i) the delinquency occurred because the subject tax bill was mailed to an incorrect address or e-mailed to an e-mail address other than the e-mail address provided to the county treasurer by the taxpayer or property owner by January 1 of the applicable tax year; (ii) the mistake was not the fault of the property owner or any other entity liable for the payment of the tax; and (iii) the amount of delinquent taxes is paid in full before the annual tax sale at which the delinquent taxes would be sold. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2287 | PROP TX-HISTORIC RESIDENCE (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO; REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Historic Residence Assessment Freeze Law, provides that the fair cash value of the property shall be based on the final determination by the assessment officer, board of review, Property Tax Appeal Board, or court. Provides that, after the expiration of the 8-year valuation period, if the current fair cash value is less than the adjusted base year valuation, then the assessment shall be based on the current fair cash value. Provides that those changes are declarative of existing law. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2317 | PROP TX-VETERANS (SEN. SUE REZIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property that has been granted the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities is 100% exempt from taxation under the Code if the veteran has a service connected disability of 60% or more (currently, 70%). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2318 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (SEN. SUE REZIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2024, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption shall be increased each year by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2378 | PROPERTY TAX CODE-VARIOUS (SEN. CELINA VILLANUEVA) Amends the Property Tax Code. Modifies procedures relating to forfeited properties, including that the procedures relate to forfeiture of tax liens and certificates, rather than forfeiture of property, and that the tax liens and certificates are forfeited to the county rather than the State. Modifies when a court must declare a sale to be a sale in error and how refunds of costs and taxes are to be refunded (removing interest on costs and taxes paid). Provides that, if a sale is declared to be a sale in error, the tax certificate shall be forfeited to the county as trustee. Provides that vacant nonfarm property and property containing a residential structure with at least 7 units sold under the Code may be redeemed at any time before the expiration of one year (rather than 6 months) from the date of the sale (removing restrictions on the delinquency or forfeiture status of the property). Modifies other provisions relating to redemption of property, including the extension of the period of redemption. Modifies a provision relating to special assessments withdrawn (removing forfeiture language) and repeals other provisions about special assessments withdrawn or forfeited. Modifies provisions relating to notice of sale and redemption rights. Modifies various provisions concerning tax deeds. Repeals a provision concerning the denial of deeds. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2395 | PROP TX-INTEREST RATE (SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Property Tax Code. Reduces the interest rate for delinquent taxes in Cook County to 0.75% for tax year 2023 and thereafter. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2673 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2024 and thereafter, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is $75,000 for all qualified property. Amends the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Act. Provides that the maximum household income under the Act is $75,000 for tax years 2024 and thereafter. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2700 | PROP-TX-DISABLED VETERAN (SEN. JULIE MORRISON) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, provides that the exemption applies to all real property that is the primary residence of a veteran with a disability (currently, property with an equalized assessed value of less than $250,000 that is the primary residence of a veteran with a disability). Provides that, with respect to veterans with a service connected disability of 70% or more and surviving spouses of veterans whose deaths were service-connected, the first $250,000 in equalized assessed value of the property is exempt. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2703 | PROP TX-HISTORIC RESIDENCE (SEN. NAPOLEON HARRIS, III; REP. MICHAEL KELLY) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Extends the estimated dates of completion of redevelopment projects and the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs for various ordinances adopted by the Village of Melrose Park, City of Knoxville, the City of Chicago, and the City of St. Charles. Creates tax increment allocation financing extensions to the 47th year (currently, the 35th year) for various ordinances adopted by the Village of Melrose Park, Village of Lansing, and Village of South Holland if those municipalities adopt a specified ordinance and provide notice to the taxing bodies that would otherwise constitute the joint review board of each redevelopment project area. Effective December 31, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 12/20/2024 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| SB2709 | PROP TX-VETERANS (SEN. SUE REZIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property that has been granted the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities is 100% exempt from taxation under the Code if the veteran has a service connected disability of 60% or more (currently, 70%). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2710 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (SEN. SUE REZIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2024, the maximum income limitation for the low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption shall be increased each year by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2711 | PROP TX-TIF INFO ON BILL (SEN. SUE REZIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each tax bill shall contain a statement for each tax increment financing (TIF) district in which the property is located setting forth the amount that each taxing district that contains all or part of the TIF district would have received for the taxable year in the absence of the TIF district. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2780 | PROP TX-COUNTY EXECUTIVE (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA) Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning supervisors of assessments to include references to county executives. Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning community mental health boards to include references to county executives. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2785 | PROP TX-NOTICE (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning notices of increased assessments, provides that the county assessor shall continue to accept appeals from the taxpayer for a period of not less than 30 days (currently, 30 business days) from the date the assessment notice is mailed or the date the notice is published on the assessor's website, whichever is later. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2814 | PROP TX-OMITTED PROPERTY (SEN. PATRICK JOYCE) Amends the Property Tax Code. In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, provides that property that receives an erroneous homestead exemption for the current assessment year or for any of the 3 prior assessment years may be considered omitted property. Provides for penalties and interest to be imposed on that omitted property. Provides that any arrearage of taxes or interest that might have been assessed against that omitted property shall not be chargeable to certain bona fide purchasers of the property. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2832 | PROP TX-PROBATE (SEN. STEVE MCCLURE; REP. CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSMEYER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that no interest or penalties shall be imposed with respect to property that is included in a decedent's probate estate at the time of a delinquency if the representative of the decedent's estate applies with the county treasurer for a waiver of those amounts and is granted that waiver. Provides that the waiver shall apply beginning on the date of the decedent's death until the earlier of either: (i) the date on which the property is sold, transferred, or conveyed or (ii) the date on which the estate is closed. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2845 | PROP TX-LONG-TIME OCCUPANT (SEN. NATALIE TORO) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the purpose of calculating the long-time occupant homestead exemption, the adjusted homestead value shall be calculated by increasing the base homestead value by (i) 5% (currently, 10%) for qualified taxpayers with a household income of more than $75,000 but not exceeding $100,000 or (ii) 3% (currently, 7%) for qualified taxpayers with a household income of $75,000 or less. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2857 | REVENUE-MEGAPROJECTS (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as containing a megaproject. Provides that a "megaproject" is a project that meets certain investment and job creation specifications. Provides that the megaproject property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that megaproject property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a megaproject shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located and other local taxing districts to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or development of a megaproject is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2859 | PROP TX-WASTEWATER (SEN. STEVE MCCLURE; REP. ANTHONY DELUCA) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that regional wastewater facilities shall be valued at 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of the facility, with consideration given to the probable net value that could be realized by the owner if the facility were removed and sold at a fair, voluntary sale, giving due account to the expense of removal, site restoration, and transportation. Provides that the alternate valuation for qualifying water treatment facilities applies only to the qualifying water treatment facility itself and not to the land on which the facility is located. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 7/1/2024 - Effective Date July 1, 2024
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| SB2878 | PROP TX-SENIOR HOMESTEAD EXMPT (SEN. LAURA ELLMAN; REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the senior citizens homestead exemption, permanently removes the requirement to reapply for the exemption in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants (currently, that requirement was eliminated only for taxable years 2019 through 2023). In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, provides that, if the county board passes a resolution removing the requirement to reapply for the exemption, the chief county assessment official shall conduct, by no later than December 31 of the first year of each reassessment cycle, an audit of all senior citizen homestead exemptions granted for the preceding reassessment cycle.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Provides that, if the county board passes a resolution removing the requirement to reapply for the senior citizens homestead exemption, the chief county assessment official shall conduct a review (in the introduced bill, an audit) of all senior citizen homestead exemptions granted for the preceding reassessment cycle. Provides that the review shall be conducted prior to the submission of the final abstract for the first year of each reassessment cycle (in the introduced bill, by no later than December 31 of the first year of each reassessment cycle). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2911 | PROP TX-TIF INCENTIVES (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA; REP. LAWRENCE WALSH, JR.) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that owners of commercial or industrial property who receive a tax incentive as a result of a tax incentivized development are not eligible to receive distributions from a tax reimbursement account. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Code. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that the tax incentivized development must be established by an intergovernmental agreement to which the taxing district is a party. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2936 | PROPERTY TX-ABATEMENT (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER; REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the abatement for property located in an area of urban decay also applies to newly remodeled single-family or duplex residential dwelling units (currently, only newly constructed single-family or duplex dwelling units). Provides that provisions requiring the abatement to be reduced in 20% increments annually during the last 4 years of the abatement period apply only to abatements granted prior to the effective date. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB2954 | PROP TX-VETERANS (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, provides that the term "veteran" also includes a veteran who has received a medical discharge. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2955 | PROP TX-HOSPITALS (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the assessor shall publish the assessed value of all property that qualifies for a hospital exemption under the Code in the taxable year as well as the estimated property tax liability for that property. Provides that general services, such as health fairs or the preparation and distribution of marketing materials, shall not qualify as a reimbursable cost when determining whether property qualifies for the hospital exemption. Provides that, when calculating the hospital exemption, discounts provided to managed care organizations or commercial insurers are not included unless those services are provided directly pursuant to a contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that no more than 30% of the total services being claimed as a benefit may be related to residency programs or research. Provides that no more than 50% of the total services being claimed as a benefit may be related to government-sponsored health care. Amends the Community Benefits Act. Makes changes to the definition of "charity care." Provides that the Attorney General shall post certain reports on the Attorney General's website. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2973 | PROPERTY TX-ABATEMENT (SEN. WIN STOLLER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the abatement for property located in an area of urban decay also applies to newly remodeled single-family or duplex residential dwelling units (currently, only newly constructed single-family or duplex dwelling units). Provides that provisions requiring the abatement to be reduced in 20% increments annually during the last 4 years of the abatement period apply only to abatements granted prior to the effective date. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2974 | PROP TX-ATTACHED PROPERTY (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that buildings, structures, and improvements that are not permanently attached to the land are not considered property for the purposes of the Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2995 | SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a program to award property tax relief grants to property taxpayers within school districts in this State. Provides that the State Board of Education shall work with county clerk's offices in this State to determine the amount given to each property taxpayer. Provides that moneys awarded to property taxpayers shall be distributed pro rata based on the amount a property taxpayer paid in taxes in the previous fiscal year. Creates the Education Property Tax Relief Fund as a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose of awarding grants. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2997 | PROP TX-TAXING DISTRICT LEASE (SEN. DONALD DEWITTE) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that provisions concerning delinquencies by lessees of property owned by a taxing district apply in all counties with a population of fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants (currently, counties with more than 800,000 but less than 1,000,000 inhabitants). Provides that those provisions apply if the taxes remain unpaid 60 days after the final (currently, second) installment due date. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3139 | PROP TX-VETERANS (SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the Property Tax Code. For purposes of the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, provides that the term "veteran" also includes a veteran who has received a medical discharge. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3150 | PROP TX-FLOOD HAZARD (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a homestead exemption, subject to certain limitations, for property that is located within a special flood hazard area as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Provides that the amount of the exemption shall be a reduction in the property's equalized assessed value of $5,000. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3275 | PROP TX-STAMPS (SEN. LINDA HOLMES; REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the Real Estate Transfer Tax Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that paper revenue stamps shall be phased out by December 31, 2025. Requires counties to issue electronic revenue stamps or alternative indicia thereafter. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date August 9, 2024
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| SB3447 | PTELL-AGGREGATE EXTENSION (SEN. BILL CUNNINGHAM) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Makes changes to the definition of "limiting rate". Provides for alternative referendum procedures for a taxing district to increase its aggregate extension. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3454 | PROP TX-TAXING DIST NOTICE (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a copy of the complaint shall also be served on each taxing district in which the property is located at least 90 days prior to the board of review hearing on the complaint. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3455 | IDOR-PROP TX STUDY (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK; REP. MARY BETH CANTY) Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue, in consultation with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall conduct a study to evaluate the property tax system in the State. Provides that the Department may also determine whether the existing property tax levy, assessment, appeal, and collection process is reasonable and fair and may issue recommendations to improve that process.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that the Department of Revenue may determine the scope of the historical data necessary to complete the study, but in no event shall the scope or time period be less than the 10 most recent tax years for which the Department has complete data. Provides that the study need not be limited to certain specified factors. Removes provisions from the introduced bill providing that the study shall include an analysis of the use of technology in data collection. Provides that the Department of Revenue may (in the introduced bill, shall) consult with Illinois institutions of higher education in conducting the study. Provides that the Department of Revenue may also consult with units of local government. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 8/9/2024 - Effective Date January 1, 2025
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| SB3569 | PROP TX-FAIRNESS TASK FORCE (SEN. ERICA HARRISS) Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Creates the Fairness in Property Tax Foreclosure Task Force. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study and make recommendations concerning issues associated with property foreclosure for failure to pay property taxes. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3573 | PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE (SEN. ERICA HARRISS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable year 2024, the maximum income limitation for the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption is $75,000. Provides that, for taxable year 2025 and subsequent taxable years, the maximum income limitation shall be adjusted by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3755 | PROP TX-RELIGIOUS PROPERTY (SEN. BILL CUNNINGHAM; REP. SUZANNE NESS) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the notice of the transfer of property that is exempt for orphanage, school, or religious purposes shall be filed with the county clerk (currently, the county recorder). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1115 | TIF-REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT COST (REP. LANCE YEDNOCK) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. For redevelopment project areas designated after November 1, 1999, in municipalities with less than 1,000,000 population, modifies the formula for elementary, secondary, or unit school district's increased costs attributable to assisted housing units located within the redevelopment project area for which the developer or redeveloper receives financial assistance through an agreement with the municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of the assisted housing sites necessary for the completion of that housing. Removes differences in formulation for alternate method districts, flat grant districts, and foundation districts. For school districts in a municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000, changes the last date upon which a school district may submit a claim for reimbursement to the municipality to October 31 of each year (currently, September 30) and provides that municipalities shall reimburse school districts that have met specified criteria no later than January 31 of the school year in which the claim is made. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1646 | MUNI CD-TIF REVENUE (REP. BLAINE WILHOUR) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that moneys in the special tax allocation fund may be used to make distributions to certain taxing districts. Provides that moneys received from the additional distributions may be used by the affected taxing district to pay debt service on obligations incurred by the taxing district and to provide property tax relief. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3312 | TIF REEXTENSION LIMITATION (REP. JEFF KEICHER) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the General Assembly shall not approve the extension of a redevelopment project and the retirement of its obligations to a date that is beyond the 35th calendar year after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project areas was adopted. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3565 | REVENUE-MEGA PROJECTS (REP. MARK WALKER) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a mega project. Provides that a "mega project" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the mega project property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that mega project property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a mega project shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a mega project is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4543 | MUNI-TIF DISTRICTS-START DATE (REP. JACKIE HAAS) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if an ordinance is adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act creating a redevelopment project area, the redevelopment project area will expire the 23rd year after the year in which the first project started using the moneys from the special tax allocation fund (rather than expire the 23rd year after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project area was adopted if the ordinance). Provides that the start of the 23 years for ordinances adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act commences no later than 10 years after the year in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project area was adopted even if no projects have been started using the moneys from the special tax allocation fund. Makes a conforming change in provisions extending the expiration of a redevelopment project area to the 35th calendar year. Provides that no more extensions of redevelopment project areas to the 47th calendar year may occur after January 8, 2025 unless added by a Public Act of the 103rd General Assembly. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4995 | TIF DISTRICTS-REFERENDUM (REP. JEFF KEICHER) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, before an ordinance may be adopted approving a redevelopment project area, the redevelopment project area must be approved by referendum of the voters of the affected taxing districts. Includes requirements for the ordinance or resolution proposing the redevelopment project area, for submission of and language for the referendum, and approval of the referendum when a majority of the voters in each of the affected taxing districts approve the referendum. Modifies notice requirements for the public meeting, and requires the notification of all voters of the affected taxing districts. Requires notice by publication, mailing, and on the website of the municipality (rather than by publication and mailing), and modifies the timing in which notices must be sent. Requires that a notice also must contain a copy of the proposed ordinance designating the redevelopment project area, a list of all taxes levied by each of the taxing districts that constitute the joint review board, a statement of the projected impact that the redevelopment project area will have on those taxing district, and the proposed referendum language. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1304 | MUNI CD-TIF SURPLUS FUNDS (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that all surplus funds in the special tax allocation fund shall be distributed as soon as possible after they are calculated (rather than distributed annually within 180 days after the close of the municipality's fiscal year). |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1350 | REVENUE-MEGA PROJECTS (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Revenue as containing a mega project. Provides that a "mega project" is a project with respect to which a company makes a specified investment during a specified investment period. Provides that the mega project property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that mega project property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a mega project shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or operation of a mega project is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1391 | TIF/REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Modifies factors used by a municipality to determine if an area is a blighted area or a conservation area to be included in the area of a redevelopment project area when establishing the area. Provides that a new redevelopment project area shall have a completion date no later than December 31st of the 20th year after the ordinance was adopted (rather than the 23rd year), and provides that the redevelopment project area may be extended, with the approval of each member of the joint review board, only 2 additional years (rather than extended to the 35th year and extended again to the 47th year). Provides that a municipality may not approve redevelopment project areas or expansions of redevelopment project areas that overlap with an existing redevelopment project area. Provides that 10% of moneys deposited into the special tax allocation fund shall be transferred to the local chamber of commerce or chambers of commerce representing the redevelopment project area for the chamber or chambers of commerce to use for grants to businesses that employee fewer than 50 full-time employees if the business moves within the redevelopment project area. Provides that moneys transferred to a chamber of commerce not used or pledged within one year of transfer of the moneys shall be returned to the municipality and are designated surplus funds of the redevelopment project area. Adds nonvoting members to joint review boards. Provides that, if a school district or community college district does not approve of the creation of a redevelopment project area, then the portion of the taxes attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation which would be payable to the nonconsenting district shall be paid to that district. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1680 | TIF-DEVELOPER LOT INITIAL EAV (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if (1) 3 or more improved lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of real property within a single redevelopment project area are purchased by a developer or a developer's parent company or wholly-owned subsidiary, or any combination thereof, within the 3 years prior to the date that the ordinance providing for the tax increment allocation was adopted by the municipality, and (2) an improvement on any of the lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of real property is demolished or otherwise rendered uninhabitable, then the initial equalized assessed value for the lot, block, tract or parcel of real property shall be the equalized assessed value of the lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property on the date it was purchased by the developer, the developer's parent company, or the developer's wholly-owned subsidiary or purchased by any combination thereof. Limits the provisions to ordinances adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1681 | TIF-INITIAL & TOTAL EAV (SEN. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if a county clerk determines that any lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within a redevelopment project area is not taxable or has an initial equalized assessed value of $0, then the fair market value of the lot, block, tract, or parcel shall be instead determined by a written MAI-certified appraisal or by a written certified appraisal of a State-certified or State-licensed real estate appraiser. Provides that this reappraisal shall be the initial equalized assessed value of the lot, block, tract, or parcel and shall be added to the total initial equalized assessed value of the taxable real property within the redevelopment project area. Limits the provisions to tax increment allocation financing ordinances adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1905 | MUNI-TIF-BLIGHTED HOMES (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that "redevelopment project costs" include the costs of demolishing buildings, site preparation, or site improvements of a dilapidated or vacant parcel zoned for residential use or costs of reconstruction, repair, remodeling, or new construction of a single-family residence on a dilapidated or vacant parcel zoned for residential use. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a municipality, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by majority vote of its corporate authorities, may order the county clerk to abate, for 20 years, the portion of the taxes levied upon an improved parcel of real property that is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of the parcel over and above the equalized assessed valuation of the parcel immediately before the demolition of the dilapidated structure on the parcel. Provides that "improved parcel of real property" means a parcel where redevelopment project costs have been used by the municipality for the construction of a new single-family residence on a parcel zoned for residential use after demolition or removal of a dilapidated structure from that parcel. Provides that an abatement approved under the provisions shall be extended to all subsequent owners of the improved parcel of real property during the abatement period. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2711 | PROP TX-TIF INFO ON BILL (SEN. SUE REZIN) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that each tax bill shall contain a statement for each tax increment financing (TIF) district in which the property is located setting forth the amount that each taxing district that contains all or part of the TIF district would have received for the taxable year in the absence of the TIF district. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2857 | REVENUE-MEGAPROJECTS (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain property may be certified by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as containing a megaproject. Provides that a "megaproject" is a project that meets certain investment and job creation specifications. Provides that the megaproject property is eligible for an assessment freeze. Provides that megaproject property may be granted an abatement. Provides that a company that operates a megaproject shall enter into an agreement with the municipality in which the project is located and other local taxing districts to make certain special payments. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that qualified tangible personal property used in the construction or development of a megaproject is exempt from the taxes imposed under those Acts. Effective June 1, 2024. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2911 | PROP TX-TIF INCENTIVES (SEN. RACHEL VENTURA; REP. LAWRENCE WALSH, JR.) Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that owners of commercial or industrial property who receive a tax incentive as a result of a tax incentivized development are not eligible to receive distributions from a tax reimbursement account. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Code. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Provides that the tax incentivized development must be established by an intergovernmental agreement to which the taxing district is a party. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3515 | TIF EXTENSION RESTRICTIONS (SEN. MARY EDLY-ALLEN) Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, before the estimated dates of completion of a redevelopment project and retirement of obligations issued to finance development project costs (including refunding bonds) are extended to the 35th or 47th years, the municipality must submit to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives written support for the extension of the life of the redevelopment project area from each school district, community college district, and park district that has authority to directly levy taxes on property within the redevelopment project area. Provides that a may only submit written support to extend a redevelopment project area to the 35th year within the 5 years prior to the estimated date of completion of the redevelopment project and may only submit written support to extend a redevelopment project area to the 47th year within one year prior to the estimated date of completion of the redevelopment project area. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2235 | SCH CD-TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT (REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Provides that school boards may enter into contracts for any period of time deemed appropriate by those school boards (rather than for up to 3 years) for transportation of pupils to and from school, except that no contract, inclusive of any proposed renewals, may exceed 10 years (rather than allowing such contracts to be extended for up to 2 additional years by mutual agreement of the parties and thereafter extended on a year-to-year basis by mutual agreement of the parties, unless a school board receives a timely request from another interested contractor that a contract be let by bid). Requires all contracts for a period of time greater than 5 years that do not include the use of electric vehicles for pupil transportation to include a termination option after 5 years. Allows contract opener clauses for any purpose to be included in the contract. Provides that a contract for pupil transportation that utilizes a significant percentage of electric vehicles may be entered into by a school board for up to 15 years if the contract relies on capital or infrastructure purchases or improvements that cannot reasonably be justified in a shorter-term contract. |
| | Current Status: 8/4/2023 - Effective Date January 1, 2024
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| HB2287 | VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES (REP. MARTIN MOYLAN) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all school buses that are newly purchased, leased, or contracted after January 1, 2028, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students operating primarily within an equity investment eligible community or primarily serving students living in an equity investment eligible community after January 1, 2030, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students in the State after January 1, 2035, shall be an electric vehicle. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3476 | VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS PERMITS (REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language classifying motor vehicles of the first division used and registered as school buses as vehicles of the second division. In provisions concerning school bus driver permits, provides that the Secretary of State shall offer for issuance a separate permit valid only for the operation of first division vehicles being operated as school buses. Provides that the written test an applicant for a school bus driver permit must pass shall be a first division or second division written test. Requires the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Illinois State Board of Education, to develop a separate classroom course and refresher course for operation of vehicles of the first division being operated as school buses. Provides that regional superintendents of schools, working with the Illinois State Board of Education, shall offer the course. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4196 | VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES (REP. MARTIN MOYLAN; SEN. RAM VILLIVALAM) Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to provide fleet owners and operators in the State grants to promote the use of eligible electric vehicles. Provides that the Program shall offer qualifying purchasers a grant up to specified base amounts toward the purchase of eligible electric vehicles based on the Class of vehicle. Requires the Agency to award grants under the Program on a competitive basis according to the availability of funding. Provides that to be eligible to receive a grant under the Program a purchaser must satisfy all of the required criteria. Provides that the Agency shall give weight to an application based upon the potential impact of the geographic location and route of the purchaser's fleet on pollution affecting an equity investment eligible community. Requires the Agency to ensure that resale of a vehicle serving a public school or located within an equity investment eligible community shall result in the vehicle servicing a similarly situated community. Provides that grants under the Program may be combined with other public incentives but the total of governmental incentives shall not exceed a maximum of 80% of the purchase price of the vehicle. Requires the Agency to set aside 20% of the appropriated funds under the Program for grants to the purchaser of electric school buses. Provides that all awards granted are subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Defines terms.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes a provision that the Environmental Protection Agency shall offer increased grant incentives of an additional 15% of the base amount for the purchase of eligible electric vehicles that will be located within an equity investment eligible community. Provides that the Agency shall use a points-based evaluation and shall award additional points to an application from an eligible purchaser whose eligible electric vehicles are to be domiciled in an equity investment eligible community (rather than give weight to an application based on the potential impact of the location and route of the purchaser's fleet on pollution affecting an equity investment eligible community). Adds a definition of "eligible purchaser" using language from the introduced bill describing purchasers who are eligible to receive a grant under the Program. Makes conforming changes. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4918 | SCH CD-TRANSPORT-TRANSIT FEES (REP. MARCUS EVANS, JR.) Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. With respect to the provision of free transportation for pupils, allows a school district to pay the public transit fees of pupils instead (rather than providing an exception for pupils for whom the school board certifies to the State Board of Education that adequate transportation for the public is available). In provisions allowing for free transportation if conditions are such that walking constitutes a serious hazard, removes the provision specifying that such transportation shall not be provided if adequate transportation for the public is available. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4920 | VEH CD-BUS DRIVERS (REP. LISA HERNANDEZ) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it shall be the policy of the State to encourage foreign-born drivers to apply and work as school bus drivers in the State. No State law or action shall prohibit, directly or indirectly, the application of a foreign-born, non-citizen, or non-domiciled driver from applying for a CLP or a CDL for a driver ultimately seeking a type S endorsement as a school bus driver or a school bus driver permit. Provides that where reasonable, all course work, course descriptions, and test proctoring and the application of other requirements for a CLP, CDL, initial or renewal classroom training course administered by the Illinois State Board of Education, or a type S endorsement for a driver ultimately seeking a type S endorsement as a school bus driver, written or in person, may be made available or be obtainable in Spanish, in addition to other languages as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of State or the Illinois State Board of Education. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1799 | STUDENT TRANSPORT-ACTIVITIES (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Allows the use of a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) that is manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including the driver, or a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including the driver, for the transportation of students in any of grades 9 through 12 or who attends an alternative education program operated by a regional office of education for any curriculum-related activity (other than for transportation to and from home on regular bus routes) if the driver (i) holds a minimum of a valid driver's license and (ii) is an employee or contractual employee of the school district or alternative education program or of a third-party contractor (rather than allowing the use of an MFSAB for transporting students in grades 9 through 12 only if the driver holds a valid school bus driver permit). Makes a conforming change to the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2154 | VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all school buses that are newly purchased, leased, or contracted after January 1, 2028, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students operating primarily within an equity investment eligible community or primarily serving students living in an equity investment eligible community after January 1, 2030, shall be an electric vehicle. Provides that all school buses that provide transportation for enrolled students in the State after January 1, 2035, shall be an electric vehicle. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2237 | SCH CD-EARLY CHILD TRANSPORT (SEN. MEG LOUGHRAN CAPPEL) Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that, Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall distribute grants to early childhood education and care nonprofit organizations that are established as a Section 501(c)(3) organization and that are dedicated to providing early childhood education and care services to children and families to provide transportation services to families that have trouble affording transportation to early childhood education and care centers. Creates the Early Childhood Education and Care Transportation Fund. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop an application process for this grant program. Provides that grant funds be distributed annually. Provides that the application process shall require that early childhood education and care nonprofit organizations detail how many families and children would receive transportation assistance from the program, the amount of funding needed per child in their area to fund adequate transportation for the year, and how the funding will be used to provide transportation for each family in the application. Provides that the State Board of Education shall require that any early childhood education and care nonprofit organizations that receive funding shall report the amount of money used for transportation during the State's previous fiscal year and return unused funds back to the Early Childhood Education and Care Transportation Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2407 | STUDENT TRANSPORT-MSAB (SEN. PAUL FARACI) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school activity bus may be used to transport a student in any of grades 9 through 12 who participates in a career exploration program, as approved by a parent or guardian. Effective July 1, 2023. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2634 | VEH CD-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Fleet Electrification Incentive Program to provide fleet owners and operators in the State grants to promote the use of eligible electric vehicles. Provides that the Program shall offer qualifying purchasers a grant up to specified base amounts toward the purchase of eligible electric vehicles based on the Class of vehicle. Requires the Agency to award grants under the Program on a competitive basis according to the availability of funding. Provides that to be eligible to receive a grant under the Program a purchaser must satisfy all of the required criteria. Provides that the Agency shall give weight to an application based upon the potential impact of the geographic location and route of the purchaser's fleet on pollution affecting an equity investment eligible community. Requires the Agency to ensure that resale of a vehicle serving a public school or located within an equity investment eligible community shall result in the vehicle servicing a similarly situated community. Provides that grants under the Program may be combined with other public incentives but the total of governmental incentives shall not exceed a maximum of 80% of the purchase price of the vehicle. Requires the Agency to set aside 20% of the appropriated funds under the Program for grants to the purchaser of electric school buses. Provides that all awards granted are subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2696 | VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS-SEAT BELTS (SEN. JULIE MORRISON) Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall not operate a Type I or Type II school bus manufactured after the effective date of the bill unless the bus is equipped with a set of 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system in good operating condition for each passenger seat and a rooftop safety hatch. Provides that, on or after January 1, 2028, all newly purchased school buses shall be equipped with 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system in good operating condition for each passenger. Provides that the provision shall not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of the State. Provides that nothing in the provision shall make a school district or a school bus company liable for a passenger's failure to properly adjust or fasten a seat belt or other restraint system. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2825 | SCH CD-TRANSPORTATION TO SCH (SEN. STEVE MCCLURE) Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. In provisions requiring a school district to provide free transportation for pupils residing one and one-half miles or more from school, provides that a pupil's parent or guardian may designate more than one home for the pupil if the parent or guardian has shared custody of the pupil at a different address within the district. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2873 | STUDENT TRANSPORT-ACTIVITIES (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Allows the use of a multi-function school activity bus that is manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including the driver, or a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including the driver, for the transportation of students in any of grades 9 through 12 or who attends an alternative education program operated by a regional office of education for any curriculum-related activity (other than for transportation to and from home on regular bus routes) if the driver (i) holds a minimum of a valid driver's license and (ii) is an employee or contractual employee of the school district or alternative education program or of a third-party contractor (rather than allowing the use of a multi-function school activity bus for transporting students in grades 9 through 12 only if the driver holds a valid school bus driver permit). Makes a conforming change to the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3159 | EPA-SCHOOL BUS ZERO EMISSIONS (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Creates the Zero Emissions School Bus Funding Program Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall administer a Zero Emissions School Bus Funding Program for public schools to acquire funding to transition their school bus fleets to zero-emission fleets. Provides requirements for the Program, as well as factors for the Agency to consider in awarding funds, including demonstrating the ability to deploy the largest number of electric buses feasible, leveraging local, State, and federal funding, as well as incorporating microgrid technology. Authorities the Agency to adopt rules to implement and administer the Act. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3286 | SCH CD-TRANSPORT-TRANSIT FEES (SEN. ROBERT PETERS) Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. With respect to the provision of free transportation for pupils, allows a school district to pay the public transit fees of pupils instead (rather than providing an exception for pupils for whom the school board certifies to the State Board of Education that adequate transportation for the public is available). In provisions allowing for free transportation if conditions are such that walking constitutes a serious hazard, removes the provision specifying that such transportation shall not be provided if adequate transportation for the public is available. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2025. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB608 | REVENUE-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1135 | EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROG (REP. CHRIS MILLER) Creates the Education Savings Account Act. Requires the State Board of Education to create the Education Savings Account Program. Provides that a parent of an eligible student (defined as any elementary or secondary student who was eligible to attend a public school in this State in the preceding semester or is starting school in this State for the first time and who is a member of a household whose total annual income does not exceed an amount equal to 2.5 times the income standard used to qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch under the national free or reduced-price lunch program) shall qualify for the State Board to make a grant to his or her child's Education Savings Account by signing an agreement. Requires the State Board to deposit into an Education Savings Account some or all of the State aid under the State aid formula provisions of the School Code that would otherwise have been provided to the resident school district for the eligible student had the student enrolled in the resident school district. Provides that parents participating in the Program shall agree to use the funds deposited in their eligible students' accounts for certain qualifying expenses to educate the eligible student. Sets forth provisions concerning the calculation of grant amounts and other basic elements of the Program, administration of the Program, accountability standards for participating schools, and the responsibilities of the State Board and resident school districts. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1142 | SCH CD-VOUCHER-SUBSTITUTED ED (REP. BLAINE WILHOUR) Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a program in which the State Board shall issue a voucher to the parent or guardian of a student, upon request of the parent or guardian, if: (1) the student was enrolled in a school district for a particular school year; (2) during that school year, the school board decided not to provide an option for full-time, in-person instruction at school as the primary method of instruction to students; and (3) the parent or guardian withdrew the student from enrollment in the district because the school board decided not to provide an option for full-time, in-person instruction. Sets forth provisions concerning the voucher amount and its use. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1257 | INVEST IN KIDS-CREDIT AMOUNT (REP. JOE SOSNOWSKI) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, the credit shall be equal to 100% (rather than 75%) of the total amount of qualified contributions made by the taxpayer during the taxable year, not to exceed a credit of $1,000,000 per taxpayer. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1573 | EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROG (REP. ADAM NIEMERG) Creates the Education Savings Account Act. Requires the State Board of Education to create the Education Savings Account Program. Provides that a parent of an eligible student (defined as any elementary or secondary student who was eligible to attend a public school in this State in the preceding semester or is starting school in this State for the first time and who is a member of a household whose total annual income does not exceed an amount equal to 2.5 times the income standard used to qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch under the national free or reduced-price lunch program) shall qualify for the State Board to make a grant to his or her child's Education Savings Account by signing an agreement. Requires the State Board to deposit into an Education Savings Account some or all of the State aid under the State aid formula provisions of the School Code that would otherwise have been provided to the resident school district for the eligible student had the student enrolled in the resident school district. Provides that parents participating in the Program shall agree to use the funds deposited in their eligible students' accounts for certain qualifying expenses to educate the eligible student. Sets forth provisions concerning the calculation of grant amounts and other basic elements of the Program, administration of the Program, accountability standards for participating schools, and the responsibilities of the State Board and resident school districts. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB1642 | INVEST IN KIDS-CREDIT AMT (REP. BLAINE WILHOUR) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the credit shall be equal to 100% (rather than 75%) of the total amount of qualified contributions made by the taxpayer during a taxable year, not to exceed a credit of $1,333,333 (rather than $1,000,000) per taxpayer. Provides that the aggregate credit cap per year may not exceed $100,000,000 (rather than $75,000,000). Provides that the cap shall be increased by 20% beginning on the first day of a calendar year if, in at least 2 of the previous 3 calendar years, the cap was reached. Removes language limiting the credit to tax years ending before January 1, 2024 and repealing the Act on January 1, 2025. Provides that the Act is exempt from the sunset provisions of the Illinois Income Tax Act. Repeals an inseverability clause. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2348 | INVEST KIDS-QUALIFIED SCHOOL (REP. KELLY CASSIDY) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that a qualified school that accepts scholarship students must comply with the provisions of federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools pertaining to special education and instruction of English learners; the provisions of the School Code concerning charter schools; the provisions of the Illinois Humans Rights Act concerning public accommodations and educational institutions; and the provisions of the School Code concerning pregnancy and breastfeeding-related accommodations. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2432 | INVEST IN KIDS-DISCRIMINATION (REP. MAURA HIRSCHAUER) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that a scholarship granting organization shall refrain from discrimination based on actual, perceived, or identified gender identity or sexuality when awarding scholarships. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB2608 | EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROG (REP. ADAM NIEMERG) Creates the Equal Opportunity Act. Requires the State Board of Education to create the Education Savings Account Program. Provides that a parent of an eligible student (defined as any elementary or secondary student who was eligible to attend a public school in this State in the preceding semester or is starting school in this State for the first time) shall qualify for the State Board to make a grant to his or her child's Education Savings Account by signing an agreement. Requires the State Board to deposit into an Education Savings Account some or all of the State aid under the State aid formula provisions of the School Code that would otherwise have been provided to the resident school district for the eligible student had the student enrolled in the resident school district. Provides that parents participating in the Program shall agree to use the funds deposited in their eligible students' accounts for certain qualifying expenses to educate the eligible student. Sets forth provisions concerning the calculation of grant amounts and other basic elements of the Program, administration of the Program, accountability standards for participating schools, and the responsibilities of the State Board and resident school districts. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3430 | INVEST IN KIDS-SUNSET (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies permanently (currently, the credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2023). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB3537 | INVEST IN KIDS-SUNSET (REP. AMY GRANT) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2034 (currently, January 1, 2024). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4105 | INVEST IN KIDS-SUNSET (REP. MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies permanently (currently, the credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2023). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4152 | TRANSPARENCY IN INVEST IN IL (REP. TONY MCCOMBIE) Amends the Invest in Illinois Act. Provides that certain notices under the Act shall also be sent to the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Provides that the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives may also object to agreements under the Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4194 | INVEST IN KIDS-CONTRIBUTIONS (REP. ANGELICA GUERRERO-CUELLAR) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that a taxpayer may take a credit under the Act for tax years ending before January 1, 2029 (currently January 1, 2024). Provides that, beginning in calendar year 2024, the aggregate amount of credits the Department of Revenue may award under the Act in any calendar year may not exceed $50,000,000 (currently, $75,000,000). Provides that contributions under the Act may be directed to students whose permanent address is located in an underserved area but may not be directed to a particular student. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the amount of the credit under the Act shall be 100% of the first $5,000 in contributions made by the taxpayer during the taxable year, plus (i) 55% of the portion of the qualified contributions made by the taxpayer that exceeds the first $5,000 and is not directed to students whose permanent address is located in an underserved area and (ii) 65% of the of the portion of the qualified contributions made by the taxpayer that exceeds the first $5,000 and is directed to students whose permanent address is located in an underserved area. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4299 | INVEST IN KIDS-EXTEND (REP. PAUL JACOBS) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the credit under the Act is available for tax years ending before January 1, 2029 (currently, January 1, 2024). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4691 | INVEST IN KIDS-SUNSET (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2035 (currently, January 1, 2024). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB4840 | SCH CD-CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL (REP. KELLY CASSIDY) Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that an initial charter shall be granted for a period of no more than 3 school years (instead of for a period of 5 school years). Provides that a charter may be renewed in incremental periods not to exceed 3 (instead of 10) school years. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Specifies that nothing in the provisions concerning a moratorium on school closings, consolidations, and phase-outs affects the Chicago Board of Education's ability to not renew its authorization of a charter or contract school. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5005 | EDUCATION SAVINGS PROGRAMS (REP. DAVE VELLA; SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate areas as Quantum Computing Campuses. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Electricity Excise Tax Law, the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act, the Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act, and the Gas Use Tax Law to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that a restriction on designating businesses located in an Enterprise Zone as high impact businesses does not apply to grocery stores. Repeals provisions concerning certified payments for high impact businesses. Amends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Provides that a River Edge Redevelopment Zone may overlap with an Enterprise Zone. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify a specified number of additional pilot River Edge Zones. Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that certain credits under the Act may be taken against the taxpayer's withholding tax liability. Contains provisions concerning work hours at the project location. Amends the Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois Act. Adds provisions concerning credits awarded for research and development activities related to aircraft. Amends the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Act. Extends the provisions of the Act to quantum computer manufacturers. Specifies that, in order to receive credit for construction expenses under the Act, a company must provide the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity with evidence that a certified third-party executed an Agreed-Upon Procedure (AUP) verifying the construction expenses or accept the standard construction wage expense estimated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that 2 or more taxing districts may agree to abate a portion of the real property taxes otherwise levied or extended by those taxing districts on a REV Illinois Project facility. Provides that abatements for REV project facilities may not exceed a period of 30 consecutive years. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to extend the sunset of the research and development credit. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Provides that taxpayers who have been awarded a tax credit under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008 shall pay a fee to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Sets forth the amount of the fee. Provides that the fee shall be deposited into the Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2024, a taxpayer is no longer required to pay a fee to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the transfer of credits under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall develop and, through Regional Administrators, administer the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program and the Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program to create a network of 14 Program delivery Hub Sites (rather than 13 Program delivery Hub Sites), to include Kankakee. Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Exempts from being considered a private business or vocational school under the Act organizations that receive funding from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for workforce development preparation programs as provided for in the Energy Transition Act and the Illinois Works Jobs Program Act in which participants are not charged tuition or labor organizations that sponsor a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 - In provisions concerning MICRO projects, provides that quantum computer component parts manufacturers and companies focusing on research and development in the manufacture of component parts for quantum computers, semiconductors, or microchips qualify for credits under the program. Makes a technical correction to insert a cross-reference. |
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| HB5614 | STUDENTS IN NEED SCHOLARSHIP (REP. TIM OZINGA) Creates the Students in Need Scholarship Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall award income tax credits to taxpayers who make authorized contributions to scholarship granting organizations. Sets forth limitations with respect to the aggregate number of credits awarded by the Department in a calendar year and the amount of credits awarded to an individual taxpayer. Sets forth provisions concerning scholarship granting organizations and requirements for scholarship granting organizations. Specifies which students are eligible for a scholarship. Provides for reporting. Sets forth further provisions concerning administering the scholarship program created by the Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| HB5615 | STATE TREAS-EDU SCHOLAR ACCT (REP. TIM OZINGA) Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that the State Treasurer may establish and administer the Education Scholarship Account as a qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. Provides that distributions from an account in the Education Scholarship Account may be used for the designated beneficiary's qualified expenses; defines "qualified expenses". Provides who may open an account under the Program. Provides that the Treasurer and the State Board of Education shall each cooperate in providing each other with account information, as necessary, to prevent contributions in excess of those necessary to provide for the qualified expenses of the designated beneficiary. Sets forth provisions concerning funds for the Program. Sets forth provisions concerning investment policies for the Account. Provides that the Treasurer shall work with the State Board of Education to coordinate the marketing of the Education Scholarship Account. Sets forth other provisions concerning administering the Education Scholarship Account Program. Provides for rulemaking. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB223 | INVEST IN KIDS-FUNDING (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that no credits may be awarded under the Act for any taxable year that begins in a State fiscal year for which the minimum statutory funding level is not met. Provides that the carry-forward period for those credits shall be suspended for any taxable year that begins in a State fiscal year for which the minimum statutory funding level is not met. Requires the State Board of Education to determine whether or not the State has met the minimum funding level for the fiscal year and to transmit a copy of the determination to the Department of Revenue. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB224 | INVEST IN KIDS-SUNSET (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that no credit may be taken under the Act for a contribution made on or after June 30, 2023. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB225 | INVEST IN KIDS-VOCATIONAL (SEN. CRISTINA CASTRO) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that qualified contributions made on or after June 1, 2024 may be used only to provide scholarships to eligible students who attend a technical academy. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB1245 | INVEST IN KIDS-VARIOUS (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies permanently (currently, the credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2024). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB2149 | INVEST IN KIDS-SUNSET (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies on a permanent basis. Removes a limitation that the credit may not be taken for any qualified contribution for which the taxpayer claims a federal income tax deduction. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3243 | INVEST IN KIDS-VARIOUS (SEN. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that the Invest in Kids credit applies permanently (currently, the credit applies for taxable years ending before January 1, 2024). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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| SB3330 | SCH CD-CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL (SEN. OMAR AQUINO) Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that an initial charter shall be granted for a period of no more than 3 school years (instead of for a period of 5 school years). Provides that a charter may be renewed in incremental periods not to exceed 3 (instead of 10) school years. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Specifies that nothing in the provisions concerning a moratorium on school closings, consolidations, and phase-outs affects the Chicago Board of Education's ability to not renew its authorization of a charter or contract school. |
| | Current Status: 1/7/2025 - Session Sine Die
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